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Fabrizio Ravanelli
Personal information
Full name	Fabrizio Ravanelli
Date of birth	December 11, 1968 (age 38)
Place of birth	Perugia, Italy
Height	1.88 m
Nickname	Penna Bianca (White Feather), the Silver Fox
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1989 1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1996 1996-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003 2004-2005	Perugia Avellino Casertana Avellino Reggiana Juventus Middlesbrough Olympique de Marseille Lazio Derby County Dundee Perugia	90 (41) 7 (0) 27 (12) 0 (0) 32 (8) 111 (41) 34 (17) 45 (21) 27 (4) 50 (14) 5 (0) 39 (9)
National team
1993-1996	Italy	22 (8)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Fabrizio Ravanelli (born December 11, 1968) is a former Italian football player.

Ravanelli was born in Perugia. He has played with a dozen European teams, among them Perugia, Juventus, Lazio, Marseille, Middlesbrough and Derby County, as well as getting 22 caps with the national team.

Known as the "White Feather" in recognition of his prematurely whitened hair he was one of Europe's top goalscorers in the late 1990s. Playing for Juventus, Ravanelli won one Serie A title (1994-95), one Coppa Italia (1994-95), one SuperCoppa Italiana (1995), one Champions League (1995-96), one UEFA Cup (1992-93).

He made an immediate positive impact on moving into the English Premier League with Bryan Robson's Middlesbrough though his success was not sustained. He scored a hat-trick on his debut against Liverpool on the opening day of the 1996-97 season. Despite being one of the league's top scorers, Middlesbrough were relegated in the year that he joined. He alienated himself from teammates and fans with his constant complaints and criticisms of the club's training regime and facilities, as well as the town itself, despite being the highest paid footballer in the Premiership at the time.

He joined Derby County in 2001 because he was still hungry, but could not save the club from relegation in 2002. Due to Derby's financial problems they had to defer his wage payments which they are still paying today, even though he left in 2003.

He then joined Dundee following the end of his Derby contract but was sacked after the club released all of their top earners.

After the experience in Scotland he went back home to finish his career with Perugia, where he tried to help the club out of relegation trouble.

He is now an analyst.

Ravanelli's signature celebration when scoring a goal was pulling his shirt over his head and running around the field. Ravanelli has been a big opposer to the new FIFA rule put in place where a player gets a yellow card for removing his shirt during a celebration.

• Ravanelli's biography (Italian)
• Ravanelli's Website

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