Alessandro Nesta

italian football player

Alessandro Nesta [ 4 ] [ 5 ] ( italian pronunciation : [ alesˈsandro ˈnɛsta ] ; born 19 March 1976 ) is an italian professional football director and former musician. Nesta is wide considered one of the best and most talented defenders of all time. He was best known for his pace, artistic tackles, elegance on the ball, distribution and tight commemorate of opponents. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He made over 400 Serie A appearances in a 20-year career spread between Lazio and AC Milan, winning domestic and european honor with both clubs. by and by in his career, he played in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) for the Montreal Impact, and for Chennaiyin of the amerind Super League. Nesta is a four-time Serie A Defender of the Year and a four-time extremity of the annual UEFA Team of the Year. [ 9 ] In 2004, he was named as one of the Top 100 greatest living footballers as separate of FIFA ‘s hundredth anniversary celebration. [ 10 ]

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Nesta was a penis of the Italy national team for a decade from his debut in 1996, earning 78 caps in total. At external 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 besides represented the italian side that reached the concluding of Euro 2000 .

Club career [edit ]

latium [edit ]

A young Nesta makes his professional debut with Lazio, in 1993 Nesta was first discovered by Francesco Rocca, a scout for Roma, but his founder, a Lazio sports fan, turned down the offer. [ 11 ] He began his youth career with Lazio in 1985, playing in versatile roles, including as a striker and midfielder, before being placed in the function of a defender. In the 1993–94 season he was called up to the first team, and on 13 March 1994 he made his introduction in a 2–2 away draw against Udinese ; Nesta came on for Pierluigi Casiraghi during the 78th moment. [ 12 ] He assumed the team captainship in 1997 under Sven-Göran Eriksson, and helped Lazio win the 1998 Coppa Italia against AC Milan in the final examination, in which he scored the winning finish. He would besides make the UEFA Cup Final that temper, losing out to Internazionale. Nesta was awarded the Serie A Young Footballer of the Year Award at the 1998 italian footballing awards for his operation throughout the season. The follow year he was forced to stay out for about half the season due to ligament injuries suffered during the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He returned to the battlefield in December, and, as captain, led Lazio in the claim race, lost by a single point on the final sidereal day of the season. He did, however, win the first two trophies at the external flat of his team : the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, won against Mallorca, and, in August, the European Super Cup over Manchester United. [ 13 ] In the 1999–2000 season he led Lazio to the Scudetto and Coppa Italia, winning the double. During the 2000–01 season, under Dino Zoff, Lazio won the Supercoppa Italiana and finished third in Serie A. Nesta ‘s performances and success for Lazio during this menstruation earned him three back-to-back Serie A Defender of the class awards between 2000 and 2002. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Financial problems for Lazio and its then-president Sergio Cragnotti led to the sale of Nesta to Milan in 2002. Nesta left the baseball club with a backlog wage of €2 million, half of which were converted into shares of the Biancocelesti club. [ 16 ]

AC Milan [edit ]

good before the 2002–03 Serie A campaign, fiscal woes forced Lazio to sell many of their best players, including Nesta, who transferred to Milan for € 30,987,000 ( 60 billion lire ). [ 17 ] During this time, he would form a formidable defensive line alongside Paolo Maldini, Cafu, Alessandro Costacurta and Jaap Stam, among others. Nesta ‘s beginning two seasons with the Rossoneri were very successful. During the 2002–03 season, he won the Champions League for the first time in his career as Milan defeated rivals Juventus at Old Trafford in the first gear all-Italian Champions League final in history. Nesta helped Milan keep a clean plane during the match, which went to a penalty gunfight following a 0–0 deadlock after supernumerary time. Nesta was able to score his penalty complain as Milan won the gunfight 3–2. Nesta besides won the Coppa Italia over Roma during his first season at the baseball club, [ 18 ] while Milan finished third gear in Serie A that season. Nesta was once again awarded the Serie A Defender of the Year prize for his performances, and was elected to be separate of the UEFA Team of the Year. [ 15 ] [ 19 ] The postdate season, Milan lost both the 2003 Supercoppa Italiana to Juventus and the Intercontinental Cup final to Boca Juniors, on penalties. Nesta managed to win the European Super Cup with Milan against Porto, however, and captured his second Scudetto that season, during which Milan set an italian record for points won. Milan were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, to eventual winners Lazio, although Nesta managed to score a goal in the quarter-final match against Roma. Nesta was once again elected to be separate of the UEFA Team of the year, for the third consecutive season. [ 15 ] [ 19 ] Nesta began the future season by defeating his erstwhile team Lazio to capture the 2004 Supercoppa Italiana. Milan besides reached the Champion ‘s League final examination in 2005, losing to Liverpool on penalties, while in Serie A, they finished behind champions Juventus. Despite finishing second in both Serie A and the Champions League, Nesta was elected to the 2005 FIFPro World XI for the first time in his career, for his performances. [ 15 ] [ 19 ] During the 2005–06 A.C. Milan season, Milan once again finished behind Juventus in Serie A, although both Juventus and Milan were late deducted points for being involved in the 2006 matchfixing scandal, and the entitle was awarded to Internazionale ; Juventus were relegated while Milan finishing in one-third topographic point after the compass point deduction. Milan besides reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2006, losing out to eventual champions Barcelona, while they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia. Despite missing most of the 2006–07 season due to a shoulder injury, Nesta played a full of life separate in Milan ‘s reelect to the 2007 Champions League concluding, where Milan avenged their 2005 final passing, defeating Liverpool 2–1 in Athens. Despite Milan ‘s point subtraction during the season, Nesta was besides able to return from wound in time to help Milan manage a fourth-place finish in Serie A, clinching the concluding Champions League topographic point. Nesta was elected to be separate of both the UEFA Team of the year and the FIFPro World XI for his performances that season. [ 15 ] [ 19 ] Nesta won his third european Super Cup in August 2007 when Milan defeated Sevilla 3–1. Nesta signed a contract extension that would keep him at Milan until 2011. [ 20 ] Nesta went on to score his first goal for Milan since April 2006 in a 1–1 pull back with Siena on 15 September 2007. He followed this up with an crucial finish for Milan in the 4–2 victory over Boca Juniors in the final of the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. [ 15 ] Milan would disappoint throughout the rest of the season, however, finishing fifth in Serie A and being eliminated in the cycle of 16 of the UEFA Champions League and the Coppa Italia. dangerous back injuries forced Nesta out of action for the unharmed 2008–09 season, which raised concerns about his chances to make a comeback into active football. [ 21 ] He amply recovered from his injuries and came on as 77th-minute ersatz in Milan ‘s final examination Serie A away peer to Fiorentina on 31 May 2009 for his first competitive appearance of the season. Milan finished the domestic season in third place. The pursue season Nesta scored his first brace for Milan in a 2–1 victory over Chievo in the Serie A. He began to reappear as a starter for the baseball club and was one of Milan ‘s most consistent players throughout the entire 2009–10 season under Leonardo. Nesta continued his excellent partnership with companion centerback Thiago Silva throughout the 2010–11 temper under Massimiliano Allegri, forming a formidable defensive pair, conceding just 24 goals in 38 games during Milan ‘s victorious Serie A campaign. Milan besides managed to reach the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, but were once again disappointingly eliminated in the circle of 16 of the Champions League. Throughout the 2010–11 season, speculation indicated that Nesta would retire at the end of the season. however, he belated confirmed that he wanted to play one more temper at Milan before retiring and signed a condense extension on 18 May 2011, which kept him on Milan ‘s team until summer 2012. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Nesta was elected to be part of the Serie A Team of the year for his performances during Milan ‘s successful deed run that season. Nesta began his concluding season with Milan by winning the 2011 Supercoppa Italiana on 6 August 2011, defeating city rivals Internazionale 2–1 in Beijing. Milan finished moment to Juventus in Serie A that temper, and were eliminated in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia and the quarter-finals of the Champions League. On 10 May, during a press league, Nesta announced his retirement from Serie A at the end of the season. During his ten-spot seasons at the Milanese club, Nesta collected 325 caps, scoring 10 goals. With Milan, he won two Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, two Supercoppa Italiana, two Champions Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups and a FIFA Club World Cup. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 19 ]

Montreal Impact [edit ]

Nesta on the ball for the Montreal Impact in September 2012 On 5 July 2012, Nesta signed a compress with the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer ( MLS ). He signed an 18-month sign on a unblock transfer. The clubhouse besides stated he would not be signed as a designated player. Nesta made his impact debut against Lyon in a friendly match on 24 July. He made his competitive debut three days late, in a 3–1 home acquire over the New York Red Bulls. In 2013, Nesta won his first and only title with Montreal Impact : the canadian Championship. On 20 October 2013, Nesta announced that he would be retiring at the stopping point of the 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs after playing parts of two seasons with the Impact. [ 24 ]

Chennaiyin FC [edit ]

On 28 November 2014, it was announced that Nesta had signed for Chennaiyin FC of the indian Super League for the remainder of the 2014 season. He was signed by Marco Materazzi, his erstwhile external defensive partner. [ 25 ] He made his debut on 9 December in a 2–2 draw against Delhi Dynamos FC, partnering Mikaël Silvestre in central defense in Chennaiyin ‘s last match of a regular season in which they topped the league. [ 26 ]

International career [edit ]

Nesta began his career for Italy and was a member of the under-21 team that won the 1996 UEFA european Under-21 Football Championship. A few months late, he was named to Italy ‘s UEFA Euro 1996 police squad in England by Arrigo Sacchi, but did not come off the bench as Italy were eliminated in the group phase by eventual finalists Germany and the Czech Republic. He earned his first cap for the Azzurri under Cesare Maldini in a qualifier for the 1998 FIFA World Cup against Moldova on 5 October 1996 and finally made seven appearances in the qualify political campaign. [ 27 ] At the concluding tournament, Nesta played in all three group games, playing aboard Paolo Maldini, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Costacurta and Giuseppe Bergomi, helping Italy keep a blank sheet against Cameroon. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] He made no far appearances due to injury, however, as Italy were eliminated by the hosts and eventual champions France on penalties in the quarter-finals. [ 3 ] [ 15 ] [ 31 ] After featuring in defense for Italy during the Euro 2000 qualifying campaign under Dino Zoff, Nesta featured in the italian starting batting order at Euro 2000, partnering with Paolo Maldini and Fabio Cannavaro in defense throughout most of the tournament. Italy lone conceded two goals en road to the final, and kept three clean sheets throughout the tournament ; the first coming against co-hosts Belgium in the group stage, [ 32 ] and the moment against Romania in the quarter-finals, in which he was named man of the match. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] In the semi-final, a ten-man Italy overcame co-hosts the Netherlands in a punishment gunfight, after a 0–0 deadlock following extra time. [ 35 ] Italy advanced to the concluding where they faced defending World Cup Champions France. Following a goal by Marco Delvecchio in the fifty-fifth minute, Italy led the match 1–0 until the final infinitesimal of blockage time, when Sylvain Wiltord scored the counterweight. David Trezeguet then scored the aureate goal in supernumerary prison term for France to defeat the Italians in the second consecutive tournament, as the Italians finished the Euro as runner-up. [ 36 ] Nesta, along with his defensive partners Maldini and Cannavaro, was elected to be part of the team of the tournament for his performances. [ 15 ] After Euro 2000, Nesta ‘s remained a first-choice kernel back for Italy under new director Giovanni Trapattoni, featuring extensively during the 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign. During the 2002 World Cup, he partnered Fabio Cannavaro in cardinal defense, keeping a clean sheet in the opening win against Ecuador, [ 37 ] but once again, wound kept him from playing in the moment round, and Nesta did not feature in the controversial second base round defeat to co-hosts South Korea. [ 38 ] Nesta featured prominently as Italy topped their euro 2004 qualifying group. Italy ‘s disappointment at major tournaments continued at Euro 2004, however, where they were eliminated in the first round following a tripartite five-point affiliation with Denmark and Sweden, entirely to be eliminated on direct encounters. [ 39 ] Nesta managed to stay injury free and played for a full 90 minutes in all three group games, helping Italy to keep a clean sheet in the opening trace against Denmark. [ 15 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Following two consecutive disappointments, newly appointed coach Marcello Lippi kept Nesta in the starting lineup as Italy topped their reservation group en route to the 2006 World Cup. Despite starting the final tournament powerfully, helping Italy to keep a clean sheet in their first step win over Ghana, [ 42 ] the World Cup turned out to be a personal disappointment for Nesta, as an wound in the final group game against the Czech Republic, which Italy won 2–0, [ 43 ] put him on the sidelines while Italy went on to win the trophy. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] After the World Cup, Nesta made one appearance in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, in a 3–1 away win against Georgia on 11 October 2006, but continuous injuries forced him to retire from the international team. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] Prior to the final tournament, Nesta declined Roberto Donadoni ‘s invitation to return to the home team. [ 49 ] Two years later, he similarly turned down an invitation from Marcello Lippi anterior to the 2010 World Cup. [ 50 ] In total he made 78 appearances for Italy. [ 3 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

miami [edit ]

On 31 August 2015, Nesta was introduced as the first head bus of the newly formed Miami FC, which began play in the north american Soccer League ( NASL ) in April 2016. [ 51 ] After finishing a compound seventh target in his first season, Miami FC finished in first invest in his second, as spring and Fall champions of the 2017 NASL season. however, the team were defeated in the season playoffs semifinal turn to the New York Cosmos following a 6–5 loss in penalty gunfight after a scoreless draw. [ 52 ] He resigned as coach following the completion of the 2017 season, on 17 November. [ 53 ]

Perugia [edit ]

On 14 May 2018, Nesta was appointed coach of Perugia. [ 54 ] After a 4–1 loss to Verona in the 2018–19 Serie B promotion playoffs, Nesta parted with Perugia on 21 May 2019. [ 55 ]

Frosinone [edit ]

On 17 June 2019, Nesta was appointed director of Frosinone on a biennial contract. [ 56 ] The team finished the 2019–20 Serie B season in 8th, equitable making it into the playoffs. They lost the playoff final examination to Spezia after a 1–1 aggregate pull, as the opponents had performed better in the regular season. [ 57 ] On 22 March 2021, Nesta was sacked. [ 58 ]

manner of play [edit ]

Nesta was a complete and prevailing defender, who was influential both at clubhouse and international horizontal surface, and who is regarded by pundits as being one of the greatest and most talented defenders both of his genesis, and of all time. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Despite being a impregnable and imposing defensive, acrobatic and physical bearing, he was besides an extremely agile and elegant player, with excellent balance, ball skills, vision and pass ability for a defender, which allowed him to bring the ball out of the defense and start plays from the back after winning back monomania ; these abilities led him to be compared to former Milan captain Franco Baresi. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] [ 62 ] [ 63 ] Although he was normally deployed as a centreback during his career, he initially started out as a right-sided entire back ; his technical skills, athleticism and defensive ability made him a versatile player from a tactical point of view, who was able of playing anywhere along the backline, and besides allowed him to be deployed on the left, or even as a carpet sweeper on occasion. [ 59 ] [ 64 ] [ 65 ] [ 66 ] [ 67 ] Nesta was besides excellent in the tune, and was unusually quick for a centreback ; he much stood out throughout his career for his pace, acceleration, and stamen. [ 8 ] [ 60 ] [ 62 ] [ 68 ] [ 69 ] [ 70 ] In addition to his class, vitamin a well as his technical foul and physical abilities, Nesta besides possessed an excellent positional and tactical sense, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as an acuate capacity to read the plot, which enabled him to anticipate and close down opponents in one on one situations, and prevent attack plays ; his defensive intelligence enabled him to maintain a systematically high level of performance even towards the goal of his career, as he lost his pace and stamina. due to his ability to lead from the back and organise his teammates, he excelled in a zonal marking system, but was besides known for his tight stigmatize of opposing players. An accurate and coherent ball-winner, he was known for his artistic sliding tackles, acrobatic clearances, and ability to time his challenges well. [ 8 ] [ 59 ] [ 62 ] [ 68 ] [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] [ 74 ] Despite his endowment, Nesta ‘s career suffered from the many injuries he encountered, which hindered him from playing in the smasher stages at each of the three World Cups at which he participated. [ 59 ] [ 64 ] [ 68 ]

personal life [edit ]

On 7 May 2007, Nesta married his fiancée, Gabriela Pagnozzi, in a civil ceremony in Milan ; the religious ceremony followed on 30 May 2007. Gabriela was working for Casa Italia, the Italy home team headquarters, during the 1998 World Cup. Their relationship was born when she tended to him following his injury against Austria. “ I can say, I got the injury and her in France then. And the injury has gone, [ but ] she has stayed with me. ” Their daughter, Sofia, was born on 19 October 2006, and on 20 March 2008, their son Tommaso was born. [ 15 ] His nephew Gian Marco Nesta is besides a professional football player. [ 75 ]

Media [edit ]

Nesta appeared in the 1998 italian film Paparazzi, directed by Neri Parenti. [ 76 ] He was besides on the top of the italian edition of SCEE ‘s This is Football 2002. [ 77 ] Nesta features in EA Sports ‘ FIFA football video bet on series ; he was included in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 16. [ 78 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[79]

Club

Season

League

Cup

Continental[a]

Other[b]

Total

Division

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

Lazio
1993–94
Serie A

2
0
0
0
0
0
–
2
0

1994–95

Serie A

11
0
1
0
0
0
–
12
0

1995–96

Serie A

23
0
2
0
3
0
–
28
0

1996–97

Serie A

25
0
4
0
4
0
–
33
0

1997–98

Serie A

30
0
9
1
10
1
–
49
2

1998–99

Serie A

20
1
2
0
4
0
–
26
1

1999–2000

Serie A

28
0
2
0
9
0
1
0
40
0

2000–01

Serie A

29
0
1
0
8
0
1
0
39
0

2001–02

Serie A

25
0
1
0
6
0
–
32
0

Total

193
1
22
1
44
1
2
0
261
3

AC Milan
2002–03

Serie A

29
1
5
1
14
0
–
48
2

2003–04

Serie A

26
0
4
1
6
0
2
0
38
1

2004–05

Serie A

29
0
3
0
12
0
1
0
45
0

2005–06

Serie A

30
1
2
0
10
0
–
42
1

2006–07

Serie A

14
0
0
0
8
0
–
22
0

2007–08

Serie A

29
1
0
0
7
0
3
1
39
2

2008–09

Serie A

1
0
0
0
0
0
–
1
0

2009–10

Serie A

23
3
0
0
7
0
–
30
3

2010–11

Serie A

26
0
2
0
7
0
–
35
0

2011–12

Serie A

17
1
1
0
7
0
1
0
26
1

Total

224
7
17
2
78
0
7
1
326
10

Montreal Impact
2012
MLS

8
0
–
–
–
8
0

2013

MLS

23
0
2
0
1
0
–
26
0

Total

31
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
34
0

Chennaiyin
2014
Indian Super League

3
0
—
—
—
3
0

Career total

451
8
41
3
123
1
9
1
624
13

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[80]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Italy

1996
2
0

1997
7
0

1998
7
0

1999
6
0

2000
13
0

2001
5
0

2002
10
0

2003
7
0

2004
10
0

2005
5
0

2006
6
0

Total
78
0

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 20 March 2021[81]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

Nat

From

Record

Miami FC

31 August 2015

17 November 2017

71
35

Honours [edit ]

References [edit ]

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