Demetrio Albertini

Demetrio Albertini was born on August 23, 1971, in Besana in Brianza, Italy, and was one of the great midfielders of his generation. Trained at Milan, he became a key piece of the dominant team of the 1990s, playing 406 games for the club and winning five Italian titles, as well as European and world club titles. For the Italian national team, he played 79 matches and scored three goals. He was runner-up in the 1994 World Cup, losing the final to Brazil on penalties, and runner-up in the 2000 European Championship. After Milan, he played for Atlético Madrid, Lazio, Atalanta and Barcelona, where he won the Spanish League and the Spanish Super Cup.