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Francesco Della Rocca

フランチェスコ・デッラ・ロッカ　/　ふらんちぇすこ・でっら・ろっか

Association football player from Italy

September 14, 1987 (age 38)　・　Brindisi, Province of Brindisi, Italy

Province of Brindisi
association football player

My Take

Francesco Della Rocca played the position I quietly love most: the central midfielder, the heart that links defense to attack. At 182 cm he was no flashy goal-poacher but the metronome that sets a team's tempo, the kind of player whose value rarely shows on a scoresheet yet is felt in every passage of play. Coming from Brindisi, a sun-baked Adriatic port in Italy's heel, he strikes me as the embodiment of unglamorous craft. I have a soft spot for these connective, selfless footballers, the ones who make everyone around them better while staying out of the headlines.

Overview

Francesco Della Rocca (born 14 September 1987) is an Italian former footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Francesco Della Rocca
Name (Japanese): フランチェスコ・デッラ・ロッカ
Reading: ふらんちぇすこ・でっら・ろっか
Born: September 14, 1987 (age 38)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rabbit
Origin: Brindisi, Province of Brindisi, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: 182 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

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB

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