Alessandro Nesta
The Italy national football team, called "Azzurri" or "squadra azzurra" for their blue shirts, are the second-most successful national team in the world. During the 1970s to early 1990s Italy became famous for their "catenaccio", thus heralding a long line of world class defenders such as Virginio Rosetta, Pietro Rava, Carlo Parola, Giacinto Facchetti, Armando Picchi, Gaetano Scirea, Antonio Cabrini, Claudio Gentile, Franco Baresi, Giuseppe Bergomi, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, Fabio Cannavaro, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, and Leonardo Spinazzola.