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Marco Lanna

マルコ・ランナ　/　まるこ・らんな

Association football player from Italy

July 13, 1968 (age 57)　・　Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Liguria
association football player

My Take

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.

Overview

Marco Lanna (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko ˈlanna]; born 13 July 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer who played at both club and international levels as a defender.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Marco Lanna
Name (Japanese): マルコ・ランナ
Reading: まるこ・らんな
Born: July 13, 1968 (age 57)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Monkey
Origin: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: 181 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%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A

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