Profile Andres D'alessandro

Personal information

Full name : Andrés Nicolás D'Alessandro
Date of birth : April 15, 1981
Place of birth : Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height : 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Attacking Midfielder, Winger
Current club : Internacional
Number : 10
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career
1998–2003 River Plate
2003–2007 VfL Wolfsburg
2006 → Portsmouth (loan)
2006–2007 → Zaragoza (loan)
2007 Zaragoza
2008 San Lorenzo
2008– Internacional
National team
2003– Argentina

Career

D'Alessandro was born in the La Paternal chapter of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He stringed the labor coerce as a pizza delivery boy ago becoming a businessman footballer. Known as El Cabezón ("The Big Headed") for how great his tall chief gazes on his small frame instead any ego connotations, he appeared through the River Plate youth system that has resulted much of Argentina's lid talent across the years. He chased the wants of Santiago Solari and Pablo Aimar through the ranks, jointly with Javier Saviola, with whom he shared the spotlight in the 2001 Youth World Championship held in Buenos Aires. D'Alessandro began out that tournament as a substitute, but injuries in the team permitted him a position in the team during the subsequent games. Argentina won the name afterwards defeating Ghana 3-0.

After his transfer to Wolfsburg for a club record €9m, D'Alessandro played in the Argentine U-23 team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On September 21, 2005, D'Alessandro scored the Bundesliga's 4,000th target since its invention in 1963, for the fourth target in a 4-2 victory across Hannover 96.

In January 2006, much to the astonishment of majority fans, D'Alessandro stringed English Premiership club Portsmouth on lend for the the rest of the season. His main aim with his fresh club was to combination in with fresh teammates and aid his club survive relegation. On Easter Monday April 17, 2006, he scored his first target in English football - a contender for target of the season - in Portsmouth's 2-1 defeat away to Charlton Athletic. Portsmouth survived and administrator Harry Redknapp was gazing to clue D'Alessandro on a permanent basis for Portsmouth.

But D'Alessandro was courting the attention of a lot European clubs with intense hobby from the wants of Atlético Madrid and Benfica. On 17 June 2006 he ended the speculation regarding his career via concluding a season-long lend switch to La Liga outfit Real Zaragoza mentioning his thirst to play in Spain as a main factor in his decision. On June six, 2007 he gestured a contract at Zaragoza, retaining him at the club until 2011.

In 2008, he stringed his prior River Plate administrator Ramón Díaz at Argentine club San Lorenzo. However, afterwards Díaz retired the club, D'Alesandro opted to shift to Brazil to play for Internacional. Playing for the prior Copa Libertadores heroes, he reported as a "step forward" in his career.

On December 13, 2008 it was reported on ESPN Deportes that the Los Angeles Galaxy had prepared a $10 million dollar offer to Internacional for D'Alesandro but was declined. Internacional vice president Fernando Carvalho was quoted; "The offer came from the Los Angeles Galaxy of the United States. I didn't even want to listen to the details. The offer was for more cash than we rewarded for D'Alessandro, whoever arrived here for five million euros, but we want to retain the Argentinian."

On August twenty, 2010 Argentina National Team Coach Sergio Batista remembered Andrés D' Alessandro to the Argentina National Team for a friendly against Spain, which was played on Tuesday seven September 2010 at the Monumental Stadium River Plate