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Manuel Belleri

マヌエル・ベレッリ　/　まぬえる・べれっり

Association football player from Italy

August 29, 1977 (age 48)　・　Gardone Val Trompia, Province of Brescia, Italy

Province of Brescia
association football player

My Take

Manuel Belleri intrigues me less for his playing days than for what came after. Born in 1977 in Gardone Val Trompia, in Italy's Brescia province, he spent his career as a 177 cm defender, the sort of dependable presence every back line needs. But the chapter I find genuinely moving is his post-retirement move: since 2016 he has been technical director of A.C. Milan Academy Tokyo and now lives in Japan. Transplanting Italian defensive intelligence to young players half a world from home takes real conviction. I respect anyone who builds a second life nurturing the next generation abroad.

Overview

Manuel Belleri (born 29 August 1977) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. Since 2016 he is a technical director of A.C. Milan Academy Tokyo and resides in Tokyo, Japan.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Manuel Belleri
Name (Japanese): マヌエル・ベレッリ
Reading: まぬえる・べれっり
Born: August 29, 1977 (age 48)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Snake
Origin: Gardone Val Trompia, Province of Brescia, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: 177 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%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%AA

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