Rufo Emiliano Verga (born 21 December 1969) is an Italian retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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.
He represented
Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 304 competitors, 228 men and 76 women, took part in 169 events in 26 sports.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
In I ...
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He had to retire young due to knee problems and now runs a café in
Richmond, California
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was municipal corporation, incorporated on August 3, 1905, and has a Richmond, California, City Council, city council. .
Honours
Milan
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Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
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1987–88
Italy U21
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UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
References
External links
1969 births
Living people
Footballers from Legnano
Italian men's footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Italy men's under-21 international footballers
Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Italy
AC Milan players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Bologna FC 1909 players
SS Lazio players
ACF Fiorentina players
Venezia FC players
US Lecce players
Men's association football defenders
20th-century Italian sportsmen
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