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Demetrio Albertini
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Demetrio Albertini (born August 23, 1971 in Besana) is an Italian (Italian: A native or inhabitant of Italy) football (soccer) (football (soccer): more facts about this subject) midfielder (midfielder: in association football a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between... [follow hyperlink for more...]) , who currently plays for Barcelona (Barcelona: A city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs) of the Spanish Liga (Liga: more facts about this subject) but spent most of his career with AC Milan (AC Milan: ac milan is an italian football (soccer)|football club.... [follow hyperlink for more...]) of Serie A (Serie A: serie a is the top division of the italian football league, the highest football league... [follow hyperlink for more...]) . Albertini was at Milan from 1988 to 2002, sharing in the club's multiple triumphs. During his tenure there, the club won the scudetto five times and the European Cup (European Cup: originally known as the european champion clubs cup, or simply abbreviated as the european... [follow hyperlink for more...]) three times. After leaving Milan, Albertini has been bouncing around different teams; he spent 2002-03 with Atlético Madrid (Atlético Madrid: more facts about this subject) , 2003-04 with Lazio (Lazio: An ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea) , and started 2004-05 with Atalanta (Atalanta: more facts about this subject) before transferring to Barcelona in January. For the Italian national team (Italian national team: the italy national football team is one of the most successful national football teams, having... [follow hyperlink for more...]) , Albertini has been capped 79 times. He played for his country at the 1994 (1994: more facts about this subject) and 1998 World Cups (1998 World Cups: more facts about this subject) , Euro 96 (Euro 96: the 1996 european football championship (or simply euro 96) was hosted by england.... [follow hyperlink for more...]) , and Euro 2000 |
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