Category Archives: Inter Milan

Zanetti the record man

Inter Milan

MILAN – Javier Zanetti:
– The player with the most appearances for Inter (856);
– The most decorated player in Inter history (16 trophies);
– The player with the most caps for the Argentine national team (145);
– The foreign player with most Serie A appearances (613);
– The Inter player with the most appearances in the Serie A, Italian Super Cup and UEFA competitions;
– The Inter player with most appearances in the UEFA Champions League (105);
– The player with most consecutive appearances for Inter in the Serie A (137);
– The oldest player to score in the Club World Cup (37 years and 127 days old);
– The Inter player with the most appearances in the Milan derby (47);
– The player with the most Champions League appearances as a captain (82);
– The oldest foreign player to have played a Serie A match (Inter v Napoli on 26 April 2014, when he took to the pitch at 40 years and 259 days old). 

A wonderful evening at the 19th Gentleman Awards

Inter Milan

MILAN – Milan’s Marriott hotel played host to a fantastic evening last night, featuring stars from the world of sport and showbusiness.

The Gentleman Awards are always a very emotional event, but yesterday’s edition was an evening that one man in particular will never forget. There was applause as well as a sincere standing ovation for a man who has starred in Milanese, Italian and world football over the past two decades.

But first on to the other awards:

Jonathan Cicero Moreira, better known as Jonathan, landed the gong for Most Improved Player. The Brazilian explained that it was "important to be recognised in what’s been a huge season for me. But now we’re thinking about Lazio, we need the fans’ support to win our two remaining games." The Nerazzurri wideman was all smiles and has a clear idea on where his future lies.

Two more Nerazzurri stars also won awards: Samir Handanovic was named Nerazzurri Gentleman, while Rodrigo Palacio claimed the Nerazzurri Goal of the Season prize.

All that came before the main event: the spotlight fell on the Inter legend who won the Platinum Gentleman award. There was rapturous applause before his name was even read out, as everyone rose to acclaim Javier Zanetti.

"I’m emotional, it’s the last Gentleman Award I’ll receive as a player. Coming to Italy was a dream, I’d like to thank Inter and the Moratti family for believing in me when I was nobody. Defending Inter’s and Argentina’s colours while wearing the captain’s armband has been a priceless experience."

Afternoon session on the eve of Lazio match

Inter Milan

APPIANO GENTILE – This afternoon the Nerazzurri performed their
penultimate training session ahead of the Lazio match, scheduled for tomorrow evening
at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (kick-off at 20:45). Inter’s honorary president
Massimo Moratti also attended the workout.

The group focused on exercises without the ball, followed by a warm-up,
sprinting drills and a training match on a half-sized pitch.

All together for Zanetti

Inter Milan

MILAN – The home match against Lazio on Saturday will be the last at the Meazza for Javier Zanetti. The captain will retire from football at the end of the season and that’s why FC Internazionale has decided to mark this momentous occasion via various social network initiatives. That way people from all over the world can show what Javier means to them.

First of all you can tweet your messages with the club’s official hashtag #JZ4ever. The ten best tweets we receive @Inter will be published on inter.it. As well as messages, you can also create your own picture of what the captain means to you on Instagram, tagging our official account @fcinterofficial in the photo. Once again the web and social media team will then carefully select the best ones to be published on the club’s official website.

Finally, FC Internazionale is giving you the chance to change your profile picture on your Facebook, Twitter or Instagram accounts with this photo created for the occasion which you can download here.

Now get to work on your accounts! All for the Captain!