Antonio Cassano The Boy From Bari

Antonio Ca sanos career has been dominated by bust-ups and controversy. He also claims to have slept with six hundred women, but thats a different matter. Ca sano was born on the 12th of July 1982, which just happens to be the day Italy won their third World Cup. He grew up in a rough port in Bari, southern Italy. His mother raised him and rarely went to school, instead he played football on the streets. It was there that his, and every other top footballers qualities develop. A genius was born. Bari Eventually Ca sano was spotted by a A.S Bari scout, and was brought up through the academy. When he finally made his debut at the age of seventeen against Inter, and scored Derrick Jones Jr. Jersey the winner. He went on to score six goals in forty-eight appearances. Heads were starting to turn.Roma In2001 Roma snapped him up for sixty billion Italian lire, (thirty million euro nowadays), at just nineteen. His years in the capital were nothing le s the controversial, with constant clashing with managers and players. He was left out of Fabio Capellos and Luigi Delneris teams at times. Scoring forty-eight goals in four seasons, but contract i sues made him part ways with Roma. Real Madrid Everybody thought Madrid hadgot a bargain Gabe Vincent Jersey , signing Ca sano for just five million. Or was it? As after just four months he was shockingly over weight. He lived in a hotel in Madrid, eating pastry after pastry. Which lead to Madrid fining Ca sano for every gram he went over weight. The following season Capello suspended him for disrespect, Beckham and Ronaldo were also benched at the time. When talking to a radio show, Ca sano claimed he would walk to Rome to play for them again.SampdoriaOn 13 of August 2007 Sampdoria took Ca sano on a one year loan, later made permanent. He made his debut against rivals Genoa, in the Derby Della Lanterna. In his second season, striker Giampaolo Pazzini arrived from Fiorntina,(now at Inter). This was the start of a brilliant partnership, that would lead a charge towards four place more regularly. Midway through his third season though Ca sano was dropped by coach Luigi Delneri. For technical and tactical reasons. Sampdoria looked better without him, his teammates seemed more relaxed. Not having to pa s it to Ca sano all the time. He didn Avery Bradley Jersey t want to leave though, despite being heavily linked with Fiorentina. When he was brought back in, Sampdoria were knocked out of the Champions League before the group stages. In October 2010 he was yet again excluded from the team after a heated row with owner Riccardo Garrone. Ca Max Strus Jersey sano didnt want to go to an award ceremony, he didnt put it as politely. Garrone tried to terminate his contract, but it was rejected by the league. He apologised, but his wage was cut by fifty percent.Milan In the January that followed, Ca sano signed for top of the table Milan.Currently at Milan, Ca sano hasnt got much game time, with Ibrahimovic, Pato and Robinho infront of him. He has a three and half year contract.World CupGetting knocked out in the group stages of the 2010 World Cup was a complete failure and embarra sment for Italians. Lippi was slated for bringing old players. There was uproar Goran Dragic Jersey all over Italy, especially in Bari, for Ca sano to lead the line. It was a real mi sed opportunity for a generation of players. Miccoli and Ca sano should have got a look in. Instead Ca sano married Carolina Marcialis on the ninth of July. Although under Prandelli, Ca sano has been first choice and delivered a real master cla s against the Faroe Islands, Italy won five-nil. It remains to be seen how we do at Euro 2012.Antonio Ca sano will live long in the memories of many football fans. Probably for the wrong reasons though. I believe he wasted his talent to an extent, he could have been world cla s but he didnt try hard enough. He has to be the most outrageously entertaining since Diego Maradona.