Alessandro Nesta is a centre back who plays for Italian side AC Milan. He has also been capped 76 times for Italy. After coming up through Lazio’s youth system Nesta moved to AC Milan in 2002, when Lazio were in serious financial trouble. Nesta won several titles with Lazio, including the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and the 2000 Italian double. With AC Milan he has won the Serie A, the Coppa Italia and twice the UEFA Champions League.
Nesta retired from the Italian national team after the 2006 FIFA World Championship, after ten years of service. Nesta will be 35 years old at the end of the 2010-11 season but is still capable of making an impact at the highest level for AC Milan.