Sometimes the career of a great athlete begins completely by accident. And this situation completely turns their lives around. This can be said about an athlete named Alessandro Nesta - the biography of the football player really began by chance. If his brother did not show a serious illness and the doctors did not advise him to go in for sports, who knows if Senor Reliability would have seen the football world.
The beginning of the way
The future star of Italian and world football was born in Rome. This happened on March 19, 1976. When the boy grew a little, he came to the football field for company with his brother. Having done this, Alessandro Nesta continued to play for many years. He was then 8.
From this moment, he begins to play for the children's team from Rome, "Chinechitt." Local scouts, noticing a talented guy, offered good money to the club management for this defender. Nesta was literally torn between “Roma” and “Lazio”. The best conditions were offered by the first team. But all members of the football player’s family were loyal Lazio fans. And this fact was decisive in choosing Alessandro. In 1985, he made the final decision in favor of Lazio and became a student of the youth academy of the Club of Rome.
Career at Lazio
At the age of 16, Alessandro Nesta becomes an adult. And for him real football begins. The first season, he only gets used to the club. Therefore, practically does not appear on the field. The second season gives him the opportunity to play 14 matches per team. In 1995-1996, he finally becomes a full-fledged footballer of the main team. The athlete plays 23 matches per season. The debut for “Lazio” took place in a duel with “Udinese”.
Zdenek Zeman, who trained at that time the Roman club, leaves his post, because he believes that he can not cope with the team. And indeed, with him, the club shows frankly unsuccessful football. He is replaced by Dino Zoff, who has already worked with the Roman “Lazio”. It was under him that Alessandro became one of the leaders of the club.
First trophies
In one of the usual trainings, a case occurs that Alessandro Nesta will remember for a lifetime. In a clash with the English striker Paul Gayskon, he accidentally breaks his teammate's leg. It is clear that no one blamed the 18-year-old defender for this injury, and most of all the Englishman himself. But the face of Paul flying at him will haunt Nesta for many years to come.
And again, “Lazio” gets a new mentor. He becomes a Swedish coach, in which the club goes to the first places of the Italian Championship. With this coach, Alessandro Nesta is also gaining excellent form. The statistics are very convincing - he becomes one of the best defenders of both the club and the Italian team.
Career Team
Alessandro holds his first match for the Italian national team in 1998 against Moldova away. Two years later, at the European Championships, Alessandro Nesta becomes one of the most stable and reliable players. Together with Canavarro and Toldo, he does everything possible for the success of his team, but in this tournament Italy again does not reach the top. In total, he played for the national team of 78 matches. The peak of his career was the World Cup in Germany (2006), which the Italians won, taking revenge on the French for the defeat six years ago at the European Championship.
Crash of Lazio
Fans of the Roman club were very fond of this defender. And not in vain. Already playing for AC Milan, Alessandro Nesta helps his former club financially when financial problems start at Lazio. By the way, it was because of them that the athlete was forced to leave his native team.
Prior to these sad events, club president Sergio Craniotti, who joined the team in the 90s, praised Alessandro's merits and appointed him captain. He considered it very important that the club’s leader is a former graduate of the academy and one hundred percent Roman. Thanks to the strong roster that managed to collect Craniotti in “Lazio”, the club manages to win the National Cup of Italy (twice), and then the Cup of Cups. Alessandro Nesta was the last captain of the Roman club who managed to hold this prestigious football trophy in his hands.
Despite the success on the football fields of Europe, the unreasonable financial management of the club by managers practically drives Lazio into a debt hole. The club is on the verge of bankruptcy. And if it were not for the decisive and wise actions of the new president, Claudio Lotito, the Romans could well have ended up in the lower division, which happened to the Fiorentina, who fell into the same position. At the beginning of the third millennium, the Roman club begins to sell its most titled and successful players, trying to somehow improve their financial situation. Alessandro parted very reluctantly. But the proposed for him “Milan” 31 million euros could significantly improve the financial condition of the club.
In addition, other top European teams hunted for this defender. But Alessandro chooses a team that plays in the Italian Championship, because he really does not want to leave. In “Milan” he arrives at the heyday of the club and plays very well together with another great footballer - Paolo Maldini, almost always entering the field from the first minutes of the match. It is with the Milan club that the most prestigious awards in the career of an athlete named Alessandro Nesta are associated. Champions League (twice), Italian Championship - this defender is in the TOP of the most successful and significant players on the planet.
Alessandro Nesta: personal life
This footballer is one of those who really does not like the press to interfere with his personal life. Alessandro Nesta met his wife Gabriela Pianozzi quite by accident. He healed a hip injury after the 1998 World Cup, and a young student moonlighted in a rehabilitation center. After some time, she began to care for Alessandro. A relationship arose between them. In 2006, they had a daughter, and a year later they officially formalized their relationship.