Fabio Caressa (born 18 April 1967) is an Italian journalist and football commentator, broadcasting for Sky Italia.
[1] In 1991 Caressa was chosen to take part in the commentators team for the newly founded Italian pay tv TELE+, founded by Groupe Canal+; the first televised match for which he provided commentary was a 1991 Premier League match between Tottenham and Leeds United.
[3] In 1998, he started commenting on Sunday evening Serie A matches, taking turns with Massimo Marianella.
[1] After the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which Italy won, defeating France 5–3 on penalties in the final, after a 1–1 draw,[3] Caressa wrote a book about his experiences during his career and the World cup, called Andiamo a Berlino ("We're going to Berlin"),[5] a reference to Caressa's exclamation at the end of Italy's World Cup semi-final victory against hosts Germany, which ended in a 2–0 victory after extra time; just a few seconds after Italy's second goal, scored by Alessandro Del Piero, Caressa shouted the phrase, expressing his joy for Italy's qualification for the final that would be played in Berlin.
[6] Caressa commentated all swimming events in Sky Sport's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics for the first time in his career, along with former swimmers Massimiliano Rosolino and Cristina Chiuso.