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Alessandro Nesta's wife, Gabriella, is the daughter of well-known Italian icon, Lello Pagnozzi. They met at the 1998 World Cup, when Gabriella working in the Italy national team headquarters.

Defender for S.S. Lazio (1993-02), A.C. Milan (2002-12), Montreal Impact (2012-13) and Chennaiyin FC (2014).

Member of the Italy national team who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup; runner-up at the 2000 UEFA Euro.

Captain of S.S. Lazio from 1998-2002.

Father of, with Gabriela Pagnozzi, Sofia (b. 19 October 2006) and Tommaso (b. 20 March 2008).

Honours with S.S. Lazio: Coppa Italia (1998, 2000); Serie A (2000); Supercoppa Italiana (2000); UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1999); UEFA Super Cup (1999). Honours with A.C. Milan: Coppa Italia (2003); Serie A (2004, 2011); Supercoppa Italiana (2004, 2011); UEFA Champions League (2003, 2007); UEFA Super Cup (2003, 2007); FIFA Club World Cup (2007). Honours with Montreal Impact: Canadian Championship (2013).

Dated Alessia Mancini.

Won the Serie A Defender of the Year award in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Named in the 2000 UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament.

Named in the ESM Team of the Year in 2000-01 season.

2004: One of FIFA 100 by Pelé.

78 appearances for Italy National Football Team (1996-2006). Member of the Euro 1996, 2000, 2004, and the France '98, Korea/Japan '02 and Germany '06 squads.

Named in the UEFA Team of the Year four times (2002-2004 and 2007).

Named in the FIFPro World XI in 2005 and 2007.

Father of, with Gabriela Pagnozzi, Sofia (b. October 2006) and Tommaso (b. March 2008).

Named in the Serie A Team of the Year in 2010/11.

2014: Retired from football at the age 37.

Played well over 300 games for A.C. Milan.

Played well over 250 games for S.S. Lazio.

Inducted into the AC Milan Hall of Fame in 2015.

Named in the All-time UEFA European U21 Championship Dream Team (2015).

Head coach of Miami FC (2015-2017), A.C. Perugia Calcio (2018-19) and Frosinone Calcio (2019-).

Named in the UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (2015).

As a coach, he won the North American Soccer League (2017 Spring/Fall) with Miami FC.

Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2021.