Javier Zanetti

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 51)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Full back, Defensive Midfielder
Team 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)
International career
1996	Argentina U23	12	(0)
1994–2011	Argentina	143	(4)
Medal record Representing  Argentina Men's Football Copa América 2004 Peru Team 2007 Venezuela Team FIFA Confederations Cup 1995 Saudi Arabia Team 2005 Germany Team Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team Competition Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

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

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

• Serie A: 615 appearances, 12 goals^[7]
• Coppa Italia: 70 appearances, 3 goals
• Supercoppa Italiana: 7 appearances
• UEFA Champions League: 105 appearances, 2 goals
• UEFA Cup: 53 appearances, 3 goals
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2 appearances, 1 goal
• FIFA World Cup: 8 appearances, 1 goal
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 8 appearances
• Copa América: 22 appearances

Honours

Inter Milan^[8]

• Serie A: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
• Coppa Italia: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
• UEFA Champions League: 2009–10
• UEFA Cup: 1997–98
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2010

Argentina

• Pan American Games: 1995^[8]
• Olympic Silver Medal: 1996
• Copa América runner-up: 2004, 2007
• FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 1995, 2005

Individual

• FIFA 100^[9]
• Pirata d'Oro (Inter Milan Player of the Year): 1996^[10]
• Pallone d'Argento: 2002^[11]
• FIFA FIFPro World XI Nominee 2005, 2008, 2010^[12][13]
• UEFA Team of the Year (Five-time Nominee): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010^[14]
• Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea": 2010^[15]
• Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best football players of the last decade in Argentina: 2010^[16]
• Golden Foot: 2011, as football legend^[17]
• Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti: 2012^[18]
• Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Loyalty Award: 2012^[19]
• Number 4 retired by Inter Milan as a recognition to his career at the club^[20][21]
• Premio Gentleman Platinum Career Award: 2014^[22]
• AFA Team of All Time (published 2015)^[23]
• Globe Soccer Player Career Award: 2016^[24]
• Inter Milan Hall of Fame: 2018^[25]
• Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2018^[26]
• IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team: 2021^[27]

Notes

1. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.
2. Includes Serie A play-offs, Supercoppa Italiana, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.