# 2011–12 Inter Milan season

The 2011–12 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 103rd in existence and 96th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed for the 10th consecutive season in the Champions League, breaking a record for Italian clubs.

## Season overview

Massimo Moratti bets on Gian Piero Gasperini, the coach who in 2009 led Genoa to a comeback in UEFA competitions after 20 years. Other hopes have the faces and names of Ricky Álvarez - a winger - and Diego Forlán, a centre-forward bought in order to replace Samuel Eto'o, flown in Russia. Gasperini makes his official debut in Supercoppa Italiana, losing 2–1 to Milan and wasting the only seasonal chance to win a trophy. He is sacked in late September, due to a bad start in domestic league: Inter is defeated by Palermo and Novara, collecting just a draw with Roma.
Claudio Ranieri takes his place, but is not - at least in first weeks - luckier. Inter wins for the first time at home in October, beating Chievo 1–0. Between December 2011 and January 2012, anyway, the side manages to get a notable comeback: it includes 7 consecutive wins in league, and 8 overall. When this streak is stopped, however, Inter goes on the other extreme and, from 25 January to March 4, never wins a game. In the match against Catania Nerazzurri are losing 2–0 when, encouraged by their fans, manage to recover the gap for a 2–2 final. In the next matchday, the side returns to win: once again, Chievo is the «victim». Ranieri bursts into tears after the match, tears that will be of pain when - 4 days after - Olympique Marseille knocks Inter out of Champions League. Ranieri leads the team for other only 2 matches, being sacked after the 2–0 suffered from Juventus: it was the first derby of Italy hosted in Juventus Stadium. The third, and last, seasonal coach is Andrea Stramaccioni (aged 36): collecting 17 points in 9 final games, he manages to reach a sixth place and the preliminaries of Europa League as result of a hard season.

## Kit

| Home | Home Alt. | Home Alt. 2 | Home Alt. 3 | Away | Away Alt. | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | Info |
| Home | Black / Blue | Black | Black | |
| Home Alt. | Black / Blue | White | White | Serie A, Match 2, September 11 against Palermo |
| Home Alt. 2 | Black / Blue | White | Black | Serie A, Match 16, December 18 against Cesena |
| Home Alt. 3 | Black / Blue | Black | White | 2011 Supercoppa Italiana, August 6 against Milan |
| Away | White | White | White | |
| Away | White | Black | White | Serie A, Match 5, September 24 against Bologna |

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 13 May 2012
| Squad no. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Júlio César | GK | (1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 32) |
| 12 | Luca Castellazzi | GK | (1975-07-19)19 July 1975 (aged 36) |
| 21 | Paolo Orlandoni | GK | (1972-08-12)12 August 1972 (aged 39) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Iván Córdoba (vice-Captain) | CB | (1976-08-11)11 August 1976 (aged 35) |
| 4 | Javier Zanetti (Captain) | RB / CM / RM | (1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 38) |
| 6 | Lúcio | CB | (1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 34) |
| 13 | Maicon | RB | (1981-07-26)26 July 1981 (aged 30) |
| 23 | Andrea Ranocchia | CB | (1988-02-16)16 February 1988 (aged 24) |
| 25 | Walter Samuel | CB | (1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 34) |
| 26 | Cristian Chivu | LB / CB / DM | (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 31) |
| 37 | Davide Faraoni | RB | (1991-10-25)25 October 1991 (aged 20) |
| 40 | Juan Jesus | CB / LB | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 21) |
| 55 | Yuto Nagatomo | LB / RB / LM | (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 25) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 5 | Dejan Stanković | CM / AM | (1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 33) |
| 10 | Wesley Sneijder | AM / CM / LW | (1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 28) |
| 11 | Ricky Álvarez | AM / SS / CM | (1988-04-12)12 April 1988 (aged 24) |
| 14 | Fredy Guarín | CM / DM / AM | (1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 25) |
| 17 | Angelo Palombo | DM / CM / CB | (1981-09-25)25 September 1981 (aged 30) |
| 18 | Andrea Poli | CM / DM / AM | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 22) |
| 19 | Esteban Cambiasso | DM / CM | (1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 31) |
| 20 | Joel Obi | CM / LM / RM | (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 21) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Giampaolo Pazzini | CF | (1984-08-02)2 August 1984 (aged 27) |
| 9 | Diego Forlán | CF | (1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 33) |
| 22 | Diego Milito | CF | (1979-06-12)12 June 1979 (aged 33) |
| 28 | Mauro Zárate | CF / SS / AM | (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 25) |
| 30 | Luc Castaignos | CF | (1992-09-27)27 September 1992 (aged 19) |

#### Youth-squad players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye |
| 41 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Matteo Bianchetti |
| 48 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Crisetig |
| 81 | FW | ITA | Samuele Longo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 88 | FW | CRO | Marko Livaja |
| 91 | GK | ITA | Raffaele Di Gennaro |
| 93 | MF | ITA | Daniel Bessa |
| 94 | MF | ITA | Andrea Romanò |

## Transfers
### Summer
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving From | Type of Transfer | Ends | Notes | Transfer fee | Source |
| 9 | CF | Diego Forlán | 32 | Atlético Madrid | Full ownership | 2013 | N/A | €5,000,000 | |
| 16 | DF | Luca Caldirola | 20 | Primavera | Promoted | 20?? | N/A | Free | |
| 48 | MF | Lorenzo Crisetig | 18 | Primavera | Promoted | 2014 | N/A | Free | |
| 55 | DF | Yuto Nagatomo | 24 | Cesena | Permanent move | 2016 | Transfer fee plus co-ownership of Caldirola and Garritano | €4,500,000 | inter.it Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine |
| 30 | FW | Luc Castaignos | 18 | Feyenoord | Full ownership | 2016 | N/A | €1,500,000 | feyenoord.nl |
| 33 | GK | Emiliano Viviano | 25 | Bologna | Co-ownership solved | N/A | N/A | €4,100,000 | football-italia.net |
| 11 | MF | Ricky Álvarez | 23 | Vélez Sársfield | Full ownership | 2016 | N/A | €11,900,000 | inter.it Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine |
| 42 | DF | Jonathan | 25 | Santos | Full ownership | 2015 | N/A | €5,000,000 | inter.it Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine |
| 18 | MF | Andrea Poli | 21 | Sampdoria | Loan | 2012 | Option to buy | €1,000,000 | |
| 28 | FW | Mauro Zárate | 24 | Lazio | Loan | 2013 | Option to buy | €2,700,000 | |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type of Transfer | Notes | Transfer fee | Source |
| DF | Marco Materazzi | 37 | Retirement | Contract Termination | Summer | Free | |
| MF | Houssine Kharja | 28 | Genoa | Loan ended | Summer | Free | |
| DF | Nelson Rivas | 28 | N/A | Contract Termination | Summer | Free | |
| FW | David Suazo | 31 | Catania | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| FW | Victor Obinna | 24 | Lokomotiv Moscow | End of contract | Summer | Free | fclm.ru |
| DF | Cristiano Biraghi | 18 | Juve Stabia | Loan | Summer | Free | inter.it Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine |
| MF | McDonald Mariga | 24 | Real Sociedad | Loan | Summer | €1,500,000 | |
| FW | Goran Pandev | 28 | Napoli | Loan | Summer | €1,500,000 | |
| DF | Davide Santon | 20 | Newcastle United | Full ownership | Summer | €5,650,000 | |
| FW | Samuel Eto'o | 30 | Anzhi Makhachkala | Transfer | Full ownership | €27,000,000 | |

#### In/out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving From | Transfer 1 | Transfer fee 1 | Moving To | Transfer 2 | Transfer fee 2 | Source |
| - | GK | Vid Belec | 21 | Crotone | Loan return | Free | Crotone | Loan | Free | inter.it Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine |
| - | FW | Aiman Napoli | 22 | Modena | Loan return | Free | Juve Stabia | Loan | Free | inter.it Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine |
Total spending: €35,700,000
Total income: €35,650,000
Net Income: €50,000

### Winter
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving From | Type of Transfer | Ends | Notes | Transfer fee |
| 13 | MF | Fredy Guarín | 25 | Porto | Loan, option to buy | N/A | N/A | €1,500,000 |
| 17 | MF | Angelo Palombo | 30 | Sampdoria | Loan, option to buy | N/A | N/A | €1,000,000 |
| 40 | DF | Juan Jesus | 20 | Internacional | Full ownership | N/A | N/A | €3,800,000 |
Total spending: €6,300,000

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type of Transfer | Notes | Transfer fee |
| DF | Jonathan | 25 | Parma | Loan | N/A | Undisclosed |
| GK | Emiliano Viviano | 26 | Palermo | Co-ownership | N/A | Free |
| MF | Philippe Coutinho | 19 | Espanyol | Loan | N/A | Free |
| MF | Sulley Muntari | 27 | Milan | Loan | N/A | Free |
| MF | Thiago Motta | 29 | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | N/A | €11,500,000 |
Total income: €11,500,000
Net Income: €5,200,000
Season Net Income: €5,150,000

## Club
### Non-playing staff

| Position | Staff |
| Coach | Andrea Stramaccioni |
| Vice Coach | Giuseppe Baresi |
| Technical Assistant | Massimiliano Catini |
| Chief Of Fitness Coaches | Stefano Rapetti |
| Fitness Coach | Federico Pannoncini |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Alessandro Nista |
| Match Analyst | Michele Salzarulo |
| Chief Of Medical Staff | Franco Combi |
| Doctor | Giorgio Panico |
| Rehabilitation Coach | Andrea Scannavino |
| Rehabilitation Coach | Maurizio Fanchini |
| Masseur/Physiotherapist | Marco Dellacasa |
| Masseur/Physiotherapist | Massimo Dellacasa |
| Masseur/Physiotherapist | Luigi Sessolo |
| Rehabilitation Staff | Andrea Galli |
| Rehabilitation Staff | Alberto Galbiati |
| Technical Director | Marco Branca |
| Sporting Director | Piero Ausilio |
Last updated: 15 May 2012 Source: inter.it

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 28 August 2011 | 13 May 2012 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 044.74 |
| Coppa Italia | 19 January 2012 | 25 January 2012 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | 6 August 2011 | 6 August 2011 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 14 September 2011 | 22 May 2010 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 044.90 |
Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Serie A statistics, Coppa Italia statistics, UEFA Champions League statistics

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Internazionale | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 56 | |
| 8 | Parma | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 56 | |
* 1 2 Napoli qualified to the group stage of the Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia. As they finished fifth, the sixth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
* 1 2 Roma finished ahead of Parma on head–to–head away goals scored: Parma 0–1 Roma, Roma 1–0 Parma.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2012. Source: Internazionale Milano

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Lille | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 13 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA | Júlio César | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Castellazzi | 10 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ITA | Paolo Orlandoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | COL | Iván Córdoba | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Javier Zanetti | 45 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lúcio | 41 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Maicon | 29 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Andrea Ranocchia | 17 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Walter Samuel | 35 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Cristian Chivu | 22 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Marco Faraoni | 18 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | BRA | Juan Jesus | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | JPN | Yuto Nagatomo | 43 | 2 | 30+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | SRB | Dejan Stanković | 25 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Wesley Sneijder | 28 | 5 | 15+5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez | 29 | 3 | 15+6 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | COL | Fredy Guarín | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Angelo Palombo | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Poli | 20 | 1 | 9+9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Esteban Cambiasso | 46 | 5 | 35+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Joel Obi | 37 | 0 | 11+16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Crisetig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Giampaolo Pazzini | 40 | 8 | 22+11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Diego Forlán | 20 | 2 | 14+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Diego Milito | 41 | 26 | 29+4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Mauro Zárate | 31 | 3 | 10+12 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ITA | Thiago Motta | 14 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Samuel Eto'o | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Philippe Coutinho | 8 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | BRA | Jonathan | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GHA | Sulley Muntari | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa Italiana | Champions League | Total |
| 22 | FW | | Diego Milito | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | FW | | Giampaolo Pazzini | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | MF | | Wesley Sneijder | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | MF | | Esteban Cambiasso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | | Thiago Motta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | Ricky Álvarez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | DF | | Maicon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | DF | | Walter Samuel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | FW | | Mauro Zárate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | Lúcio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Diego Forlán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 | DF | | Yuto Nagatomo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | | Andrea Poli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Andrea Ranocchia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | | Philippe Coutinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | | Luc Castaignos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | DF | | Davide Faraoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 58 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 71 |
Last updated: 13 May 2012

### Injuries during the season

| Date | Player | Injury | Estimated Return Date | Source |
| 23 July 2011 | Emiliano Viviano | Complete lesion of anterior cruciate ligament in left knee. | January 2012 | inter.it Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine |
| 24 July 2011 | Luca Castellazzi | Blunt force trauma. | August 2011 | inter.it |
| 7 September 2011 | Thiago Motta | Pulled hamstring (the biceps femoris muscle) in left thigh. | September 2011 | inter.it |
Last updated: July 30, 2011

## Awards
### Individual

| Player | Nat. | Award | Source |
| Samuel Eto'o | | Golden Foot | inter.it Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine |
| Javier Zanetti | | Golden Foot | inter.it Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine |
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