Marco Materazzi; born 19 August 1973 is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a defender for and manages Indian Super League club Chennaiyin. At the beginning of his career, Materazzi played with various Italian teams in Serie B and Serie C, and with Everton in the Premier League. He spent two periods with Perugia and signed for Internazionale, in 2001 for ?10 million. At club level, he won a number of major honors with Inter including five Serie A league titles in a row from 2006 to 2010, one UEFA Champions League, one FIFA Club World Cup, four Coppa Italia titles, and the Supercoppa Italiana four times. Materazzi earned 41 caps for Italy from his debut in 2001 until 2008, playing in two World Cups and two European Championships. He was one of the protagonists of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final against France, as he scored Italy's goal and later, in extra time, he received a headbutt from Zinedine Zidane, which was punished with a red card. Italy then went on to win the World Cup in a penalty shoot-out, during which Materazzi scored again. 

August 19th, 1973 in Lecce (Age 51)