About Me
Although born in Argentina, Camoranesi has Italian ancestry through his grandparents who were Italian and had emigrated to Argentina, hence his last name. This made him eligible to play for either Argentina or Italy, but the "Azzurri" showed interest in him first and, in 12 February 2003, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Portugal, which Italy won 1-0, under former coach Giovanni Trapattoni. Camoranesi played for Italy at UEFA Euro 2004, and was also part of Marcello Lippi's Italy team which won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He has been capped 33 times by Italy and has scored 3 goals, the first of which came in Italy's 2006 World Cup qualifier away to Belarus on 7 September 2005, which the Italians won 4-1. His second goal came on 11 October 2006 in Italy's 2008 European championship qualifier away to Georgia
