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My Take
I have a soft spot for goalkeepers, and Bizzarri's career reads like a study in endurance. A towering Argentine from a small town in Córdoba, handed Real Madrid's goal in 1999, then building a long professional life across Spain and Italy. Plenty of players flare brightly at a giant club; far fewer keep grinding out seasons abroad, year after year, in the loneliest position on the pitch. The keeper's job is rarely glamorous, mostly silent vigilance broken by moments of pure consequence. That he sustained it across two demanding leagues, far from home, is the kind of stubborn longevity I genuinely respect.
Overview
Albano Benjamín Bizzarri (born 9 November 1977) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain and Italy, starting out at Real Madrid in 1999.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Albano Bizzarri
- Name (Japanese)
- アルバノ・ビサーリ
- Reading
- あるばの・びさーり
- Born
- November 9, 1977 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Etruria, Córdoba Province, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.