Tommaso BALDANZI
Empoli
In a sentence
An intuitive playmaker of great technical class and personality, the talented Empoli tyro stepped up to provide much of the inspiration for the Azzurrini’s silver medal in Argentina.
What they say
“He has something extra in his football DNA, but we have to be calm because in Italy we’re good at burning out talent like his”
Paolo Zanetti, Empoli’s head coach
“He always was a prodigy. All he needed was to believe in himself. When you watched him play, you quickly understood that he could win a game for you at any moment”
Empoli youth team coach Antonio Busce
