Fabio Cannavaro
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1973 (52 years old)
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1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
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75 kg (165 lb)
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Fabio Cannavaro Ufficiale OMRI (born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Serie B club Benevento.
A centre-back, he spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at Napoli before spending seven years at Parma, with whom he won two Coppa Italia titles, the 1999 Supercoppa Italiana, and the 1999 UEFA Cup. After spells at Internazionale and Juventus, he transferred (along with manager Fabio Capello) from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2006, with whom he won consecutive La Liga titles in 2007 and 2008. After returning to Juventus for one season in 2009–10, he joined Al-Ahli in Dubai, where he retired from football in 2011 after an injury-troubled season. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of all time.
Cannavaro was part of the Italy team which won consecutive UEFA European Under-21 Championships in 1994 and 1996. After earning his first senior cap in 1997, he helped his national team to the final of UEFA Euro 2000, being named in the team of the tournament, and became captain in 2002, following Paolo Maldini's retirement. Cannavaro led Italy to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and was given the nickname "Il Muro di Berlino" ("The Berlin Wall") by the Italian supporters due to his defensive performances, which saw Italy keep five clean sheets and concede only two goals, neither of which were in open play. He was awarded the Silver Ball after being named the tournament's second-best player. In 2009, Cannavaro overtook Maldini as the most capped player in the country's history. He retired from international football on 25 June 2010 following Italy's failure to qualify for the knockout stages of the 2010 World Cup, having amassed 136 caps and 2 goals for the senior national team. In total, he has represented Italy at four World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. He is currently Italy's second all-time appearance holder, behind Gianluigi Buffon, as well as Italy's most capped defender.
Cannavaro was named the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year, making him the only defender in history to have won the award. He also won the Ballon d'Or award in 2006 which made him the only defender to win the award in a decade and only the third of all time after Franz Beckenbauer and Matthias Sammer. In 2006 and 2007 Cannavaro was named in the FIFA World XI. In 2007, he was in the six man shortlist for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. His younger brother Paolo was also a professional footballer, and currently serves as a member of Guangzhou Evergrande's coaching staff under the direction of his older brother Fabio.
After his retirement, Cannavaro became a member of the coaching staff of Al-Ahli, notably as global ambassador and technical director from 2011 to 2013, and as an assistant coach from 2013 to 2014. In November 2014, he was appointed as head coach of Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande. On 9 June 2016, he signed a contract with second-tier Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian as manager where he led the team to the league title. He returned to Guangzhou Evergrande in 2017 and was briefly appointed as manager of the China national team in 2019. He left Guangzhou again in September 2021.
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 Chinese Super League |  Guangzhou Evergrande | 2019 | |
 Italian Football Hall of Fame |  _Retired Soccer | 2014 | |
 Spanish Supercopa de Espana |  Real Madrid | 2008 | |
 Spanish La Liga | Real Madrid | 2007-2008 | |
 FIFA FIFPro World XI | Real Madrid | 2007 | |
| Spanish La Liga | Real Madrid | 2006-2007 | |
| FIFA FIFPro World XI | Real Madrid | 2006 | |
 FIFA The Best | Real Madrid | 2006 | |
 UEFA Team of the Year | Real Madrid | 2006 | |
 FIFA Ballon d Or | Real Madrid | 2006 | |
 FIFA World Cup |  Italy | 2006 | |
 Italian Coppa Italia |  Parma Calcio 1913 | 2001-2002 | |
 Italian Supercoppa Italiana | Parma | 1999 | |
 English FA Cup | Parma | 1998-1999 | |
| Italian Coppa Italia | Parma Calcio 1913 | 1998-1999 |
Milestones
 Serie A Footballer of the Year | Juventus | 2006-12-31 |
Former Youth Teams
 Napoli | 1988-1992 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
| Napoli | 1992-1995 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Parma | 1995-2002 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Italy | 1997-2010 | International | - | - | |
 Inter | 2002-2004 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Juventus | 2004-2006 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Real Madrid | 2006-2009 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Juventus | 2009-2010 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai | 2010-2011 | Permanent | - | - |
Former Club Staff
| Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai | 2013-2014 | Assistant Manager | - | - | |
 Guangzhou Evergrande | 2014-2015 | Manager | - | - | |
 Al Nassr FC | 2015-2016 | Manager | - | - | |
 Tianjin Quanjian | 2016-2017 | Manager | - | - | |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 2017-2021 | Manager | - | - | |
 China | 2019 | Manager | - | - | |
 Benevento | 2022-2023 | Manager | - | - | |
 Udinese | 2024 | Manager | - | - | |
 Dinamo Zagreb | 2024-2025 | Manager | - | - |
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