nationalcaps birth_date pcupdate years caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
23 4 16 6 december 1981 31 may 2015 1999 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- 2012 2012 -- 2015 -- 2001 2001 -- 2002 2005 -- 2007 94 44 16 57 6 143 39 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 250px 2000 2002 2010 -- 2013 federico balzaretti euro 2012 vs england.jpg federico balzaretti balzaretti playing for italy at the uefa euro 2012 federico balzaretti 11 october 2013 turin , italy italy u20 italy u21 italy 1.80 m on 1 0 0 torino torino loan -rrb- juventus fiorentina palermo roma → varese -lrb- loan -rrb- → siena -lrb- full-back federico balzaretti

federico balzaretti

federico balzaretti -lrb- ; born 6 december 1981 -rrb- is an italian former professional footballer who played as a left full-back .
a product of the torino youth system , his first experience as a professional footballer was on loan to varese and siena , returning to turin to play a year in serie a and two in serie b. later he moved to juventus , playing a year in serie a and the champions league and winning the `` scudetto '' , later revoked for the events of `` calciopoli '' and the next season in the lower division that ended in promotion .
sold to fiorentina in 2007 , after half a season he moved to palermo , with whom he played in the europa league .
in 2010 he was called up to the italian national team and took part in the 2012 uefa european championships , where italy lost the final against spain .
the same summer , he moved to roma .
on 12 august 2015 he announced his retirement from football after having made a total of 221 appearances and scored 4 goals in serie a and 130 appearances and 3 goals in serie b.
