Marco Lanna

Marco Lanna is the sort of defender I have a soft spot for. Born in the port city of Genoa, a tall, composed centre-back who carved out a Serie A career and earned caps for Italy, he embodies the unglamorous craft Italian football has always prized. The flashy goalscorers get the headlines, but men like Lanna quietly smother the opposition's best players, and in calcio that art is revered. I imagine his defending was equal parts intelligence and Ligurian stubbornness. To me he represents the backbone era of Italian football, the kind of pro whose value you only fully appreciate watching him do the dirty work.

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Name (English)

Marco Lanna

Name (Japanese)

マルコ・ランナ

Reading

まるこ・らんな

Born

July 13, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco%20Lanna
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2269798

Tags

• Liguria
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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