The Resume

(August 19, 1973- )
Played professionally for Marsala (1993-94), Trapani (1994-95), Perugia (1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2001), Capi (on loan, 1996), Everton (1998-1999) and Inter Milan (2001- )
Italian national team (2001- )
Defender/center back position

Why he might be annoying:

He was accused of making a racist slur against Zinedine Zidane (team France) at a critical point in the 2006 World Cup final and received a headbutt for it.
Zidane's mother accused him of calling her a ‘terrorist whore.'
He is considered one of the late bloomers in Italian football.
He has a tattoo on his left forearm bearing the word ‘Lion' and his birth date in Roman numerals.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a solid left-foot free kicker at Perugia.
His mother died when he was 14.
His father was an acclaimed soccer coach with several clubs.
He considers mothers to be sacred.
He won the Coppa Italia (Italian Cup, an annual soccer trophy) in 2005 and 2006.

Credit: Cool It All Right?

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Cool It All Right?'s Profiles [Series 02]
• Cry Babies
• Double M Initials
• Fox Soccer's Top 100 Most Memorable Moments in FIFA World Cup History [2018] (Ranked: 5)
• I Earned a Red Card (Dismissal) At The FIFA World Cup (Ranked: 2006)
• I Made a Biased Comment in Public [Some Alleged]
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Award
• Look at Me, I'm Holding The World Cup
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Top Hat
• Look at My Flag
• People with Bruce, Marc or Keith in their Names
• Profiles 18501-18750 (Ranked: 18548)
• Short Fuses
• Soccer Stars
• Yahoo!-France's Top 20 Athlete Searches [2006] (Ranked: 9)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 77.14% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 76 Votes: 76.32% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 122 Votes: 64.75% Annoying