Fabrizio Miccoli - Personal Life

Personal Life

Miccoli is married to Flaviana, a girl he met first when he was 17 and she was 14. Together they have a daughter, Suami, named after the Hindi word for love, and born on March 2003. His second child, a son named Diego, was born on June 2008.

In early 2010, Miccoli gained national news after he managed to buy an earring belonging to his childhood hero Diego Maradona. The earring had been confiscated by the national tax office during a visit by Maradona to Italy (the Argentine star owing several million euros in taxes to the Italian state). It was sold at a public action for € 25,000. After confirming the purchase, Miccoli revealed that he would return the earring to Maradona were he to meet him.

Miccoli is a supporter of Lecce, and has expressed an interest in playing for the club in the future. Miccoli has a tattoo of Che Guevara on his right lower leg.

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