nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
59 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- 2009 24 april 1966 1979 -- 1986 1986 -- 1987 1979 -- 1986 458 30 3 0 1991 -- 1998 billy costacurta ac milan glorie 2011.jpg alessandro costacurta costacurta in 2011 . orago , italy italy 1.82 m -lrb- 5 ft 11.75 in -rrb- 488 3 2 milan milan → monza -lrb- loan -rrb- centre-back milan -lrb- technical assistant -rrb- mantova alessandro costacurta

alessandro costacurta

alessandro `` billy '' costacurta -lrb- born 24 april 1966 -rrb- is an italian football manager and a former professional defender , who usually played as a centre back .
costacurta spent some twenty years in milan between 1987 and 2007 , with a brief spell on loan at monza .
he is best known for his role alongside franco baresi , paolo maldini and mauro tassotti , forming one of the greatest defences in serie a and european football during the late 1980s and 1990s , under the success of managers arrigo sacchi and fabio capello .
he mainly operated as a central defender , and was a leading exponent of the position , receiving international acclaim , winning 7 serie a titles and 5 champions league/european cup trophies throughout his career , along with many other trophies .
costacurta retired from professional football at the age of 41 , on 19 may 2007 .
in his final match for milan , he scored a goal from a penalty in a 3-2 defeat against udinese , becoming the oldest goalscorer in serie a. along with his milan team mates , costacurta was also an important member of the italian national side during the 1990s .
he made 59 appearances for italy , scoring 2 goals , and he participated in two world cups -lrb- in 1994 and 1998 -rrb- , as well as a european championship in 1996 .
with italy , he managed to reach the 1994 world cup final .
