The former World Youth Championship champion captain, the Lion King Kolocini, who had an ordinary career

In the 2001 World Youth Championship, the Argentine team, as the host, won the championship with the outstanding performance of a number of young talents. The champion team members naturally attracted much attention. In addition to the most shining Saviola, captain Fabricio Coloccini also came into the public's sight.

Unlike his teammates, Kolocini, who was born on January 22, 1982, was already a member of the Serie A giant AC Milan at that time. Kolocini, who came from Argentina youth youth training, switched to Boca youth in 1998. Although she was young, Kolocini's talent was visible to the naked eye and was even labeled as "Pasarella II". Soon Milan's scouts were attracted by him, and AC Milan also decided to recruit him. Finally, Kolocini, who turned 18 in the winter window of 2000, officially joined AC Milan.

As a fan of Milan, Kolocini's father is naturally full of joy about this transfer. But he seemed to have forgotten that at that time, even Ayala, the Argentine senior of Kolonic, had no chance. What would he have at the age of 18? So from the winter window of 2001, Colonic embarked on a continuous loan path, and Athletic AFC Athletic San Lorenzo, La Liga Alaves, Atletico Madrid and Villarreal all left his footprints.

Changing one team a year is actually very unfavorable for the growth of young central defenders. If Kolocini transfers to a stable environment in time, he may be able to stop the loss in time. But he chose to stick to it again, and Milan took him back in the summer of 2004. But at this time, Milan's central defender has world-class central defenders like Nesta and Stam. Who can Kolocini shake? So after half a season, Kolocini only got five games (405 '). Seeing that there were not many opportunities, Kolocini finally decided to leave. In the winter window of 2005, he transferred to La Coruña. At this time, Laco no longer had the strength of Super Laco, and after Kolocini arrived, he was naturally entrusted with important tasks. The accumulation of a large amount of competition experience has greatly improved Kolocini's strength. In the 2007/08 season, he became one of the best La Liga teams selected by UEFA. The identity of the best central defender in La Liga will naturally attract the attention of the giants, and Real Madrid and Barcelona have had scandals with him.

I don't know if it was AC Milan's poor experience that made Kolocini have a shadow on playing for the giants or some other reason. Kolocini made Newcastle United the next Premier League in the summer of 2008. This is undoubtedly a bad choice. Although it is not difficult for Kolocini to firmly play in the main players of Newcastle, Newcastle was in extreme chaos at that time. The results also fluctuated as a result, and they were eventually relegated in the 2008/09 season.

If you consider the future, especially in the context of the World Cup a year later, leaving Newcastle is the best choice, but Kolocini chose to stay and compete in the English Championship. Although the Argentina team is not very wealthy in the central defender position, it is not as good as calling a champion player to play in the World Cup. Fortunately, Newcastle returned to the Premier League soon, which was also a comfort for Kolocini.

Kolochini still performed well after returning to the Premier League. At this time, he was no longer just the main force of the team, but also became the captain of the team. In 2012, the Premier League's best team was named by the British Professional Players Association (PFA) in 2012.

This is undoubtedly the pinnacle of Kolocini's career, at this time he was already 30 years old. Considering Newcastle's overall strength, it is difficult to make any breakthrough. As for the transfer, it is even more impossible. After all, he chose to stick to it when the team was relegated. So Kolocini kept burning himself in Newcastle and became a team legend until he left the team freely in the summer of 2016.

34-year-old Coloccini chose to return to his roots and returned to the former level-up of the Athletic San Lorenzo, and played until the summer of 2021. He then played for half a year with Aldochvi and then announced his retirement at the end of the year.

Like an ordinary club career, Kolocini's national team career also received mediocre response. The World Youth Championship in 2001 and the Athens Olympic gold medal are one of his few honors, but these have nothing to do with the adult team. The shortcomings of recklessness and frigidity made it difficult for him to lead the team's defense line, and all the few opportunities performed averagely. The World Cup memory is only two appearances in Germany in 2006, and 38 games are all the memories of his national team career.

Looking back, it is not only Kolocini, but the members of the champion team of the 01 World Youth Championship have basically not developed as satisfactory. Maybe this is also a fate.