Alessandro Nista

Alessandro Nista
Nista with Inter Milan in 2012
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Nista
Date of birth (1965-07-10) 10 July 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Collesalvetti, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1982–1985 Pisa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Sorrento 3 (0)
1986–1990 Pisa 38 (0)
1990 Leeds United 0 (0)
1990–1995 Ancona 139 (0)
1995–1999 Parma 2 (0)
1999–2001 Torino 1 (0)
International career
1988 Italy U21 3[1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alessandro Nista (born 10 July 1965) is a former Italian football goalkeeper. A talented goalkeeper in his youth, he was once thought to be the heir of Walter Zenga for the Italy national team, although he failed to live up to his reputation, despite a successful club career.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference FIGC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Andrea Chiavacci (2 April 2014). "Numeri 1: Alessandro Nista, l'erede (mancato) di Zenga". tuttopisa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 April 2015.