Paolo Negro appeared with Italy at Euro 2000, where they finished in second place.
11 Facts About Paolo Negro
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Paolo Negro appeared a further 50 times in the league in two campaigns, for a total of 363 official games.
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Paolo Negro received a total of eight caps with the Azzurri between 1994 and 2000, and he was selected by manager Dino Zoff to be a member of the Italian squad that took part at Euro 2000 tournament, where the national team reached the final, finishing the tournament in second place behind France.
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Previously, Paolo Negro was an essential member of the Italy U21 side under Cesare Maldini, as they defeated Portugal in the 1994 European Championship final, in Montpellier.
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Paolo Negro was a strong, aggressive, hard-tackling, physical player, who excelled in the air, and who possessed a powerful shot from distance.
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Paolo Negro was a tactically intelligent, reliable, and versatile player, and disciplined defender, who excelled at zonal-marking.
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Paolo Negro was an attentive man-marker, with reliable technique and distribution, as well as good pace and stamina, which allowed him to be effective when moving forward along the right flank after winning back possession.
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On 30 December 2010, Paolo Negro took his first coaching job, becoming the boss of Promozione amateurs Cerveteri, a team from Lazio with former experiences in the professional tiers of Italian football.
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Paolo Negro left the club after only three months, resigning on 23 March 2011 due to poor results.
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On 26 January 2012, Paolo Negro accepted a job offer as head coach of Serie D amateurs Zagarolo.
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On 5 January 2015, after Mark Iuliano's promotion as new head coach of Latina, Paolo Negro was appointed as a new youth coach for the club.