Italian football star Fabio Cannavaro to visit Kazakhstan

ASTANA. September 4. KAZINFORM One of the greatest defenders of our time and the star of Italian football Fabio Cannavaro is coming to Kazakhstan, Kazinform has learnt from Vesti.kz. web portal.
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Cannavaro is expected to attend an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of Kazakhstan's football in Semey on September 21. The event will be marked by a friendly match between the veterans of Kazakhstani and Soviet football.

During his sports career Fabio Cannavaro played at such football clubs as Napoli, Parma, Inter, Juventus and Real Madrid. He won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2006. Due to a knee injury he was forced to end his career in 2011. With the Italian national team, Cannavaro won the 2006 World Cup and repeated the success in 2009.

It was reported earlier that Zinedine Zidane is also believed to attend the event in Semey. However, the information has not been confirmed yet.

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