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.

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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)

Origin

Milan, province of Milan, Italy

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

• Official sitehttp://www.montolivo.it/
• Xhttps://x.com/officialmonto
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo%20Montolivo
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153002

Tags

• province of Milan
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.