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Roberto Baggio - Research Paper

Roberto Baggio

was born on February 18, 1967 to his mother Matilde and his father Fiorindo, in the small Italian town of Caldogno which is located north of the city of Vicenza. His brothers and sisters are Gianna, Walter, Carla, Giorgio, Anna Maria, Nadia, and Eddy. Roberto had much freedom as a child. His father often took him to a soccer field where he stayed until late evening. Roberto's passion for soccer was evident. Roberto started his soccer career in his home town of Caldogno, at the age of nine. His first coach, Gian Pero Zenere, saw for the first time the greatness in Roberto. He had become a star. A scout named Antonio Mora persuaded Roberto to play for Vicenza, then a club in the serie C1 ...

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to Fiorentina of the serie A. The world famous ponytail was first seen on the pitch in 1987. The following year Roberto really got noticed. With such a great year, he was called up in November 1988 for his first international match. At the end of the season Roberto married Andreina, his long time girlfriend, in their hometown of Caldogno. At the end of the season, Fiorentina sold Roberto to rivals Juventus of Turin for a then record fee of 17 million dollars. Before Roberto made his first appearance for Juve, he was called to play for the Italian national team in world cup '90 in Italy. Roberto had a great first year in Juventus where he played in 33 matches in the 1990- 91 serie. In that same year his wife gave birth to their first child, Valentina, on December 2 1990. 1992-93 was Roberto's best year. He also lead Juventus to the UEFA Cup in that year. It was Roberto's first major trophy. He continued his great play the next season, 1993-94, when he got his one hundredth serie A ...

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Added: 7/12/2005 09:14:12 PM
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