1. At international level, Fabio Quagliarella represented Italy from under-18 to under-21 youth levels before his debut for the senior team in 2007.
21 Facts About Fabio Quagliarella
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Fabio Quagliarella was part of Italy's squads for UEFA Euro 2008, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Individually, Fabio Quagliarella was awarded the Serie A Goal of the Year in 2009, achieved during his time at Udinese; in 2017 and 2018 respectively, he obtained the Premio Gentleman Fairplay and the Scirea Career Award while playing for Sampdoria, which pertain to both personality and playing ability.
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In 2002, given his limited playing opportunities, Fabio Quagliarella was sent on loan to Fiorentina, at that time in Serie C2.
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At Torino, Quagliarella was an occasional starter, and with seven goals in 34 games, contributed to the club's promotion to Serie A However, as a result of the bankruptcy of Torino Calcio, in August 2005, he was released on a free transfer and accepted a contract with Ascoli.
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Fabio Quagliarella stayed at Ascoli for just one season, scoring just three times in 33 appearances, and his rights were bought back in full by Udinese in June 2006 for an undisclosed fee.
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Fabio Quagliarella was an unused bench in the second leg, which Walter Mazzarri used new signing Edinson Cavani partnered with Lavezzi, who the former scored a brace to help the team qualify.
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Fabio Quagliarella signed a three-year contract extension to stay with Juventus until 2014.
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On 30 April 2012, Fabio Quagliarella signed a 12-month extension that would keep him tied to the club until the summer of 2015.
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Fabio Quagliarella opened the scoring in the March 2013 Derby d'Italia game against Inter Milan with a curled shot from 25 yards, and made the pass for Alessandro Matri's winner.
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Fabio Quagliarella later cited the goal as the best of his career.
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Fabio Quagliarella was named as the Serie A Best Forward and to the Serie A Team of the Year.
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Fabio Quagliarella was ranked 94th in The Guardians list of "The 100 best footballers in the world" in 2019.
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On 5 March 2023, Fabio Quagliarella made his 550th appearance in Serie A against Salernitana, thus becoming the fifth outfield player to achieve this feat, following Pietro Vierchowod, Javier Zanetti, Francesco Totti and Paolo Maldini.
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Fabio Quagliarella became the seventh player in Serie A to score in his 18th consecutive season and 19th straight calendar year, following Jose Altafini, Gianni Rivera, Silvio Piola, Roberto Mancini, Roberto Baggio and Francesco Totti.
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Fabio Quagliarella made his debut for the Italy U17 team on 5 September 2000 against Slovakia.
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On 2 September 2014, Fabio Quagliarella was recalled to the national team for a friendly match against the Netherlands and UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Azerbaijan and Norway under new Italy manager Antonio Conte, although he did not appear during the matches.
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On 3 October 2015, Fabio Quagliarella earned another call-up, for Italy's Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Azerbaijan and Norway; , he did not appear during the matches.
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An opportunistic yet hard-working forward, with an eye for goal, good off-the-ball movement, and a strong positional sense, Fabio Quagliarella was primarily known for his accurate and powerful striking ability from distance, as well as his ability in the air, and his penchant for scoring spectacular goals from volleys and shots anywhere outside the area.
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Fabio Quagliarella wore the number 27 in honour of Niccolo Galli, a childhood friend and youth academy teammate of his who used to wear this number; Galli died in a road accident in 2001, at the age of 17.
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In February 2017, Fabio Quagliarella revealed in an interview with Mediaset that during his time at Napoli he and his family were threatened by a stalker over a period of five years, which eventually led to his departure from the club.