Alessandro Nista
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Nista | ||
| Date of birth | July 10, 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Collesalvetti, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1985 | Pisa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1986 | Sorrento | 3 | (0) |
| 1986–1990 | Pisa | 38 | (0) |
| 1990 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| 1990–1995 | Ancona | 139 | (0) |
| 1995–1999 | Parma | 2 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Torino | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1988 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alessandro Nista (born July 10, 1965 in Collesalvetti) is a former Italian football goalkeeper. A talented goalkeeper in his youth, he was once thought to be the heir of Walter Zenga for the Italy national team, although he failed to live up to his reputation, despite a successful club career.
Nista has played with Sorrento, Pisa, Leeds United, Ancona, Parma, and Torino in his career, serving mainly as a backup goalkeeper in later years. With Pisa, Nista won the Serie B title in 1985, and the Mitropa Cup in 1987, also winning the English Football League Second Division Title with Leeds in 1990. With Parma, Nista won a Coppa Italia and an UEFA Cup double in 1999, although he was mainly a reserve behind goalkeepers Giovanni Galli, Luca Bucci, and Gianluigi Buffon during his time at the club. In total, he made 66 career appearances in Serie A, 114 in Serie B, and 3 in Serie C1. Interestingly, Marco Van Basten scored both his first and final goals in Serie A against Nista, in 1987 and 1993, respectively.
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