Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter G

An Italian former footballer who played with Juventus for the majority of his career. A versatile pl

An Italian former footballer who played with Juventus for the majority of his career. A versatile player, Pessotto was able to play as a full back or midfielder, preferably on the left side.Pessotto started his career in the A.C. Milan youth system. As a player, Pessotto spent time with Varese (1989-1991), Massese (1991-92), Bologna (1992-93), Hellas Verona (1993-94), Torino (1994-95) and Juventus (1995-2006). He is one of many experienced players who have been at Juventus for a lengthy period of time. Injuries and other issues in the closing stages of his career limited his first-team opportunities to mainly being used a substitute to Jonathan Zebina.

A retired Italian footballer.He began his career at Lecce, and played in the Serie A with Torino, Cr

A retired Italian footballer.He began his career at Lecce, and played in the Serie A with Torino, Cremonese and Perugia Calcio, and also played in England for Nottingham Forest. Other clubs he played for include Nola, Taranto, Arezzo, Fidelis Andria, Venezia, Palermo and Ancona.

Is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1984. The left-hander reached his

Is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1984. The left-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on January 29, 2001, when he became World number 40.

Was an Italian football (soccer) player, mostly known for his time spent at Genoa C.F.C..Gianluca Si

Was an Italian football (soccer) player, mostly known for his time spent at Genoa C.F.C..Gianluca Signorini started his career playing for his home team, Pisa S.C. of Serie C1, and successively for Pietrasanta, Prato, Livorno, Ternana and Cavese before joining A.C. Parma, with Arrigo Sacchi as coach. He quickly became a key player for Parma, and was successively signed by Nils Liedholm's A.S. Roma, and then Genoa in 1988, after personal requests by coach Francesco Scoglio. He played seven seasons for Genoa,

A retired Italian football striker and manager. He is one of the only six Italian footballers to hav

A retired Italian football striker and manager. He is one of the only six Italian footballers to have won the three main European club competitions.Vialli's career started in 1980 when, signing for local club Cremonese. After scoring ten goals for the club in the 1983-84 season, he was transferred to Sampdoria. At Sampdoria he formed a prolific strike partnership with team mate and childhood friend Roberto Mancini, earning the nickname The Goal Twins. With Vialli at his best, Sampdoria had the most successful era in its history. They won their first ever Serie A championship in the 1990-91 season, in which Vialli was league top scorer with 19 goals,

An Italian footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently playing for italian Serie C2 team C

An Italian footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently playing for italian Serie C2 team Cisco Roma.

Is an Italian footballer. His speed allows him to play either as a full-back defender, or as a winge

Is an Italian footballer. His speed allows him to play either as a full-back defender, or as a winger for both club and country. He is regarded as one of the world's best full-backs.Zambrotta started his career with his hometown team Como Calcio at the age of 17 in 1994. In his first season with Como in Serie B he played only one game. In 1995, Como were relegated to the Serie C1 and Zambrotta started to play more regularly for the first team. In the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons, he made 47 appearances and scored 6 goals for Como.

Is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Juventu

Is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Juventus F.C. and the Italian national team. He and Peter Schmeichel share the number-one spot on the IFFHS' list of the world's best goalkeepers of the past twenty years, which was released on January 15, 2008.[3] At the age of just 17, Buffon made his Serie A debut for Parma A.C. in a 0-0 home draw against A.C. Milan on November 19, 1995. In his fourth season with the club, he won the UEFA Cup. He transferred from Parma to Juventus F.C. in 2001, for a world-record goalkeeper's fee of Ç52 million. In 2003, he received the UEFA Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper awards, and was named by PelT as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

A former Italian international winger who once held the distinction of being the world's most expens

A former Italian international winger who once held the distinction of being the world's most expensive footballer, when he moved from Torino to AC Milan for £13 million in 1992. He was a very talented midfielder/winger with electrifying on and off the ball speed, creativity, superb crosses and short passes, top dribbling, top shot and superb technique.

Is an Italian Olympic fencer.

Is an Italian Olympic fencer.

Is a retired Italian basketball player, one of the best European playmaker of all times, with an all

Is a retired Italian basketball player, one of the best European playmaker of all times, with an all-around offensive talent.

N Italian footballer. he plays for Pistoiese.He played his last Serie A match at the age of &0000000

N Italian footballer. he plays for Pistoiese.He played his last Serie A match at the age of &0000000000000038.00000038 years, &0000000000000134.000000134 days, on 22 May 2005 against Juventus F.C..

Is a female épée fencer.

Is a female épée fencer.

Is a Uruguayan footballer, currently playing for Nacional. He started his career in Nacional, where

Is a Uruguayan footballer, currently playing for Nacional. He started his career in Nacional, where he played from 1994 to 2000, winning the Uruguayan league titles of 1998 and 2000. He played for Uruguay in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.Bugno's performance in the Grand Tours, howeve

Is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist.Bugno's performance in the Grand Tours, however, was over-shadowed by Miguel Indurain. Bugno's victory in the Giro d'Italia in 1990 is considered one of the most dominating performances in that race -

Is an Italian tennis commentator and journalist, and a former tennis player. Clerici is known for hi

Is an Italian tennis commentator and journalist, and a former tennis player. Clerici is known for his often off-topic banter with partner Rino Tommasi. As a tennis player one highlight of his career was being part of the main draw at Wimbledon in 1953.

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Liquigas.On Wednesday, March 11, 2009,

Is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Liquigas.On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, da Ros was arrested by Italian police investigating the trafficking of banned doping products. He has been suspended from his team and is to be questioned

An Italian football coach and former player.De Biasi, a midfielder, started his professional playing

An Italian football coach and former player.De Biasi, a midfielder, started his professional playing career for Inter Milan; he was part of the first team squad but, despite this, never played for the nerazzurri and was then loaned to Serie C team Reggiana in 1975 and newly-promoted Serie A club Pescara Calcio one year later. He was sold to Brescia in 1977 as partial compensation for the signing of Evaristo Beccalossi by Inter. De Biasi played in Brescia for five seasons

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for South Melbourne FC in the Victorian Premier

Is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for South Melbourne FC in the Victorian Premier League. De Nittis lead South Melbourne to victory in the 2006 VPL Championship with a second half goal to see South win the game 1-0 and win their eighth V

Is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He was a professional cyclist from 1988 to 2004.

Is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He was a professional cyclist from 1988 to 2004.

Was a road racing cyclist from Italy, who won the silver medal in the men's team road race, alongsid

Was a road racing cyclist from Italy, who won the silver medal in the men's team road race, alongside Dino Bruni and Vincenzo Zucconelli. Italy's fourth rider Bruno Monti also crossed the line, but didn't receive a medal because just the first three count

Is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympic

Is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.Four years later he finished fourth with the Italian team in the water polo competition at the Tokyo Games. He played si

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Française des Jeux. After stage 3 of t

Is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Française des Jeux. After stage 3 of the Tour de Georgia, Meersman was forced to abandon the race due to a severe case of patella tendinitis. He treated the riders of the Grand Peloton, a charit

Is a French professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Mina reached a career-high combined r

Is a French professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Mina reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 2 on December 14, 2009, after finishing runner-up to eventual 2009 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Junior Champion Daniel Berta i