Giant passers-by, game demons, fringe internationals, those players you forgot, live stream remember. This issue of football brings you Italian centre-forward Fabio Bazzani.
【Player Information】
Name: Fabio Bazzani
Age: 43 (born 20 October 1976)
Nationality: Italian
Place of birth: Bologna
Position: Center
Height: 188cm
Weight: 82kg
Main team: Sampdoria
Technical characteristics: strong body, excellent ability to grab points with headers, obvious role in bridgeheads, but the technique under the feet is not delicate enough.
Few people, like Fabio Bazzani, can downplay every choice they make about their career journey as if they were choosing a breakfast.
【The difficult youth era】
Bazzani was born on October 20, 1976 in Bologna, Italy. Like those children who did not have a prominent family background and outstanding football talent, the early days of Bazzani's career were full of hardships. From 1994 to 2000, he played between Pocca, Sandona, Varese and other Italian lower league teams, but he never had any bright performances. In the 00/01 season, Bazzani joined Serie B side Venice, scoring five goals in 36 games as a substitute to help the team successfully promote. However, in the first year of Serie A, Bazzani, who was looking forward to shining in the top league, only played 3 games due to injuries and the team's technical and tactical reasons. "At that time, I was constantly questioning myself, and those visions of the future seemed to collapse all at once." It was the most confusing years of Bazzani's football career, and he was deeply trapped in the endless abyss of lack of self-confidence, but his desire for victory was growing day by day.
The turning point came in the summer of 2001, when Perugia desperately needed an impactful high striker, and head coach Kosmi was discerning and brought the 188cm Bazzani from Venice to Perugia. At that time, Perugia was firmly in the middle of Serie A, and the team environment with no European hopes and no relegation pressure provided Bazzani with unprecedented training opportunities. As a second-year student in Serie A, Barzani also performed quite well, with excellent physical condition, excellent head-grabbing ability and ferocious pressing, gradually gaining a foothold in the team and scoring 10 goals in 29 league games.
Surprisingly, at the end of that up-and-coming season, Bazzani moved to Sampdoria, a division two side, for a transfer fee of 4.5 million euros. From A to B, Bazzani's choice was astounding, and he tied his future to Sampdoria in a "gamble" way. Luckily, this time, he won.
After honing his skills in Serie A, Bazzani has matured more and more on the pitch, and his combination of Samp and Vladimi has become a nightmare for every opponent's defense. That season, Sampdoria managed to return to the first division with a second-place finish in the league, and Bazzani also became the biggest contributor to the promotion of the team with 15 goals. More importantly, Bazzani, who cast his name during the team's most difficult period, conquered the hearts of Sampdoria fans without suspense, and his jerseys were frantically snapped up in the club's specialty stores, and the confidence of the past was once again occupied.
【Highlight moments of controversy】
At the age of 27, when many players of the same age have already achieved fame, Bazzani's career is finally on the right track. In the 03/04 season, Bazzani, who returned to Serie A, was bound to win, playing 4 goals and 2 assists in the first 9 league rounds, and became Sampdoria's well-deserved striker. While people were admiring the grassroots player's amazing energy, Barzani's fiery temper and his own personality also became the focus of attention on the pitch.
Bazzani is an avid fan of Bologna Fortitudo basketball club and has repeatedly insulted his city rivals Virtus in public. After Batzani scored a goal in the home match against Empoli in November 2003, a pictured vest with a picture of a man urinating on the grave of the Virtus team reads: "Rest in peace, if possible." This insulting celebration cost Bazzani a fine of 1,500 euros. A month later, in a league match with Ancona, Bazzani clashed badly with rival coach Simeone, and Simone, who had always been known as a gentleman, was so angry that he was shaken and refused Bazzani's apology afterwards. Controversy, questioning, and criticism began to follow, but Bazzani was unmoved. This is a person who acts intuitively, has no intentions, never compromises, and does not pretend. His tough and tough style of play is also a perfect portrayal of his character.
That season, Bazzani scored 13 goals in 32 league games, helping Sampdoria to relegation while also being selected for the Italian national team in Trapadoni for the first time.
【The tenderness of the iron man who ran away for love】
As the story continues, Barbani should perhaps reach the pinnacle of his career in Sampdoria, or even become a model for late-game players, as Luca Tony did later. But this man of true temperament has once again made an unexpected choice, this time for love.
In 2004, Bazzani and the famous Italian model Alecia Merz met in the port of Cervo in northern Sardinia, Italy, and the two quickly fell in love. At that time, he was in love, eager to accompany Merz, who was working and living in Rome. In the winter window of the 2004/05 season, for the sake of his fiancée's career, Bazzani resolutely applied to Sampdoria on loan to join Lazio.
Unfortunately, Bazzani's career did not blossom like his beautiful love. After scoring just three goals in 15 appearances and playing for half a season, Barzani returned to Sampdoria in disgrace. At the end of his career, Bazzani's form took a sharp turn for the worse, and the team's former ace scorer gradually lost the trust of the club and the fans. In the 05/06 and 06/07 seasons, Bazzani played a total of 27 games for Sampdoria, scoring just two goals. In the summer of 2007, Bazzani, whose contract expired, chose to join the second division side Brescia on a free list, and since then it has gradually faded from the public eye.
Puzzlingly, Bazzani had the opportunity to stay in Serie A before joining Brescia. At the time, the Livono club offered him a two-year contract, but after much thought, Bazzani gave up. Once again from Serie A to Serie B, the annual salary has been reduced by 1/3, but in the eyes of the tough guy on this court, at this moment, the happiness and happiness of the family should be the greatest dignity in this life. His and his wife Merz's nest was installed in Brescia.
Looking back on Bazzani's career, people often feel lamentable, angry, and pity. Barbazani may never have been among the top stars in the league, but from the fourth and third divisions to Serie B and Serie A, and can usher in a brief bloom, for an ordinary player with mediocre qualifications, why should he ask for it? Even Bazzani himself has said that football is just a job, and through this job he has gained money, status and popularity, and that is enough.
Looking at the moon in the distance, looking down at the penny in front of him, living flesh and blood, fearless, soaring freely in his own uninhibited sky, the bazani in people's hearts seems to have become praiseworthy, respectable, and lovely again. The only thing that is certain is that in the eyes of the Sampdoria fans of that era, Bazzani's glorious years have long been like a young and crazy poem, forever engraved in the heart!
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