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→An indefatigable right-back, Javier Zanetti defends and attacks with supreme confidence;
→He grew up in the harbour area of Buenos Aires, in Dock Sud district;
→Still as a child, Zanetti combined scholastic and working commitments, helping his bricklayer father without neglecting his passion for football;
→He began playing football on a pitch in the suburbs of the city, and personally took care of pitch maintenance;
→In 1992 at the age of just nineteen he met Paula, who became his wife seven years later;
→Today, Paula Zanetti, daughter of a university teacher, dedicates herself to photography with good results, She enjoys 'immortalising' Javier from the touchline during Inter's home matches;
→Javier Zanetti considers the most best moment of his career the UEFA Cup final Inter won in Paris thanks to the goal he scored;
→His role model is former Nerazzurro Lothar Matthaeus;
→His favorite actors are Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, but his favourite film is 'When a Man Loves a Woman' with Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan;
→Zanetti doesn't consider himself a superstitious person, but before each match does the sign of the cross when taking to the pitch, just like his best friend and former team-mate Ivan Zamorano
→During the 2003/04 season Inter's indomitable captain made his 400th appearance in black and blue to become the fifth most present Nerazzurri player of all time.
→Together with his wife Paula, Javier set up the Pupi Foundation, a charity organisation which helps underprivileged children in Argentina |