Fabio Quagliarella

 

Profile Football Stars | Fabio Quagliarella | Quagliarella signed with Udinese in summer 2005. Quagliarella stayed at Ascoli for just one season, scoring just three times in 33 Serie A appearances, and his rights were bought back in full by Udinese in June 2006 for an undisclosed fee. On July 7, 2006, Udinese sold co-ownership of Quagliarella, along with Mirko Pieri, to Sampdoria in exchange for the transfer of Salvatore Foti. During the 2006-2007 season with the blucerchiati, Quagliarella scored 13 goals in league play and earned worldwide attention due to the spectacular nature of many of his goals. Quagliarella began his career at Torino, where he grew up in their youth sector. He made his Serie A debut for Torino against Piacenza on May 14, 2000, and later made four appearances in the following 2001-02 Serie A season.

On June 1, 2009, Quagliarella his hometown club moved to Napoli for a transfer fee of € 18 million, where he signed a five year deal. At Naples, he was partnered with attacking midfielder Ezequiel Lavezzi and Marek Hamsik , and managed to score 11 goals in Serie A Napoli to help qualify for the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League with a 6th place finish in the league. He played his last match for Napoli in the Europa League, in a 1-0 win over IF Elfsborg. Before the winter break, he was the team's top scorer with nine league goals in 17 appearances. On 22 June 2011 Quagliarella signed a 3 year deal to stay with Juventus for € 10.5 million. He scored his third goal of the season against his former club Napoli and Refused to celebrate due to his Neapolitan roots.

On 6 February, he scored Italy's third goal in their 3-1 triumph over Portugal in an international friendly in Zurich. In June 2010 he scored a header against Switzerland in Italy's final friendly before the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was included in the Italian Euro 2008 squad and the Italian 2010 World Cup squad. Coach Marcello Lippi had only given him 45 minutes in one of Italy's most Shameful world cup knockouts, in the which Fabio managed to give teammate Antonio Di Natale a rebound goal, have a volley cleared off the line by Slovak defender Martin Skrtel, have an equalizing goal controversially ruled offside, and the aforementioned scores wonder goal. This match was also his 21st cap Incidentally for Italy, having scored five goals for them since making his national team debut back in 2007.

Personal information
Date of birth 31 January 1983 (age 29)
Place of birth Castellammare in Stabia, Italy
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1/2 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Juventus
Number 18

Youth career
1994-1999 Torino

Senior career
years Team
1999-2005 Torino 39 (7)
2002-2003 Florentia Viola (loan) 12 (1)
2003-2004 Chieti (loan) 43 (19)
2005-2006 Ascoli 33 (3)
Sampdoria 2006-2007 35 (13)
Udinese 2007-2009 73 (25)
2009-2010 Napoli 34 (11)
2010 - Juventus 37 (13)

National team
Italy U-17 2000-2001 8 (1)
2001 Italy U-19 9 (1)
Italy U-20 2002-2004 8 (2)
2004 Italy U-21 2 (1)
2007 - Italy 25 (6)

Ezequiel Lavezzi

Profile Football Stars | Ezequiel Lavezzi | Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi is an Argentine football striker currently plays for WHO Italian Serie A club Napoli and the Argentine national team. Lavezzi Himself, however, plays this down, instead Comparing Himself to another young Argentine player Carlos Tévez. Lavezzi moved to the youth side of Estudiantes (BA) in 2003, where over one season, he played 39 games and scored 17 goals.

On his return to San Lorenzo for the Apertura 2005 season, he managed to help the club up into the top half of the table, and with eight goals, he finished fourth overall as the top scorer. Lavezzi soon made an impact for the club by scoring a hat-trick in a 3-1 victory over Pisa in the Coppa Italia at the Stadio San Paolo; this was the first hat-trick by a Napoli player in 14 years. The first league goal Lavezzi scored for Napoli during a 5-0 victory CAME against Udinese on 2 September 2007.

In the 2008-09 season, he scored seven goals in 30 games. In the season 2009/2010 he scored 8 goals in 30 games but he had not played around 10 games Because of injuries. The Following Sunday, February 26, Lavezzi scored the only goal of the game as Inter and Napoli Defeated climbed up to fifth place in the Serie A standings.

Lavezzi made his international debut for the Argentine national team team against Chile on 18 April 2007.In 2008 Lavezzi was selected to the Argentina Olympic football team the which represented Argentina at the 2008 Olympics, during the Olympic games he scored two goals, one against Australia on 10 August 2008, and a penalty against Serbia on 13 August 2008. Lavezzi also Appeared in the final minutes of extra time against Nigeria, in a game Argentina won 1-0.

Lavezzi's club form was not enough to see him included in Diego Maradona's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. On the 17th of November 2010, Argentina faced Brazil in a friendly match in Qatar, in the which Argentina won by a goal from Lionel Messi in the injury time after a superb one-two play with Lavezzi. The match ended 4-0 in favor of Argentina. Lavezzi was replaced by Sergio Aguero in the 65th minute of the match.

Personal information
Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi full name
Date of birth 3 May 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth Villa Gobernador Galvez, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Napoli
Number 22

Youth career
Boca Juniors 1995-2003

Senior career
years Team
Estudiantes 2003-2004 39 (17)
2004-2005 Genoa 0 (0)
2004-2005 San Lorenzo (loan) 29 (9)
2005-2007 San Lorenzo 55 (16)
2007 - Napoli 146 (35)

National team
2005 Argentina U-20 7 (1)
2008 Argentina U-23 10 (6)
2007 - Argentina 16 (2)

Honours

Club
San Lorenzo
     Argentine Primera División (1): 2007 Clausura

S.S.C. Napoli
     UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2008

Argentina
     Summer Olympic Games (1): 2008

Marek Hamšík

Profile Football Stars | Marek Hamšík | In 2002, he signed with a major Slovak team Slovan Bratislava. He played once for the Slovan A-team and scored a goal. In 2005-06, he played 24 league matches for Brescia in Serie B, with Brescia finishing tenth. He had an impressive 2006-07 season, scoring 10 goals in 40 matches. Marek Hamsik is a Slovak football midfielder currently plays for WHO Serie A club SSC Napoli and the Slovak national team captains. Despite the fact That Hamsik grew up in Banská Bystrica, he never played for major local team Dukla Banská Bystrica.

 

On 28 June 2007 Newly-Promoted Serie A club Napoli Hamsik Announced That had signed a five-year contract with them. The transfer cost Napoli € 5.5 million. Napoli won 4-0, Hamsik made the opening goal and scored the second himself. He scored his first goal in the Serie A on 16 September 2007 in the match against Sampdoria. Hamsik ended his first season with Napoli as the club's top scorer, with nine goals from 37 games.

 
Hamsik scored the winning goal in their 2-0 home victory over Villarreal on 27 September, earning first-ever Napoli Their victory in the UEFA Champions League. The match was enthralling and ended in a 3-3 draw, after two late goals conceded Napoli to preserve Juventus' unbeaten start to the season. Hamsik Napoli helped finish the first half of the 2011-12 campaign on a high, netting a superb goal in their 6-1 hammering of Genoa on 21 December.  Following the winter break, Hamsik Provided an assist for Edinson Cavani's goal and netted Napoli's third goal in their 3-1 defeat of U.S. Palermo on 8 January 2012.

Hamsik represented Slovakia at the junior level, playing in the UEFA Under-17 European Championships qualifiers and the UEFA European Under-19 Championships. He played also for the Slovak U-21 national team.

Personal information
Date of birth 27 July 1987 (age 24)
Place of birth Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder

Club information
Current club Napoli
Number 17

Youth career
2001-2002 Jupie Podlavice
Slovan Bratislava 2002-2004

Senior career
years Team
Slovan Bratislava 2004 6 (1)
Brescia 2004-2007 65 (10)
2007 - Napoli 159 (46)

National team
Slovakia U-17 2003-2004 6 (3)
Slovakia U-19 2005-2006 6 (1)
2006-2007 Slovakia U-21 2 (0)
2007 - Slovakia 52 (8)

Edinson Cavani

Profile Football Stars | Edinson Cavani | After Amauri's departure to Juventus in June 2008, the Cavani cemented his place in the starting lineup, forming a striking partnership with Fabrizio Miccoli and scoring a total of 14 goals in the 2008-09 season.

In June 2010, Cavani signed a five-year contract with Napoli Cavani scored twice in his first start, as Napoli beat Elfsborg in the Europa League 2-0 and qualified for the main tournament. Cavani also scored on his home debut against Bari, before adding a late winner against Sampdoria, meaning he had scored in his first four competitive matches with Napoli. After assisting the equalizing goal, he went on to score two more, with the final score 4-1. On 09 January 2011, Cavani scored a hat-trick during a 3-0 win over Juventus, the third goal coming by way of a scorpion kick. On January 30, Cavani scored another hat-trick, this time in a 4-0 win over Sampdoria. Cavani continued his fine form scoring a brace against Roma, Napoli winning 2-0. On 20 March 2011, Cavani scored another brace against Cagliari, in a 2-1 win. On April 3, 2011, Cavani scored yet another hat-trick in a 4-3 comeback win over Lazio having been down 2-0 and 3-2 during the game.

On 14 September, Cavani scored the opener in Napoli's first game of Their Champions League campaign, a 1-1 away draw at Manchester City. Four days later, on 18 September, he scored a hat-trick against Milan in Napoli's 3-1 home win. On 22 November, Cavani scored both goals in the 2-1 match winning brace against Manchester City at home in the Champions League, leaving Napoli in pole position to follow Bayern Munich into the knockout stage. On 26 November 2011, Cavani scored a 94th minute equalizer against Atalanta after Napoli went a goal down in the 64th minute through former Napoli striker Germán Denis. On 17 February, Cavani scored two goals against Fiorentina, Napoli Helping go in fifth place ahead of Inter. Cavani scored the 2nd goal against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1st leg in Naples. Napoli subsequently went on to win this game 3-1.

In January 2007, Cavani was selected to join the Uruguay national football team Under-20 squad to play in the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. Cavani finished the tournament as top scorer with seven goals in nine games, Helping Uruguay to finish in 3rd place, earning them a place in the World Youth Championship.

Personal information
Full name Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez
Date of birth 14 February 1987 (age 25)
Place of birth Salto, Uruguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker

Club information
Current club Napoli
Number 7

Youth career
Danubio 2000-2005

Senior career
years Team
2005-2007 Danubio 25 (9)
Palermo 2007-2010 101 (34)
2010 - Napoli 57 (41)

National team
2006-2007 Uruguay U-20 14 (10)
2008 - Uruguay 36 (10)



Honours

Club
Danubio
     Torneo Apertura: 2006-07
     Champions League 2008-09 Napoli

Uruguay
     2010 World Cup: Fourth Place
     Copa América 2011: Winner

Edinson Cavani (Napoli)

Edinson Cavani finally officially signed a contract for five years with Napoli. The contract will bind the Uruguayan national team player until 2016.

Cavani had came to Napoli on loan from Palermo last summer. Now, his hopes to become a permanent player with the club from Naples becomes a reality.

It is Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis who announced the new agreement on Cavani.

“We have met with Cavani today and we have again extended this relationship. After that he went to Uruguay after previously signed a new agreement with us,”said the president to Radio Marte.

“We are satisfied and I personally am proud to have a great player on the team. Cavani is a person who has great confidence and great personality.”

“So far he also has to be an important element for the Napoli team,”continued Laurentiis.

How much the total contract value of Cavani is still not yet known. But in a preliminary reports that was launched by Italian media, it was described that the 24-year-old player will receive an salary of € 2 million plus bonuses.

Edinson Cavani (Napoli)

Edinson Cavani (Napoli)

Edinson Cavani (Napoli)

Edinson Cavani (Napoli)

Edinson Cavani (Napoli)