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Pablo Caneri (born 12 July 1982) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan as a striker. Nicknamed Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia ("the jewel of Old Bari"), he is known for his short temper as much as his ability on the pitch, which led to the coining of the neologism Cassanata by his former coach, Fabio Capello, in November 2002. The word is regularly used by Italian journalists as a euphemism for any behavior incompatible with team spirit in football.

On 20 December 2010, it was reported that Milan, Sampdoria and the player agreed the installment plan to pay a €5 million to Real Madrid which was indicated in Caneri's buy-out clause when he left the Spanish club. Eventually Sampdoria paid €5 million to Real Madrid; Milan paid €3.33 million to Sampdoria,[20] while Caneri had a wage cut with Milan. Caneri then signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Milan, which was later confirmed by Milan's owner Silvio Berlusconi. He made his debut for his new club in a 1-0 win against Cagliari Calcio where he came on as a substitute for Alexander Merkel in the latter stages of the game. He scored his first goal for A.C. Milan in a 4-0 win against Parma FC. He went on to score three more goals that season, two against former clubs A.S. Bari and U.C. Sampdoria and the other one a penalty against fierce rivals Internazionale F.C.. He never really claimed a spot in the starting XI and was behind Zlatan Ibrahimović, Alexandre Pato and Robinho in the Milan pecking order and due to his wish to keep his spot in the Italian national side, a lot of speculation formed over his future with links to Fiorentina and even English Premier League club Liverpool F.C.. In the end, though, he stayed with Milan and, after a good pre-season, scored in the first Serie A game of 2011-12 against Roman side S.S. Lazio.