| Massimo Taibi | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Massimo Taibi | |
| Date of birth | February 18, 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Palermo, Italy | |
| Height | 1. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest 90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Ascoli Calcio | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1987-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2005 2005-2007 2007- |
Licata Trento AC Milan Como Piacenza AC Milan Venezia Manchester United Reggina Atalanta Torino F.C. Ascoli Calcio |
1 (0) 23 (0) 0 (0) 34 (0) 177 (0) 17 (0) 34 (0) 4 (0) 52 (1) 131 (0) 48 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Massimo Taibi (born February 18, 1970 in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian football goalkeeper, who has played in several clubs, mostly in Italy's Serie A, B, and C1. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports A football team or a football club, in football (soccer is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a Football game be it Association Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. He currently plays for Serie B Ascoli. Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. He wears the number 1 for his club.
Taibi started his career for Italian side Licata in Serie B, and stayed there until 1989. Società Sportiva Dilettante Licata 1931 is an Italian football club located in Licata, Sicily. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) He appeared for Licata only once, then moved to AS Trentino in Serie C1, where he was a first-choice goalkeeper, playing 23 matches. Trento Calcio 1921 is the name of the major football club in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, which plays in Serie D. After one season, he moved to A.C. Milan in Serie A for the 1990-91 season. Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located As in his first club, he was not used at all, and shortly moved to C1 club Como, where he played the following season. Calcio Como are an Italian football club based in Como. The club was founded in 1907 After that he moved to Piacenza. Piacenza Calcio is a football club based in Piacenza, Italy. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having Taibi stayed there for six years, until the 1996-97 season, and appeared for most of the club's games. He had his best years during this period.
Piacenza thought his time was over, so they sold him to the club which had not played him, A. C. Milan. This time the club realized his true potential, and played him in half of the 1997-98 season's games as a backup to fellow teammate Sebastiano Rossi. Sebastiano Rossi (born 20 July 1964 in Cesena) was an Italian footballer who played Goalkeeper for several clubs most notably AC Milan Then Milan sold him to another Serie A club, Venezia. Società Sportiva Calcio Venezia, commonly referred to as simply Venezia or the abbreviation SSC Venezia, is an Italian professional football
In his first season with Venezia, he played in nearly every game. In 1999 English Premier League club Manchester United bought him for £4. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency 4 million.
Taibi competed with other Manchester United keepers, Mark Bosnich and Raimond van der Gouw, for the first-team place, but lost out, after making a horrible gaffe against Southampton that resulted in Matthew Le Tissier scoring a howler. Mark Bosnich (born January 13, 1972 in Fairfield New South Wales) is an Australian Association football player Raimond van der Gouw (born 24 March 1963 in Oldenzaal, Netherlands) is a former Dutch footballer and presently a coach who played Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. Matthew Paul "Matt" Le Tissier (born 14 October 1968 is a retired footballer who played for Southampton and England. Following this incident, a British newspaper dubbed him 'The Blind Venetian', as a pun on Venetian blinds. For other uses see Blinds (disambiguation For the desktop theming software see WindowBlinds. The mistake made him a well known name amongst English football fans, and is included in almost every football blooper compilation. He only played four matches, one of them being a 5-0 defeat at Chelsea. He was then transferred to Reggina, where he was played regularly at the end of the 1999-00 season and through the 2000-01 season. Not to be confused with AC Reggiana 1919, a Serie C2 team Reggina Calcio are the main football club of the Final classification Results UEFA Champions League qualification Played on May 23 in Verona Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker |} Reggina Calcio relegated to Serie B
On April 1, 2001, he gained much popularity by scoring a goal with a header off a corner kick in the 87th minute of a Serie A match versus Udinese Calcio to equalize the score 1-1. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A corner kick is a method of restarting play in a game of Association football. Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which currently plays in Serie A. This action, in which the goalkeeper crosses the entire pitch to try to help his team score, is commonly seen when a team is desperate to score and time is running out, but very rarely succeeds. Taibi joined Michelangelo Rampulla as the only goalkeepers to score from open play in Serie A history. Michelangelo Rampulla (born August 10, 1962 in Patti) is an Italian former football goalkeeper. [1]
After his two-year spell at Reggina, he was shifted to Atalanta. In the summer of 2005, he went on loan to Torino F.C., serving as first-choice goalkeeper; the move became permanent in 2006, with Taibi however becoming the backup goalkeeper behind Christian Abbiati. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont Christian Abbiati (born July 8, 1977 in Abbiategrasso, Milan) is an Italian football Goalkeeper who plays for He made his seasonal debut on January 13, 2007. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks [2] In 2007-08, he joined Ascoli, as Torino acquired the services of former SS Lazio goalkeeper Matteo Sereni. Società Sportiva Lazio, ( commonly referred to SS Lazio or simply Lazio, is an Italian professional Sports club most noted for its football Matteo Sereni (born February 11 1975) is an Italian football Goalkeeper who currently plays for Torino F
References
- ^ Taibi nets hero status with Reggina
- ^ Debut in Serie A - Tactical Lineup. Football-Lineups. com. Retrieved on January 18, 2007. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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