1. Giampaolo Pazzini spent most of his career in Serie A with Atalanta, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Inter Milan and AC Milan, and Hellas Verona, playing in Serie B for the first and last of those clubs.
14 Facts About Giampaolo Pazzini
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Giampaolo Pazzini is well known for his eye for goal and movement off the ball, especially in the penalty area, as well as his aerial prowess and excellent ability to score headed goals.
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Giampaolo Pazzini spent two seasons with Atalanta, playing 51 league games and scoring 12 goals.
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Giampaolo Pazzini switched from a left back to a striker.
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Giampaolo Pazzini combined well with Antonio Cassano up front, forming arguably one of the most effective partnerships of the season in Serie A, and drawing comparisons with Sampdoria's former Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Mancini strike-pairing of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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At the time, Giampaolo Pazzini was considered the best Italian striker.
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On 2 March 2013, Giampaolo Pazzini scored two important goals in a win over Lazio, which put Milan third in the Serie A table, overtaking Lazio.
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Giampaolo Pazzini was formerly a member of the Italy under-21 team.
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Giampaolo Pazzini made his debut with the senior Italian team on 28 March 2009 in a World Cup qualification match against Montenegro, scoring his first goal.
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Giampaolo Pazzini was sent off in the second minute of the match for elbowing defender John O'Shea, the fastest sending-off in Italian history.
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Giampaolo Pazzini started the friendly against Northern Ireland in Pisa on 6 June 2009, where he missed a penalty in the 55th minute.
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Giampaolo Pazzini took part at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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In 2011, Giampaolo Pazzini married Silvia Slitti, who he had been engaged to ten years previously.
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Giampaolo Pazzini and his wife have one child, a son, Tommaso Giampaolo Pazzini, born on 21 December 2011.