Javier "Il Capitano" Zanetti

[Maslany]

http://www.fcinter1908.it/copertina...nte-sono-felice-gli-altri-del-triplete-112738

 

[youth projector]

On zanetti's last meazza match, inter scored 4 which is equivalent to his jersey number, which means we will score 10 goals on kovacic last meazza match and other players also, amazing!!.
I will love to see players on their last everytime we play, it is a tremendous idea.

 

[Wings]

Paolo Bandini puts my thoughts much better than I ever could:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/07/javier-zanetti-internazionale-argentina-retires

Only Zanetti's children are allowed to touch his hair, and even then he will quickly guide it back into place. Such neatness is a fundamental part of his identity, but he will also tell you that it is, in part, a facade. Behind that ordered exterior lies a mischievous streak that manifests itself in practical jokes and one-liners.

He is capable of explosions of rage, like the one that Roy Hodgson provoked when he replaced Zanetti with Nicola Berti in the 1997 Uefa Cup final, but usually quick to reconcile. For the most part, he leads by cool-headed example. Inter's captain for almost 15 years, his departure will certainly leave a void.

In two decades with Inter, Zanetti has collected five league titles, four Coppa Italias, and four preseason SuperCups. He has won the Champions League, Uefa Cup and the Club World Cup. Although he has not won any major trophies with Argentina in that spell, he did amass nearly 150 caps. That number could have been even higher, were it not for Diego Maradona's surprising decision to exclude the player from his World Cup plans in 2010.

Zanetti's legacy, though, might not lie in his trophies so much as in his simple longevity. By maintaining such high standards over such an extended period of time, he has raised the bar of what can be expected of an older outfield player. He has also proved just how far hard work can take you.

His, after all, was a career that almost never got started. Dropped from Indepentiente's academy in 1989, Zanetti was told by coaches that he was too slight and weak to succeed. At 16 he found himself out of football, and working as an assistant to his bricklayer father in Dock Sud, one of Buenos Aires' tougher neighbourhoods.

Rather than feel sorry for himself, he simply knuckled down. "I liked my father's work," Zanetti would recall many years later. "But above all I liked the idea of doing something concrete and useful. Building a house is a metaphor that I like, it's at the core of my life philosophy: starting from the bottom and reaching the top."

That is exactly what he did, building a career from the ground up as he earned a spot on Talleres's academy before moving on to Banfield and then Inter. By using hard work for his foundations, he made sure that it would stand the test of time.

Here's to a great 19 years, and here's to another era with Zanetti as a director. Because Inter wouldn't be Inter without its captain.

 

[Jane The Virgin]

If the number is not retired, Kova should wear it from next season.

Buy hamsik and give that fucker the 10.


win-win-WIN situation.

 

[wera]

Looks like a smaller Belfodil

 

[Efrain21C]

If the number is not retired, Kova should wear it from next season.

Buy hamsik and give that fucker the 10.


win-win-WIN situation.

Fuck off, #4 should be retired

 

[Hugo Boss]

Inter future captain! Tommy Zanetti!
I cried like a lil girl..

 

[Handoyo]

Here you go, the full ceremony:

http://free-prd1.cdn.mediaset.it/mp4/145e7f5cea3-7_0.mp4

 

[Choppin Onions]

His son was adorable when they showed him dribbling as JZ was making his speech. Cute kid.

Anyway, in the heat of the moment I bought a Zanetti Inter jersey today. Couldn't resist. 150 Canadian. Money I had thought to spend on food and whatever left on illegal narcotics but fuck if I regret it

 

[K.I.]

haha i bought one to, hope to get it signed by him someday,

did u get it with the JZ patch?

 

[Campione]

That photo...

 

[ScottishInterista]

No. He is not retiring this season.

fuckin ed

 

[Nero Indigo]

Incomparable! JZ4EVER!!

 

[Ed.]

fuckin ed

Fuck Mazzarri tbh. JZ didnt seem he was ready to retire from yesterday nor he is finished as a player.

 

[.h.]

gonna be weird loading up football manager next season and not seeing zanetti

 

[Shark]

Quite funny to see names like Livaja, Gresko and Faraoni on that list. Anyone got a high resolution pic if that armband?

Here you go chomo:

They just had to misspell Mudingayi's name tho
:trollol::trollol::trollol::trollol:

 

[Provenzano]

 

[Ed.]

Here you go chomo:

They just had to misspell Mudingayi's name tho
:trollol::trollol::trollol::trollol:

and they forgot Vieri? There's something after Lamouchi looks like Vieri.

 

[Shark]

and they forgot Vieri? There's something after Lamouchi looks like Vieri.

Yeah probably "forgot" him :troll:

 

[.h.]

mbaye wrong too

the list is clearly alphabetical, and vieri is off the bottom i assume