Christian Abbiati

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Christian Abbiati
Personal information
Full name	Christian Abbiati
Date of birth	July 8, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Abbiategrasso, Italy
Height	1.91m (6'2")
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Torino
Number	32
Youth clubs
1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994	Trezzano Assago Corsico
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1998 1995-1996 1998- 2005-2006 2006-	Monza → Borgosesia (on loan) AC Milan → Juventus (on loan) → Torino (on loan)	52 (0) 29 (0) 111 (0) 19 (0) 27 (0)
National team2
1998-2000 2003-	Italy U-21 Italy	16 (0) 4 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 25/3/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Christian Abbiati (born July 8, 1977 in Abbiategrasso, Milan) is an Italian football player. He is a goalkeeper, who played for Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Having began his footballing career at the age of 13, for Trezzano and Assago, he moved to Corsico and in 1996 secured a move to Monza. He made his debut for Monza in Serie C1 on December 30, 1994 in a 1-0 defeat.

He is transferred to A.C. Milan in summer 1998. His debut in Serie A for came on January 17, 1999 in a 2-0 victory. He was a 92nd minute substitute for Sebastiano Rossi. Since then, he became A.C. Milan first choice goalkeeper for 3.5 years. He lost his place in A.C. Milan first team in 2002-2003 season following the arrival of Dida. He remained as a back-up goalkeeper for 3 season until 2005.

He was first called up into Italy as the third goalkeeper for 2000 UEFA European Football Championship. However, he did not make his debut until 2003. His first match for the national team came on April 30, 2003 against Switzerland, won by Italy 2-1.

In 2005 he was loaned to Genoa, but immediately returned to Milan after Genoa were relegated to Serie C1 due to a match-fixing scandal. He was soon on the move again, as he was loaned to Juventus as a temporary replacement for incumbent Gianluigi Buffon, who had suffered a dislocated shoulder during the Luigi Berlusconi Trophy match against Milan in August 2005.

He was officially loaned to Torino in July 2006. After a series of convincing performances for Torino, Abbiati was finally called up to the national team on September 2006 as a backup for Gianluigi Buffon and Marco Amelia after the retirement of Angelo Peruzzi.

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