Biography of Javier Zanetti -

Javier Adelmar Pupi Zanetti (born August 10, 1973
in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina|Argentine
football player, the  current captain of
Internazionale|Inter Milan.

On the club level, Zanetti has played for Talleres
de Escalada and Club AtlÃ©tico Banfield|Banfield
before moving to Italy and Inter in 1995. El Pupi
has been the captain of the Inter for over 8
years.

For Argentina national football team|Argentina, he
has been capped 101 times (as of July 2005) and
played for his country at the Football World Cup
1998|1998 and Football World Cup 2002|2002 World
Cups, being the captain on many occasions.

Zanetti was named by PelÃ© as one of the FIFA
100|top 125 greatest living footballers in March
2004. Together with his wife, they created the
Pupi fundation for the social integration of poor
childen.

==External links==
*http://www.argentinesoccer.com/crpupien.html
Biografy 
*http://www.afa.uolsinectis.com.ar/Seleccion_Nacio
nal/Mayores/Equipos/Jugadores.htm?Op=101&Cod_Jugad
or=39 Javier at AFA
*http://www.soydebanfield.com.ar/tgg_fana_029.shtm
l Banfield Interview (Spanish)
*http://www.fundacionpupi.org FundaciÃ³n Pupi (In
Spanish, English and Italian)

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