Massimo Cannizzaro

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Massimo Cannizzaro

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| image = Massimo Cannizzaro (cropped).JPG

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| caption = Cannizzaro in 2008

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|4|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cologne, West Germany

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1995–1997

| youthclubs1 = Fortuna Köln

| youthyears2 = 1997–2000

| youthclubs2 = TSV Rodenkirchen

| years1 = 2000–2002

| clubs1 = 1. FC Köln II

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 2002–2003

| clubs2 = MSV Duisburg II

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| years3 = 2003–2004

| clubs3 = Equipe Romagna

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| years4 = 2005

| clubs4 = KFC Uerdingen 05

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2005–2006

| clubs5 = Kickers Emden

| caps5 = 32

| goals5 = 13

| years6 = 2006–2008

| clubs6 = Hamburger SV II

| caps6 = 53

| goals6 = 24

| years7 = 2008–2009

| clubs7 = Rot-Weiß Erfurt

| caps7 = 17

| goals7 = 8

| years8 = 2010

| clubs8 = Holstein Kiel

| caps8 = 12

| goals8 = 8

| years9 = 2010–2011

| clubs9 = TuS Koblenz

| caps9 = 15

| goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2012–2013

| clubs10 = Fortuna Köln

| caps10 = 15

| goals10 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs1 = Fortuna Köln (assistant)

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Massimo Cannizzaro (born 3 April 1981) is a German football coach and former player.{{Citeweb |title=Rot-Weiß testet Gundersen: Drei Spieler dürfen im Winter gehen |url=https://www.kicker.de/rot-weiss-testet-gundersen-518453/artikel |website=Kicker}}

Life and career

Cannizzaro's parents, both from the Sicilian town of Modica, moved to Cologne, where he was born, to work in the gastronomy industry. In an interview, he said that italian footballer Roberto Baggio is his idol.{{Cite web |last=Ludwigs |first=Kurt |date=2019-03-22 |title=Lebenswege beim 1. FC Köln: Massimo Cannizzaro – "Der, der den Ball duzte" |url=https://effzeh.com/lebenswege-fc-koln-massimo-cannizzaro/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=effzeh.com |language=de-DE}}

Despite his hopes, he was never called up to the Italian U18 team. This would have extended his career to international football.