Francesco Colonnese

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Francesco Colonnese
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Colonnese with Inter Legends team at Stamford Bridge in 2018
Personal information
Full name Francesco Colonnese
Date of birth (1971-08-10) 10 August 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Potenza, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1991 Potenza 34 (0)
1991–1992 Giarre 22 (0)
1992–1994 Cremonese 66 (0)
1994–1997 Roma 5 (0)
1995–1997 → Napoli (loan) 47 (0)
1997–2000 Internazionale 56 (2)
2000–2004 Lazio 12 (0)
2004–2006 Siena 34 (1)
Total276(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francesco Colonnese (born 10 August 1971) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a full-back.

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Club career

Born in Potenza, Colonnese began his career in Potenza - where he played from 1989 to 1991 – before moving first to Giarre Football and then to Cremonese, where he made 66 appearances.

In the 1994–95 season, Colonnese was bought by A.S. Roma to strengthen the defensive department, but disappointed the expectations of manager Carlo Mazzone and played only 5 games.

In 1995, he signed for Napoli on loan – spending two years there – and played for F.C. Internazionale during the 1997–98 season, with whom he won the UEFA Cup over S.S. Lazio in Paris in 1998.

From 2000 to 2004 he signed for Roman club Lazio – then the reigning Serie A champions. After four years at the Olimpico he left to finish his career with Siena (2004–2006).

International career

Francesco Colonnese was capped for Italy national under-21 football team between 1993 and 1994. He finished in fourth place with the Italy U-23 Olympic side at the 1993 Mediterranean Games men's football tournament.

Style of play

A physically strong and tenacious defender, Colonnese was known for his man-marking ability, and was capable of playing both as a right-sided full-back and as a central defender, or even as a sweeper. Throughout his career, he was given the nickname Ciccio Colonna, a reference to the Italian diminutive of his name, as well as his physical, hard-tackling playing style and tough marking of his opponents. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was also known for his ability to mark fast players. [5]

Honours

Inter [6] [7]

Lazio [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Colonnese, voglia di rimettersi in gioco" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 5 July 2004. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Lodovico Maradei; Germano Bovolenta (27 April 1998). "Juve, fuga tra i veleni" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Giulia Costantini (1 April 2009). "Francesco Colonnese: "Il calcio: la parte più bella della mia vita"" (in Italian). www.lalaziosiamonoi.it. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Will Magee (7 August 2017). "Five of the best defences of Serie A's golden era, ft. Milan, Juve, Inter, Parma". www.planetfootball.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Curino, Luca; Cecere, Nicola; Laudisa, Carlo (4 August 1998). "l' Inter fa l' esame al gioiellino Owen". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Francesco Colonnese". Eurosport. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Francesco Colonnese" (in Italian). Inter F.C. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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