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Full name Alessandro Giovanni
Faccutio Nesta
Date of birth March 19, 1976 (1976-03-19) (age 35)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.87 m
Playing position Centre back

Nesta was raised in the Cinecittà area of Rome. He attended the Margherita Bosco primary school where he first started playing football. His older brother, Abdeen, was advised to play a sport because of a back problem and enrolled at the local football club. Alessandro threw a tantrum until his father gave in and enrolled him as well, thus marking the beginning of his career.

More recently, a number of serious back injuries forced 33-year-old Nesta out of action for the whole 2008–09 season, raising concerns about his chance to make a comeback into active football. Fortunately he fully recovered from his injuries and came on as 77th minute substitute in Milan's final away game to Fiorentina on 31 May 2009 for his first competitive appearance of the season. On 25 October 2009 Nesta scored a brace to help Milan to a 2-1 victory over Chievo Verona in the Serie A. This was the first time he had ever scored two goals in a game.