nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
48 2014 -- 28 november 1977 1994 2004 -- 2006 2006 -- 2007 2007 -- 2009 2009 -- -- 2012 1995 1998 -- 2001 2001 -- 2004 1994 -- 1995 57 68 67 90 23 52 47 13 8 6 2 2 2 2 200 2003 -- 2009 italy vs belgium - fabio grosso.jpg fabio grosso grosso with italy in 2008 rome , italy italy 1.90 404 35 4 renato curi renato curi chieti perugia palermo internazionale lyon juventus left back juventus '' primavera '' fabio grosso

fabio grosso

fabio grosso , ufficiale omri -lrb- ; born 28 november 1977 -rrb- is an italian former footballer who played as left back .
he was a physical , quick , energetic player , who was sound defensively and adept with his crossing ability , which allowed him to be deployed as a right-winger on occasion .
unusually for a defender , he was also a free kick , penalty and corner kick specialist , responsibilities usually held by a striker or midfielder .
grosso made 48 appearances for italy and scored the decisive late first goal against germany in the 2006 world cup semi-final and also scored the winning penalty in the penalty shootout against france in the final that won the trophy for the `` azzurri '' .
grosso retired in 2012 after winning the `` scudetto '' .
in march 2014 he was named head coach of the juventus f.c. youth sector 's `` primavera '' -lrb- u-20 -rrb- team .
