Fabrizio Ravanelli: biography

Born in Perugia on December 11, 1968. Fabrizio Ravanelli is one of the most successful Italian soccer player. He has played with a half-dozen European teams, including Perugia, Juventus, Lazio, Marseille, Middlesbrough, and Derby County. He got 22 caps with the Italian national team.

Known as the "White Feather" due to his prematurely whitened hair, he was one of Europe's best goalscorers in the late 1990s. He made an immediate positive impact on moving into the English Premiership with Bryan Robson's Middlesbrough. Memorable the hat-trick scored on his debut against Liverpool on the opening day of the 1996-97 season. He was one of the league's top scorers.

He joined Derby County in 2001. Due to Derby's fiancial problems they had to defer his wage payments which they are still paying today, even though he left in 2003. He then joined Dundee following the end of his Derby contract but left after the club released all of their top earners.

Fabrizio Ravanelli: Football career history - Club by club

Perugia (Italy), Avellino (Italy), Casertana (Italy), Avellino (Italy), Reggiana (Italy), Juventus (Italy), Middlesbrough (England), Marseille (France), SS Lazio (Italy), Derby County (England), Dundee FC (Scotland), Perugia (Italy)

Fabrizio Ravanelli: Achievements

1996 Champions League winner (Juventus)
1993 UEFA Cup winner (Juventus)
1995 Italian SuperCup winner (Juventus)
1995 Serie A Champions (Juventus)
2000 Serie A Champions (Lazio Rome)
1995 Italian Cup winner (Juventus)
2000 Italian Cup winner (Lazio Rome)
1995 UEFA Cup Finals (Juventus)
1997 FA Cup Finals (Middlesbrough)
1997 League Cup Finals (Middlesbrough)