Gianluca Zambrotta is a former Italianfootballer, speaking at the flank defender position. Most often, he played on the right flank, but could act on the left. To date, Gianluca Zambrotta, who will soon turn forty, is the coach of the Indian club Delhi Dinamos.
Carier start
Gianluca Zambrotta was born on February 19, 1977in Italy, in the city of Como, where he began his professional football career. In childhood, he played for the youth squad of the club of the same name, until in 1994, at the age of 17, he was not allowed to play in an adult team. He played only one match in Serie B, which became the only one in his career in this tournament. By the time a professional contract was signed with a player, the club flew to a lower league, but Gianluca Zambrotta continued to play for him. He spent two years there, playing 50 matches and scoring 6 goals, after which he was spotted by the club from the Major League Bari, with whom he signed a contract in 1997.
Flourishing in Bari
Gianluca Zambrotta, whose biography madea sharp turn in 1997, shone with new colors in Bari. He immediately became a base player and spent 65 years in two years, scoring eight goals. By that time, everyone could already understand that the 22-year-old defender is a real talent. Naturally, he could not stay in such conditions in Bari: the strongest Italian team, Juventus, offered eight million euros for a player, and in the summer of 1999 Gianluca joined the “old signore”.
Game for Juventus
It is “Juventus” that has become a real home for suchA player like Gianluca Zambrotta is a family, not just a club. Already in the first season, he became the player of the base and won the Intertoto Cup. In total, he spent seven years in Juventus, having played 294 matches and scored 11 goals. During this time, two victories in the Italian Championship and two Italian Super Cups were added to the Intertoto Cup. Only in 2006, Zambrotta decided to change the club - he moved abroad, joining the Spanish “Barcelona”, which paid 14 million euros for him.
Moving to Barcelona
In "Barcelona" Zambrotta stayed only two years,playing 80 matches and scoring three goals. During this time, the football player got only one trophy - the Spanish Super Cup. However, it quickly became clear that this was not his club, so Gianluca decided to return to his homeland as early as 2008. The 31-year-old, however, did not move to Juventus, with whom almost all of his previous career was connected, but to Milan, who paid for the setting star 10 and a half million euros.
Return to Italy
Вернувшись на родину, Дзамюротта снова заиграл на fairly high level, for the first two seasons remaining a player base. In total, he spent four years at Milan, until his contract expired. 102 matches and 2 goals added Gianluca to his own account while he was in Milan, but the club did not renew the contract with the age player, so in the summer of 2012 the player was left without a club. He trained with his native Como, whose honorary president he became back in 2007, while he was awaiting offers from other clubs.
Career coach
В 2013 году Дзамбротта начал работу над obtaining a coaching license, and in the summer signed a contract with the Swiss club "Chiasso", where he played the role of a player and assistant coach. In the fall, the head coach was fired, so Gianluca became a playing coach and helped the team escape from relegation. In the summer of 2014, he completed his football career and became a full-fledged Chiasso coach, but did not succeed and was dismissed in the spring of 2015. After a long break in the summer of 2016, he was appointed coach of the Indian Delhi Dinamos club. So far, he has led only 16 matches at the head of the team, of which only five ended in victory, and six - in a draw.
