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Gianfranco Matteoli

ジャンフランコ・マッテオーリ　/　じゃんふらんこ・まっておーり

Association football player from Italy

April 21, 1959 (age 67)　・　Ovodda, Province of Nuoro, Italy

Province of Nuoro
association football player
association football coach

My Take

What strikes me about Matteoli is how cleanly his career rhymes with itself. He was a midfielder, the connective tissue of any team, and now he runs Cagliari's youth sector, the connective tissue between a club and its future. That feels like a man who understood from day one that football is about handing things off well. Coming out of a tiny Sardinian town like Ovodda and lasting at the top while standing only 172 cm tells me he played with his head, not his height. I trust the players he develops to be quietly intelligent, the way he must have been.

Overview

Gianfranco Matteoli (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaɱˈfraŋko matteˈɔːli]; born 21 April 1959) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently works as Head of the Youth sector at Serie A club Cagliari.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Gianfranco Matteoli
Name (Japanese): ジャンフランコ・マッテオーリ
Reading: じゃんふらんこ・まっておーり
Born: April 21, 1959 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Boar
Origin: Ovodda, Province of Nuoro, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: 172 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

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%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA

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