Euro 2012

Celebrity Buzz Born Mario Barwuah to Ghanaian parents in Palermo: the story of Mario Balotelli Mario Balotelli was born Mario Barwuah in Palermo in 1990 to Ghanaian immigrants and raised by the Balotelli family in Brescia province, whose surname he took. He scored twice against Germany in the Euro 2012 semi-final, played at the 2014 World Cup and became one of football's most talked-about strikers.