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Alessandro Costacurta

1966 - Today

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Alessandro Costacurta (born 24 April 1966) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Throughout his club career, Costacurta spent over twenty years with AC Milan between 1986 and 2007, as well as a brief season-long spell on loan at Monza. He is best known for his role alongside Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, and Mauro Tassotti, forming one of the greatest defences in Serie A and European football during the late 1980s and 1990s, under the success of managers Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio Capello. He mainly operated as a central defender, and was a leading exponent of the position, receiving International acclaim, winning 7 Serie A titles and 5 Champions League/European Cup trophies throughout his career, along with many other trophies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Costacurta is the 381st most popular soccer player (down from 224th in 2019), the 1,422nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,225th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alessandro Costacurta ranks 381 out of 21,273. Before him are Rinat Dasayev, Mesut Özil, Thomas Müller, Shigeo Sugimoto, Elías Figueroa, and Hiroshi Saeki. After him are Marcel Desailly, Robin van Persie, Hilderaldo Bellini, Hans Krankl, Minoru Kobata, and Shunichi Kumai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Alessandro Costacurta ranks 30. Before him are Carolyn R. Bertozzi, David Cameron, Didier Queloz, Liz Cheney, Kiefer Sutherland, and Dan Schneider. After him are Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Kentaro Miura, Cláudio Taffarel, Stefan Edberg, Marco Hietala, and Jonathan Edwards.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Costacurta ranks 1,422 out of 5,161. Before him are Tatiana of Rome (200), Saint Susanna (280), Norberto Bobbio (1909), Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746), Cosimo Tura (1430), and Giovanni Papini (1881). After him are Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798), Marco Ferreri (1928), Francesco Durante (1684), Saint Marcella (325), Saint Chrysogonus (250), and Giovanni Ceva (1647).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Alessandro Costacurta ranks 30. Before him are Vittorio Pozzo (1886), Angelo Schiavio (1905), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Gianluca Vialli (1964), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), and Gennaro Gattuso (1978). After him are Giovanni Ferrari (1907), Valentino Mazzola (1919), Alessandro Nesta (1976), Marco Materazzi (1973), Daniele Massaro (1961), and Gianfranco Zola (1966).

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