Salvatore Fresi

Salvatore Fresi was an Italian footballer who played as a center-back or sweeper. As a youth, he played for Firenze and Foggia before joining Serie C team Salernitana Sport in 1993/94 and winning promotion to Serie B. He joined Inter Milan in 1995 and spent three seasons with them, winning the 1998 UEFA Cup. Fresi returned to Salerno on loan before spells at Napoli, Bologna and Juventus, where he was largely used as a substitute. With Juve he won the Italian League in 2003 and Italian Super Cup in 2002 and 2003. He ended his Serie A career with Perugia in 2004 having scored 15 goads in 183 appearances.

Fresi won 20 international caps with the under-21 team and scored on his début against Sweden in 1994. He was a member of the team that won the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship coached by Cesare Maldini. Fresi also represented Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, making three full appearances.