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Christian Panucci
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Christian Panucci (born 12 April, 1973 in Savona (Savona: more facts about this subject) ) is an Italian (Italian: A native or inhabitant of Italy) football (soccer) (football (soccer): more facts about this subject) player, who currently plays for A.S. Roma (A.S. Roma: a.s....
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Panucci is a renowned defender (defender: A person who cares for persons or property) who usually plays on the right-hand side. He started playing with Genoa (Genoa: A seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria) in 1992, and then moved to AC Milan (AC Milan: ac milan is an italian football (soccer)|football club....
[follow hyperlink for more...]) . Panucci later moved to Real Madrid (Real Madrid: more facts about this subject) , Inter (Inter: more facts about this subject) , Chelsea (Chelsea: more facts about this subject) , AS Monaco (AS Monaco: more facts about this subject) before moving to Roma in 2001. He won the Champions League (Champions League: more facts about this subject) with both Milan and Real. In those two stops, as well as Roma, he has been coached by Fabio Capello (Fabio Capello: fabio capello (born june 18, 1946) is an italian football (soccer) manager....
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He has also been a regular in the Italian national team (Italian national team: the italy national football team is one of the most successful national football teams, having...
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In 1996, Panucci was incredibly lucky in avoiding death. He was part of the Italy squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics (1996 Summer Olympics: the 1996 summer olympics, formally known as the games of the xxvi olympiad and informally...
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