Christian Panucci

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Personal information
Christian Panucci
Date of birth	12 April, 1973
Place of birth	Savona, Italy
Height	1.84 m
Position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Roma
Number	2
Youth clubs
	Genoa
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1992-93 1993-96 1997-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001 2001-	Genoa A.C. Milan Real Madrid Inter Chelsea (loan) Monaco (loan) Roma	31 (3) 89 (9) 73 (3) 26 (1) 8 (0) 14 (3) 151 (7)
National team**
1992-96 1993 1994-2004	Italy U-21 Olympics (U-23) Italy	19 (4) 3 (0) 48 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of August 2006.

Christian Panucci (born 12 April, 1973 in Savona) is an Italian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for AS Roma of Italian Serie A.

Panucci is a renowned defender who usually plays on the right-hand side. He started playing with Genoa in 1992, and then moved to AC Milan. Panucci later moved to Real Madrid, Inter, Chelsea, AS Monaco before moving to Roma in 2001. He won the Champions League with both Milan and Real. In those two stops, as well as Roma, he has been coached by Fabio Capello.

He has also been a regular in the Italian national team since September 1994 (against Slovenia and has had 48 caps and 2 goals, as of the end of 2004. He played for his country at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004.

In 1996, Panucci was incredibly lucky to avoid death. He was part of the Italy squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, but had to leave the team due to injury. Panucci was scheduled to leave the United States on TWA Flight 800 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. But a last-minute change of flight plans saved his life.

He has a Spanish wife and their daughter was born in March 2001.

[edit] International goals

**Christian Panucci: International Goals**
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 October, 1994	Tallinn, Estonia	Image:Flag of Estonia (bordered).svg Estonia	2-0	Win	UEFA Euro 1996 Qual.
2.	17 April, 2002	Milan, Italy	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	1-1	Draw	Friendly

[edit] External links

A.S. Roma - Current Squad
1 Curci \| 2 Panucci \| 3 Martinez \| 5 Mexès \| 7 Pizarro \| 8 Aquilani \| 9 Montella \| 10 Totti \| 11 Taddei \| 12 Pipolo \| 13 Chivu \| 14 Faty \| 16 De Rossi \| 18 Virga \| 19 Defendi \| 20 Perrotta \| 21 Ferrari \| 22 Tonetto \| 23 Vučinić \| 24 Zotti \| 27 Julio Sergio \| 28 Rosi \| 30 Mancini \| 32 Doni \| 35 Okaka \| 77 Cassetti \| Coach Spalletti

Image:Flag of Italy.svg	Italy squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup	Image:Flag of Italy.svg
1 Buffon \| 2 Panucci \| 3 Maldini \| 4 Coco \| 5 Cannavaro \| 6 Zanetti \| 7 Del Piero \| 8 Gattuso \| 9 Inzaghi \| 10 Totti \| 11 Doni \| 12 Abbiati \| 13 Nesta \| 14 Di Biagio \| 15 Iuliano \| 16 Di Livio \| 17 Tommasi \| 18 Delvecchio \| 19 Zambrotta \| 20 Montella \| 21 Vieri \| 22 Toldo \| 23 Materazzi \| Coach: Trapattoni