Max Tonetto

Max Tonetto

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-11-18) 18 November 1974
Place of birth	Trieste, Italy
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	San Giovanni	13	(1)
1992–1997	Reggiana	28	(2)
1993–1994	→ Fano (loan)	30	(2)
1994–1995	→ Ravenna (loan)	38	(0)
1997–1999	Empoli	61	(4)
1999	Milan	0	(0)
2000	Bologna	12	(0)
2000–2004	Lecce	131	(2)
2004–2006	Sampdoria	66	(8)
2006–2010	Roma	84	(1)
	Total	463	(20)
International career‡
2007	Italy	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2007

Max Tonetto (born 18 November 1974 in Trieste) is a retired Italian football midfielder (football). Naturally left footed, his preferred position was the left midfielder position. He was often used at left back however and could play as a left wing-back.

Club career

In 2000, Tonetto's career came to a shift when he moved to Lecce, where he became team captain in 2003.

From 2004 to 2006, he enjoyed great success at Serie A side Sampdoria, where he got his first taste of European football in the UEFA Cup. After the end of his contract with Sampdoria, he signed a two-year deal with Roma. He has played more than 300 Serie A games.

In his first season with Roma he showed good performances as a left-back. Although in his thirties, Tonetto is still, despite injuries, able to produce great and outstanding performances.

Tonetto scored his first goal for A.S Roma during a match against Empoli in the 2007–2008 season, by completing Francesco Totti's pass and scoring a wonderful goal.

In November 2007, he signed a new contract with Roma which would last until 30 June 2010.

On 11 March 2009, he blasted Roma's eighth and final penalty into the stands in the shootout against Arsenal, which meant Roma were knocked out of the Champions League, failing to progress to the quarter finals.

His contract with Roma expired 30 June 2010, and he retired.

International career

Tonetto won his one and only cap for Italy against the Faroe Islands in a qualification match for Euro 2008.

Honours

Roma

• Coppa Italia:
  • Winner: 2007, 2008
• Supercoppa Italiana:
  • Winner: 2007