Alessandro Nesta
Nesta playing for the Montreal Impact in 2013
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Miami FC (head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1993 | Lazio | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2002 | Lazio | 193 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2012 | Milan | 224 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Montreal Impact | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Chennaiyin FC | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 451 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1995–1996 | Italy U21 | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2006 | Italy | 78 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016– | Miami FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alessandro Nesta, Ufficiale OMRI (born 19 March 1976) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Miami FC of the North American Soccer League (NASL).
Widely considered to be one of the best centre-backs of his time and also as one of the greatest defenders ever, he was best known for his pace, artistic tackles, elegance on the ball, distribution and tight marking of opponents. He made over 400 Serie A appearances in a 20-year career spread between Lazio and Milan, winning domestic and European honours with both clubs as well as playing in Major League Soccer (MLS) for the Montreal Impact. He also had a stint with Chennaiyin FC of the Indian Super League. Nesta is a four-time Serie A Defender of the Year and a four-time member of the annual UEFA Team of the Year. In 2004, he was named as one of the Top 100 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 100th anniversary celebration.
Nesta was a member of the Italy national team for a decade from his debut in 1996, earning 78 caps in total. At international level, he competed at the 1996 Olympics, three UEFA European Championships, and three FIFA World Cups. Nesta was a member of the Italian team that won the 2006 World Cup, and he also represented the Italian side that reached the final of Euro 2000.
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