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Riccardo Saponara

リッカルド・サポナーラ　/　りっかるど・さぽなーら

Association football player from Italy

December 21, 1991 (age 34)　・　Forlì, Province of Forlì-Cesena, Italy

Province of Forlì-Cesena
association football player

My Take

Riccardo Saponara reads to me as that quintessentially Italian creative midfielder—the kind valued for vision and a soft first touch rather than raw output. At 184 cm he has the frame, but I suspect his real weapon is the unexpected through-ball, the moment of imagination that breaks a packed Serie A defense. Players like this rarely top scoring charts, yet they leave the most vivid memories. I'm drawn to footballers who gamble on creativity over safety, and Saponara seems to belong to that lineage of trequartisti who play for the beautiful idea as much as the result.

Overview

Riccardo Saponara (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo sapoˈnaːra]; born 21 December 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Riccardo Saponara
Name (Japanese): リッカルド・サポナーラ
Reading: りっかるど・さぽなーら
Born: December 21, 1991 (age 34)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Goat
Origin: Forlì, Province of Forlì-Cesena, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: 184 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%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9D%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9

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