Javier Zanetti

Argentine association football player

Javier Zanetti (born 10 August 1973) is a retired Argentine football player. The last club he played for was Internazionale Milano. He also played for Talleres and Banfield and Argentina national team.

Javier Zanetti
Zanetti in 2014
Personal information
Full name Javier Adelmar Zanetti
Date of birth (1973-08-10) 10 August 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Full back, Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Inter Milan (vice-president)
Youth career
1982–1989 Independiente
1991–1992 Talleres
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Talleres 33 (1)
1993–1995 Banfield 66 (4)
1995–2014 Inter Milan 615 (12)
Total 714 (17)
National team
1996 Argentina U23 12 (0)
1994–2011 Argentina 143 (4)
Honours
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Copa América
Second place 2004 Peru Team
Second place 2007 Venezuela Team
FIFA Confederations Cup
Second place 1995 Saudi Arabia Team
Second place 2005 Germany Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2][3]
Club Season League Cup Continental[nb 1] Other[nb 2] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Talleres 1992–93 Primera Nacional 33 1 33 1
Banfield 1993–94 Primera División 37 1 37 1
1994–95 29 3 29 3
Total 66 4 66 4
Inter Milan 1995–96 Serie A 32 2 5 0 2 0 39 2
1996–97 33 3 5 1 12 0 50 4
1997–98 28 0 4 0 9 2 41 2
1998–99 34 3 5 0 9 1 2 0 50 4
1999–2000 34 1 8 1 1 0 43 2
2000–01 29 0 1 0 4 0 34 0
2001–02 33 0 1 1 10 1 44 2
2002–03 34 1 1 0 18 0 53 1
2003–04 34 0 5 0 12 0 51 0
2004–05 35 0 3 0 11 0 49 0
2005–06 25 0 5 0 8 0 1 0 39 0
2006–07 37 1 4 0 8 0 1 0 50 1
2007–08 38 1 4 0 8 0 1 0 51 1
2008–09 38 0 4 0 8 0 1 0 51 0
2009–10 37 0 4 0 13 0 1 0 55 0
2010–11 35 0 5 0 8 1 4 1 52 2
2011–12 34 0 2 0 8 0 1 0 45 0
2012–13 33 0 4 0 11 0 48 0
2013–14 12 0 1 0 13 0
Total 615 12 71 3 159 5 13 1 858 21
Career total 714 17 71 3 159 5 13 1 957 26

International change

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4][5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 1994 3 0
1995 15 1
1996 6 0
1997 4 0
1998 9 2
1999 11 0
2000 7 0
2001 9 0
2002 6 0
2003 8 1
2004 14 1
2005 10 0
2006 0 0
2007 15 0
2008 11 0
2009 8 0
2010 2 0
2011 7 0
Total 145 5
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zanetti goal.
List of international goals scored by Javier Zanetti[4][5][6]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 June 1995 Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina 11   Slovakia 2–0 6–0 Friendly
2 14 May 1998 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina 28   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 5–0
3 30 June 1998 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France 34   England 2–2 2–2 1998 FIFA World Cup
4 8 June 2003 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan 70   Japan 2–1 4–1 2003 Kirin Cup
5 9 October 2004 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina 88   Uruguay 3–0 4–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Competition statistics change

Honours change

Inter Milan[8]

Argentina

Individual

Notes change

References change

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