Andrés D'Alessandro
D'Alessandro in 2016
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| Full name | Andrés Nicolás D'Alessandro | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Internacional | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1991–1999 | River Plate | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | River Plate | 70 | (19) | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | VfL Wolfsburg | 61 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 36 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Zaragoza | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | San Lorenzo | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2008– | Internacional | 180 | (36) | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | → River Plate (loan) | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2003–2011 | Argentina | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 January 2012 |
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Andrés Nicolás D'Alessandro (born 15 April 1981) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Internacional as an attacking midfielder.
He has played top-flight football in Argentina, Germany, England, Spain and Brazil. He won an Olympic Gold medal with Argentina in 2004 and also played in that year's Copa América.
D'Alessandro was born in the La Paternal section of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He joined the labor force as a pizza delivery boy before becoming a professional footballer. Known as El Cabezón ("The Big Headed") for how large his big head looks on his small frame rather than any ego connotations, he emerged through the River Plate youth system that has produced much of Argentina's top talent over the years. He followed the likes of Santiago Solari and Pablo Aimar through the ranks, together with Javier Saviola, with whom he shared the limelight in the 2001 Youth World Championship. With the River Plate senior team, he won the 2001–02 and 2002–03 Primera División titles.
D'Alessandro attracted attention from European clubs following his success and performances at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. He eventually transferred to Wolfsburg in July 2003 for a club record €9 million. On 21 September 2005, D'Alessandro scored the Bundesliga's 40,000th goal since its creation in 1963, netting the fourth goal in a 4–2 victory over Hannover 96.
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