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Paolo Di Canio
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Paolo Di Canio (born 9 July 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer and manager. During his playing career he made over 500 league appearances and scored over one hundred goals as a forward. He primarily played as a deep-lying forward, but he could also play as an attacking midfielder, or as a winger. Di Canio was regarded as a technically skilled but temperamental player. Di Canio began his career in the Italian Serie A, playing for Lazio, Juventus, Napoli and Milan, before a brief spell with the Scottish club Celtic. He subsequently spent seven years in the English Premier League with Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United and Charlton Athletic. He returned to Italy in 2004, playing for Lazio and Cisco Roma before retiring in 2008. He played for the Italian under-21s, making nine appearances and scoring twice, and was a member of the squad that finished in third place at the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship under manager Cesare Maldini, but was never capped for the senior team. Among the individual awards he received as a player, Di Canio was named SPFA Players' Player of the Year in 1997 and West Ham's player of the season in 2000. However, his career was at times characterised by controversy: he received an eleven-match ban in 1998 for pushing a referee and attracted negative publicity over his allegiance to fascism. In 2011, Di Canio entered football management in England with Swindon Town, guiding them in his first full season as manager to promotion to League One. He was appointed as the Sunderland manager at the end of March 2013 but was sacked on 22 September after Sunderland had won only three of thirteen games under his managership.
Career
- 1968Born
- 1985Joined SS Lazio
- 1986Joined Ternana Calcio
- 1988Joined Italy national under-21 football team
- 1990Joined Juventus FC
- 1993Joined SSC Napoli
- 1994Joined AC Milan
- 1996Joined Celtic F.C.
- 1997Joined Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
- 1999Joined West Ham United F.C.
- 2003Joined Charlton Athletic F.C.
- 2004Joined SS Lazio
- 2006Joined Atletico Roma F.C.
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Rome
- •Citizenship: Italy
- •Known as: association football player, association football coach, television presenter, beach soccer player
- •Sport: association football
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Di Canio attacca ancora Leão: "Con Amorim non può coesistere, pensa solo a moda e rap"
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Di Canio: "Malagò è l'uomo giusto. Balogun? Una vergogna, la FIFA ha perso credibilità"
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Di Canio examines Milan’s ‘devastating’ collapse: ‘Zero identity and personality’
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Paolo Di Canio goes viral for smashing his head against a table repeatedly on live TV
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Video: West Ham legend Di Canio in pain after table headbutt during Italy rant on live TV
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VIDEO: Paolo Di Canio cracks head open on desk during live Champions League TV broadcast as Fabio Capello comes to bleeding West Ham legend's aid
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Shocking moment Paolo Di Canio repeatedly bangs his head against desk live on TV during football debate
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Football is not a 'priority' for 'lazy' Rafael Leao as AC Milan star ripped to shreds by Paolo Di Canio
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Di Canio: "Without Leao, Milan are more solid. Is he angry with me? I couldn’t care less – he’s not my cousin, after all. Pio Esposito? That’s a completely different story."
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Di Canio: Tudor might ‘pay’ for Vicario-Kinský decision, hints at new Tottenham coach
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“Not just to control the game” What Paolo Di Canio expects from Inter Milan v Juventus
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Icons | Di Canio | I hope special Wimbledon goal still lives in everyone’s memory
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Paolo Di Canio Discusses Lazio & Tottenham UEL Chances: “This Can Be Critical”
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'Amazing' Sunderland fans deserve Premier League return, says Paolo Di Canio
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