Nicolás Burdisso

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Personal information
Nicolás Burdisso
Full name	Nicolás Andrés Burdisso
Date of birth	April 12, 1981
Place of birth	Altos de Chipión, Córdoba, Argentina
Nickname	Nico
Position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Internazionale
Number	16
Youth clubs
?	Boca Juniors
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1999-2004 2004-	Boca Juniors Internazionale	102 (3) 24 (1)
National team
2003 -	Argentina	10 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Nicolás Andrés Burdisso (born April 12, 1981 in Altos de Chipion, Argentina) is a professional football centre back player currently playing for Internazionale of the Serie A.

He started playing professionally for the Argentine team Boca Juniors in 1999, until he moved to Internazionale in 2004 for € 3.5 million, signing a 4-year contract.[1]

With Boca Juniors he won 2 Argentine Championships (2000 Apertura and 2003 Apertura), 3 Copa Libertadores (2000, 2001, 2003) and 2 Intercontinental Cups (2000, 2003).

He was also part of the Argentine team to conquer the 2001 Football World Youth Championship. However, he missed almost entirely the 2004/2005 season with Inter because he was to return to his native Argentina for the recovering of his daughter, who overcame leukemia. With Inter, he won the 2006 Coppa Italia.

On May 15, 2006 he was named as a definite squad member for the 2006 World Cup by coach José Pekerman.

In August 31, 2006, he exetend his contract until 2009.

During 2006, when Giacinto Facchetti passed away, Nicolás was given the number 16 jersey, for the retirement of Facchetti's beloved number 3 jersey. On November 29 of that year, the defender scored 2 head-goals in the 4-0 victory against Messina.

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	Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Abbondanzieri \| 2 Ayala \| 3 Sorín \| 4 Coloccini \| 5 Cambiasso \| 6 Heinze \| 7 Saviola \| 8 Mascherano \| 9 Crespo \| 10 Riquelme \| 11 Tévez \| 12 Franco \| 13 Scaloni \| 14 Palacio \| 15 Milito \| 16 Aimar \| 17 Cufré \| 18 Rodríguez \| 19 Messi \| 20 Cruz \| 21 Burdisso \| 22 González \| 23 Ustari \| Coach: Pekerman