Massimo Ambrosini is a defensive midfielder who captains the elite Italian club, AC Milan. His career, while stunted a bit by injury early on, is a successful one. He is an important part of AC Milan's squad and plays a big role for his country, Italy, as well.
Personal Life
Massimo was born on May 29, 1977 in Pesaro, Italy. He is married and has two children, son Federico and daughter Angelica.
Ambrosini started his career with Cesena, and, once he turned 17, was promoted to their first team. He started 25 games, putting up one goal and two assists in his season with them.
Seeing this young, future Italian star develop so well, AC Milan coach Fabio Capello signed the 17-year-old before any of the the many other interested clubs could do so.
AC Milan
In the first couple of years, he was not used much, and was sent on loan to Vicenza. After being recalled, he was developed enough to start for a prestigious club. He became a key factor for Milan and won the Italian Championship in 1999.
Ambrosini had immense potential, very likely to become a great defensive midfield all-star. Due to injuries throughout the year and loss of form for not playing so long, he was unable to reach his full potential, however.
The 2006/2007 season was probably the best year for Ambrosini. He was fully recovered and fought his way back into the starting squad forcing Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan coach) to change the formation to fit him in.
That year in the champions league he was a key factor in Milan's victory over giant clubs like Bayern Munich and Manchester United. A key assist by Ambrosini in the semi-final verse Manchester United advanced Milan to the finals.
Before this game Ambrosini was planning on transferring to Fiorentina due to a lack of appearances, but his new team involvement and chance at the UEFA Champions League Cup changed his mind.
In the Champions League final he started, wore the captain band, and had an outstanding performance in Milan's 2–1 victory over Liverpool to win the Champions League.
In the 2008/2009 season, he had a personal best season, starting 28 games and netting a personal high of 8 goals. In 2009 he was promoted to first captain and still serves as the captain of Milan.
Milan Trophies
While at Milan, he has acquired an impressive set of trophies with the team:
- 4 Serie A Titles (1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2010-11)
- A Coppa Italia Title(2002-03)
- 2 Supercoppa Italiana Titles (2004, 2011)
- 2 UEFA Champions League Titles (2003, 2007)
- 2 UEFA Super Cup Titles (2003, 2007)
- A FIFA Club World Cup Title (2007)
Italian National Team
Massimo Ambrosini made 35 Italian national team appearances. That many for such a strong team is impressive. His international debut for Italy was in April, 1999 against Croatia.
He was unavailable for many team selections due to injuries. He missed the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2004, and the Italian World Cup championship team in 2006. The closest opportunity for Ambrosini to be a part of an Italian National Team championship was in 2000 against France for the Euro Championship where Italy lost in golden goal.
After several years of absence from the Italian squad, he was called back up in 2006 after the world cup win and in 2008 for Euro Cup duties, but was later dropped when the coaching staff changed.
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