Riccardo Montolivo

Riccardo Montolivo was a footballer's footballer, an elegant deep-lying midfielder who saw passes most players never even imagined. Milan-born, he made his name at Fiorentina with that effortless range of distribution before captaining AC Milan and representing Italy at World Cups and a Euros final. I always enjoyed his calm on the ball; he dictated tempo rather than chasing the game. Injuries blunted his later Milan years, which was a shame, but at his peak he was a genuinely creative regista. Now retired, he's the type of cerebral player I wish modern football produced more of.

Name (English)

Riccardo Montolivo

Name (Japanese)

リッカルド・モントリーヴォ

Reading

りっかるど・もんとりーゔぉ

Born

January 18, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

Origin

Milan, province of Milan, Italy

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.montolivo.it/
• Xhttps://x.com/officialmonto
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9

Tags

• province of Milan
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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.