Gennaro Gattuso
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Gennaro Ivan "Rino" Gattuso (born January 9, 1978 in Corigliano Calabro) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. His main position is defensive midfielder; however, he sometimes plays on the right side of midfield. Gattuso is a hard tackling defensive-midfielder and widely regarded as one of the most aggressive players. He currently plays for Italian club Milan, with whom he has twice won the UEFA Champions League, in 2002–03 and 2006–07, and also the Serie A title in 2003–04. Gattuso started his career with Italian side Perugia, but transferred in July 1997, at the age of 19, to the Scottish team Rangers. Walter Smith, who brought Gattuso to Glasgow, left the club in 1998. Smith's successor, Dick Advocaat, did not favour Gattuso and, after being played out-of-position as a right-back, the Italian was sold in October 1998 to then recently promoted to Serie A Salernitana for £4m. Despite his good performances, it was not enough to prevent the relegation of his side. |
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