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<DIV align=justify><FONT><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> An indefatigable right-back, Javier Zanetti defends and attacks with supreme confidence; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> He grew up in the harbour area of Buenos Aires, in Dock Sud district; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> Still as a child, Zanetti combined scholastic and working commitments, helping his bricklayer father without neglecting his passion for football; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> He began playing football on a pitch in the suburbs of the city, and personally took care of pitch maintenance; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> In 1992 at the age of just nineteen he met Paula, who became his wife seven years later; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> Today, Paula Zanetti, daughter of a university teacher, dedicates herself to photography with good results, She enjoys \'immortalising\' Javier from the touchline during Inter\'s home matches; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> Javier Zanetti considers the most best moment of his career the UEFA Cup final Inter won in Paris thanks to the goal he scored; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> His role model is former Nerazzurro Lothar Matthaeus; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> His favorite actors are Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, but his favourite film is \'When a Man Loves a Woman\' with Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan; <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> Zanetti doesn\'t consider himself a superstitious person, but before each match does the sign of the cross when taking to the pitch, just like his best friend and former team-mate Ivan Zamorano<BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> . During the 2003/04 season Inter\'s indomitable captain made his 400th appearance in black and blue to become the fifth most present Nerazzurri player of all time. <BR><IMG src=\"http://www.inter.it/img/frecciablu.gif\" align=absMiddle> Together with his wife Paula, Javier set up the Pupi Foundation, a charity organisation which helps underprivileged children in Argentina </FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>