Francesco Toldo

Francesco Toldo will forever be, in my mind, the hero of Euro 2000. That semifinal shootout against the Netherlands, where he stopped penalty after penalty, was goalkeeping as pure theatre. At 196 cm he had the frame, but it was his reflexes and composure that made him special across long spells at Fiorentina and then Inter, where he won multiple trophies. He's often ranked among the best Italian keepers of his generation, and I think that's fair. Italy has a deep tradition between the posts, and Toldo earned his place in that conversation through nerve when it mattered most.

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Name (English)

Francesco Toldo

Name (Japanese)

フランチェスコ・トルド

Reading

ふらんちぇすこ・とるど

Born

December 2, 1971 (age 54)

Origin

Padua, Province of Padua, Italy

Height

196 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Boar

Awards & achievements

• 2000 Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

• Official sitehttp://www.francescotoldo.it/
• Xhttps://x.com/toldofrancesco
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco%20Toldo
• 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%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234532

Tags

• Province of Padua
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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