Javier Zanetti
Javier Zanetti 2011
Javier Zanetti Adelmar ( born August 10, 1973 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine football player. He is the captain and record players of Inter Milan.
Of all active players in Serie A, Zanetti has currently completed the most league appearances. He also has over 600 games in the highest Italian league the player with the highest stakes, who was not born in Italy.
During his club career Zanetti has been a total of five Italian championships, four times the Italian Cup, four times the Italian Supercup and one each UEFA Champions League ( 2010), the FIFA Club World Cup (2010) and the UEFA Cup (1998 ) won.
Career
In the club
In the past, played Javier Zanetti for Talleres de Escalada (1992-1993) and Club Atlético Banfield (1993-1995). In 1995 Zanetti moved to Europe to Italy's traditional club Inter Milan. His Serie A debut, he celebrated on August 27, 1995 in a 1-0 victory at home to Vicenza Calcio. His first title with Inter Zanetti could win in the season 1997/98: In pure Italian final of the UEFA Cup, his team placed 3-0 against Lazio, with the Argentines scored the intermediate 2-0.
Since the retirement of Giuseppe Bergomi after the 1998/99 season is team captain Zanetti of Inter Milan.
On 25 September 2008 he graduated from the home league match against U.S. Lecce his 600th competitive game for the Nerazzuri. Only Giuseppe Bergomi ( 756 ) was the all-time best list of the club at this time before the Argentines. On 24 February 2009, Zanetti played in the knockout stages of the Champions League his 118th European match for Inter and thus constituted a club record.
3 April 2010 Zanetti was locked, as Inter won at home against FC Bologna 3-0. He missed the first time since October 28, 2006, a League game. On 16 April 2010, he played his 500th Serie A game for Inter Milan.
The final of the UEFA Champions League 2010, the Inter Milan defeated Bayern Munich 2-0, was Zanetti's 700th game in the Inter jersey. These Zanetti replied: "This is the most important and most beautiful victory We all deserve it and I'm proud to be captain of this great inter- team.. " In August of the same year he extended at the age of almost 37 years, his current contract with Inter until 2011 ahead of schedule by the end of June 2013.
In the semi-final of the Italian Cup petition against AS Roma on 11 May 2011 Zanetti played his 1000th competitive match as a professional footballer (at this time, among other things 749 games for Inter and 140 for the Argentine national football team ).
On 20 September 2011, Zanetti played in a league match against Novara Calcio his 757th competitive game for Inter Milan. Before that time, Giuseppe Bergomi who had brought it to 756 official appearances in the jersey of Nerazzuri, from a record player of Milan.
In the season 2012/13, the Argentine completed his 600th league appearance for Inter. In the same season, on April 28, 2013 in a league game against Palermo, to Zanetti, who was spared in his career so far coarser injuries wounded, his left Achilles tendon is difficult and likely to have to pause eight months ago, which he again only could accumulate in the 2013/14 season. Zanetti, who will then be 40 years old, but assured that his career was not yet over and that he would return. Despite Zanetti's injury, Inter decided on June 12, 2013 to his expiring contract may be renewed for a further year.
In the National Team
Javier Zanetti was on 16 November 1994 in a 3-0 win against Chile made his debut in the Argentine national team. Then he played the Olympic football tournament in Atlanta in 1996 with the U23 selection of his country and won the silver medal. In the 1998 World Cup he scored against England in the injury time of the first half of the equalizer to make it 2-2, in a penalty shootout won the Albiceleste 4:3. In the quarterfinals, he failed with Argentina against the Netherlands.
After Roberto Ayala drew upon an injury just before the World Cup 2002, Zanetti was appointed by the then national coach Marcelo Bielsa to captain. The team, despite stars like Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Sebastian Veron, Ariel Ortega or the high expectations do not meet and failed in the first round. In 2004 he was in the squad for the Copa America 2004, where he took second place with Argentina after the final defeat against Brazil.
Despite several appearances in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, he was not nominated by coach José Pekerman for the World Cup squad, instead he took Lionel Scaloni with. Decision outraged many fans and the media. "I do not know if there were any footballing or not footballing reasons. , But I can rest easy, because I have given this country so much, and I still feel myself as a player of the Argentina national team ," Zanetti was quoted as saying after he mitbekam of the non- nomination of the tournament. In the summer of 2007 he once again took part in the Copa América. Zanetti came during the tournament used several times and led the team as captain. The tournament victory was denied him, however, as Argentina, as in 2004, lost the final against Brazil.
On 16 October 2008 he completed the qualifying match for the World Cup 2010 against Venezuela (2-0) his 115th international game and hired the international game record of Argentina's Roberto Ayala. Since 17 November 2010, he is currently 145 internationals sole record holder of Argentina.
For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he was not called by national team coach Diego Maradona in Argentina's World Cup squad. After the World Cup, he was appointed the interim coach Sergio Batista in the squad for the match against world champions Spain on September 7, 2010 and came in a 4-1 victory in Argentina after almost a year off again for use. With the Albiceleste he then took part in the Copa América 2011 in part in his home country and was in all four matches of Argentina in the square. The early from his team in the quarter-finals he could not prevent, however.
Achievements
As a national player
- Second place in the Confederations Cup: 1995, 2005
- Gold medal at the Pan American Games: 1995
- Silver medal at the Olympic football tournament: 1996
- Second place in the Copa América: 2004, 2007
With the club
- UEFA Cup winners: 1998
- Italian Cup: 2004/ 05, 2005/ 06, 2009/10, 2010/11
- Italian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
- Italian Championship: 2005/ 06 * 2006/ 07, 2007/ 08, 2008/ 09, 2009/10
- UEFA Champions League: 2009/10
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2010
* Awarded as a result of the Italian football scandal 2005/2006
Awards
- Admission to FIFA 100
- Inter Milan's Player of the Year: 1996
- Serie A Defender of the Year, according to Gazzetta dello Sport: 2007
- Golden Foot career award: 2011
Others
Javier Zanetti, known by fans as " Il Treno ", " Pupi ", " Saverio " or " el Tractor ", has already been awarded several times at the fairest player of the Italian league. Because in addition to his hard thrusts unstoppable on the right wing (which has earned him the nickname " El Tractor " ), it is characterized by its fairness. His modest appearance is also one of his trademarks.
Zanetti is also known for his unconditional dedication and diligence exercise. So he went jogging after the ceremony with his wife Paula, when his son Tomas came at 5:00 clock to the world, Zanetti was after a sleepless night the very next morning back on the training pitch.
Together with his wife Paula, he has three children: Sol, Ignacio and the aforementioned Tomas. Together with his wife he sits down with also founded by them charity Pupi, which is native to Argentina, for street children in Buenos Aires.
Born in Buenos Aires Zanetti owns besides the Argentine and the Italian citizenship.