
Inter gave him the armband in 2001 and he kept it until he retired at forty, by then on 858 appearances for the club and two red cards in a twenty-two-year career. He captained the Inter side that won the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia in 2010, and finished with five Serie A titles, the 1998 UEFA Cup and 145 caps for Argentina. Career record: 145 caps and 5 goals for Argentina; club career at Club Atlético Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, Club Atlético Banfield, Inter Milan.
| 1992–1993 | Club Atlético Talleres de Remedios de Escalada |
| 1993–1995 | Club Atlético Banfield |
| 1995–2014 | Inter Milan |
| Argentina | 145 caps, 5 goals |
Argentina legends whose careers overlapped Zanetti's
One rank above: Gabriel Batistuta at #7.
One rank below: Ángel Di María at #9.
Argentina's editorial top five: Diego Maradona · Lionel Messi · Alfredo Di Stéfano · Daniel Passarella · José Manuel Moreno.