Francesco Della Rocca

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.

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

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• Province of Brindisi
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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