Napoli: Who Are You?
Now that the Silly Season is behind us, I thought it might be helpful to present a who's who of Napoli now- especially since the last week was so topsy-turvy. (Napoli fans' heads are still spinning, and the hot debate is what the heck happened with Qugliarella and whether the minds at the top actually know what they're doing...)
Who's New
Edinson Cavani (loan)
Forward
DOB: 14.Feb 1987 (Salto, Uruguay)
Former Team: Palermo
Shirt#: 7 (Lavezzi kindly gave it up for him)
International: Uruguay
Emilson Cribari
Center Back
DOB: 6.Mar 1980 (Cambara, Brazil)
Former Team: Lazio (on loan to Sienna)
Shirt #: 25
International: -
Nicolao Dumitru (loan)
Forward
DOB: 12.Oct, 1991 (Nacka, Sweden)
Former Team: Empoli
Shirt #: 12
International: Italy U-19
Cristiano Lucarelli (loan)
Forward
DOB: 4.Oct 1975 (Livorno)
Former Team: Parma (on loan to Livorno)
Shirt #: 99
International: Italy
Raffaele Maiello
Midfielder
DOB: 10.Jul 1991 (Acerra)
Former Team: Napoli (youth- yeah, that's right, one we developed ourselves!)
Shirt #: 91
International: Italy U-19
José Ernesto Sosa
Midfielder (attacking)
DOB: 19.June 1985 (Carcarana, Argentina)
Former Team: Bayern München (on loan to Estudiantes)
Shirt #: 77
International: Argentina
Hassan Yebda (loan)
Midfielder (central)
DOB: 14.May 1984 (Saint-Maurice, France)
Former Team: Benfica (on loan to Portsmouth)
Shirt #: 21
International: Algeria
Who's Back
Manuele Blasi
Midfielder (central)
DOB: 17.Aug 1980 (Civitavecchia)
Shirt #: 80
International: Italy
That's right, Mr. Walking Card himself has returned from his loan to Palermo. (The jury is still out on whether or not we're happy about this. I think it's for the good, but I could be wrong.)
Who's Still Here
Goalkeepers
Morgan De Sanctis
DOB: 26.March 1977 (Guardiagrele)
Shirt #: 26
International: Italy
Gennaro Iezzo
DOB: 8.Jun 1973 (Castellamare di Stabia)
Shirt #: 1
International: Italy
Matteo Gianello
DOB: 7.May 1979 (Bovolone)
Shirt #: 22
International: -
Defenders
Salvatore Aronica
DOB: 20.Jan, 1978 (Palermo)
Shirt #: 6
International: -
Hugo Campagnaro
DOB: 27.Jun 1980 (Cordoba, Argentina)
Shirt #: 14
International: -
Paolo Cannavaro
DOB: 26.Jun 1981 (Napoli)
Shirt #: 28
International: -
Gianluca Grava
DOB: 7.Mar 1977 (Caserta)
Shirt #: 2
International: -
Erminio Rullo
DOB: 19.Feb 1984 (Napoli)
Shirt #: (84)
International: -
Fabiano Santacroce
DOB: 24.Aug 1986 (Camacari, Brazil)
Shirt #: 13
International: -
Midfielders
Andrea Dossena
DOB: 11.Sep 1981 (Lodi)
Shirt #: 8
International: Italy
Walter Gargano
DOB: 23.Jul 1984 (Paysandu, Uruguay)
Shirt #: 23
International: Uruguay
Marek Hamsik
DOB: 27.Jul 1987 (Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia)
Shirt #: 17
International: Slovakia
Christian Maggio
DOB: 11.Feb 1982 (Montecchio Maggiore)
Shirt #: 11
International: Italy
Michele Pazienza
DOB: 5.Aug 1982 (San Severo)
Shirt #: 5
International: -
Luigi Vitale
DOB: 5.Oct 1987 (Castellamare di Stabia)
Shirt #: 87
International: -
Juan Zuniga
DOB: 14.Dec 1985 (Chigorodo, Columbia)
Shirt #: 16
International: Colombia
Forwards
Ezequiel Lavezzi
DOB: 3.May 1985 (Villa Gobernador Galvez, Argentina)
Shirt #: 22
International: Argentina
Christian Bucchi
DOB: 30.May 1977 (Roma)
Shirt #: 29
International: -
Who's Gone (and Where)
OutrightCo-OwnershipLoanDalla Bona - Atalanta
Pià - Portogruaro
Ciano - Cavese
Diana - Cavese
Calaio - Siena
Contini - Real Zaragoza
Zalayeta - Kayserispor
Navarro - Argentinos Juniors
Pia - Portogruaro
Dalla Bona - Atalanta
De Zerbi - Cluj
Denis - Udinese
Mannini - Sampdoria
Rinaudo - Juventus
Quagliarella - Juventus
Datolo - Espanyol
Hoffer - Kaiserslautern
Palumbo - Aversa Normanna
Bogliacino - Chievo Verona
Bruno - Cisco Roma
Cigarini - Sevilla
Liccardo - Paganese
Varriale - Avellino
Insigne - Foggia
Amodio - Portogruaro
Monda - Sanremese
D'Urso - Fondi
Ammendola - Aversa Normanna
Edited to include official photos of (some) of the new signings and corrections to shirt numbers.