Massimo Oddo

I have a soft spot for players like Massimo Oddo, the unglamorous craftsmen who make championships possible. A right-back from Pescara is never going to grab headlines, yet that 2006 World Cup triumph runs through workers exactly like him. What I find most telling is his second act: moving into coaching and now leading AC Milan's reserve side, which reads as a man repaying the game that raised him. There is something honest about a career built on diligence rather than dazzle. Oddo is the kind of steady, dependable figure I always end up rooting for.

Name (English)

Massimo Oddo

Name (Japanese)

マッシモ・オッド

Reading

まっしも・おっど

Born

June 14, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Pescara, Province of Pescara, Italy

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• Gold Collar for Sports Merit
• 2006 Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

• Official sitehttps://massimooddo.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo%20Oddo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125438

Tags

• Province of Pescara
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.