Maurizio Ganz
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) is a former Italian
Italy
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 football
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 striker
Striker
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Club career

Ganz started his career at Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
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 in 1985. He later helped Parma to promotion from Serie B in 1989-90 season. When he played for Inter Milan
F.C. Internazionale Milano
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, Ganz scored 36 goals from 68 appearances and was a feared goalscorer.

Ganz moved to AC Milan
A.C. Milan
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 in 1997. In his first season he won the Scudetto with them and was very influential, but in his later season he spent a lot of his time on the bench because Alberto Zaccheroni, AC Milan manager at that time, had other star players like Oliver Bierhoff
Oliver Bierhoff
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, George Weah
George Weah
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, Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko
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, Leonardo, and Zvonimir Boban
Zvonimir Boban
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. Although he did score a priceless hat-trick against Inter in a cup tie that will always be remembered. He later went on loan to Venezia and Atalanta before eventually moving on. Finished with an impressive record of 204 goals in 469 games.

International career

Ganz received two call-ups for the Italian national team
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 in 1993, but did not gain an international cap.

He played one game and scored a hat-trick for Padania
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, an unofficial national team that competes in the Viva World Cup
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Personal

His son Simone Andrea
Simone Andrea Ganz
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 (born 1993) is a forward who is currently part of the AC Milan
A.C. Milan
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 Primavera.

Honours

  • Rapid Wien
    SK Rapid Wien
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    • Austrian Football Bundesliga:
      • 1995–96
    • Austrian Cup
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      :
      • 1995
    • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
      UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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      :
      • 1996
        1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
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    • UEFA Intertoto Cup
      UEFA Intertoto Cup
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      :
      • 1992, 1993
  • AC Milan
    • Italian Serie A:
      • 1999

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