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Stefano Eranio (born 29 December 1966 in Genova, Italy) is a former Italian national footballer, who has played for two Italian and one English football club.

Eranio, who played in midfield, played 20 times for Italy in the period 1990-1997.

Clubs

Stefano Eranio started his professional football career with Genoa in August 1984. His first five seasons at Genoa were in Serie B before in 1989 the club were promoted to Serie A. In total, Eranio played for the club for eight seasons before he moved to AC Milan in August 1992. At Milan he won three league titles, and he also played in two finals in two Champions League finals. The first was in 1992/93 when Milan lost 1-0 to Marseille, and the second was in 1994/95 when his club lost 1-0 to Ajax.

In May 1997 he moved for free to the English club Derby County where he became a fans favourite, and he made his Derby, and FA Premier League debut, on the 9 August 1997 against Blackburn Rovers. His first goal for the Derbyshire club came on the 30 August 1997 when he scored in a league game against Barnsley. In this season, Derby County moved from their former home at the Baseball Ground to their new home, Pride Park Stadium, and Eranio's goal, to take the score to 1-0 against Barnsley was the first that was scored at Derby's new home ground. Eranio had thought of retiring after the 2000/01 season, but manager Jim Smith persuaded him to stay on. When Smith was fired in October 2001, Eranio chose to retire as a footballer.

On the 1 May 2006, Eranio, as well as Ted McMinn, were inducted as Derby Legends.

National team

Stefano Eranio debuted for the Italian team on the 22 December 1990 in a game against Cyprus. The game was a qualification match for the 1992 European Championships, and Italy won the game 4-0.

His first international goal came against the Netherlands on the 9 September 1992. Italy won the game 3-2, and Eranio scored one of Italy's goals.

On the 29 March 1997 Eranio played his last game for Italy, It was against Moldova in a match that Italy won 3-0. In total, he played 20 times for his country, and scored three goals. Six of the games were qualification games for World Cups, and five were qualification for European Championships.

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