Andrea Barzagli

Andrea Barzagli
Barzagli playing for Italy in 2012
Personal information
Full name Andrea Barzagli
Date of birth (1981-05-08) 8 May 1981
Place of birth Fiesole, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
FIGC (coaching staff)
Youth career
Rondinella
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Rondinella 51 (3)
2000 Pistoiese 5 (0)
2001 Rondinella 13 (1)
2001–2003 Piacenza 0 (0)
2001–2003Ascoli (loan) 46 (3)
2003–2004 Chievo 29 (3)
2004–2008 Palermo 142 (3)
2008–2011 VfL Wolfsburg 75 (1)
2011–2019 Juventus 206 (2)
Total 567 (16)
International career
2003–2004 Italy U21 15 (0)
2004–2017 Italy 73 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Juventus (coaching staff)
2021– FIGC (coaching staff)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner2006 Germany
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up2012 Poland–Ukraine
FIFA Confederations Cup
2013 Brazil
Summer Olympics
2004 Athens
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2004 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Barzagli Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa barˈtsaʎʎi, -ˈdza-]; born 8 May 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was selected to the Serie A Team of the Year four times.

After playing for several smaller Italian clubs in the lower divisions of Italian football in his early career, he made his Serie A debut with Chievo in 2003, and eventually came to prominence while playing for Palermo. In 2008, he was signed by German side VfL Wolfsburg, where he remained for two and a half seasons, winning a Bundesliga title in 2009. In 2011, he returned to Italy, joining Juventus, where he later won eight consecutive Serie A titles between 2012 and 2019, among other trophies, including a record of four consecutive Coppa Italia titles between 2015 and 2018; having also played two UEFA Champions League finals between 2015 and 2017.

At international level, he represented the Italy national football team on 73 occasions between 2004 and 2017, taking part at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games where he obtained a bronze medal, at two FIFA World Cups (2006 and 2014), three UEFA European Championships (2008, 2012, and 2016), and at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, where himself and the team also won bronze. He was most notably a member of the Italian 2006 World Cup winning squad, as well as a starting member of the Italian squad that reached the UEFA Euro 2012 final.