After an extensive and successful career as a footballer Andres D’Alessandrowho this Monday, April 15 turns 43enjoys his family life in Porto Alegre, the city in Brazil where many recognize him as an idol after his time at Inter.

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Although the left-hander hung up his boots, he did not move away from the sport: he was a commentator on television and has just teamed up with a world star at a managerial level. Furthermore, two years after his retirement, he was able to reveal the love that he hid for years for an Argentine club that is not River Plate.

The duo of Andrés D’Alessandro with a world star

After having retired as a professional footballer and after a few months as a commentator on Brazilian television, Andrés D’Alessandro began a new stage in his life in 2023, also linked to the most popular sport on earth: took over as manager of Cruzeiro de Belo Horizonte.

The presentation was made by none other than Ronaldo, owner of the majority of the institution’s shares.: “He is an excellent hire for us, he is a young man with a lot of fantastic history in football and has many advantages. I am certain that it will give a lot of results in the long term for us. He will work at the club as technical coordinator with a contract until the end of 2023″.

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Finally, D’Alessandro left office in December 2023. According to him, the Argentine explained to the leaders that he intended to return to live in Porto Alegre, where his wife and his three children had stayed.

The love for Racing that Andrés D’Alessandro hid for years

Andrés D’Alessandro debuted and was a figure in River Plate, he had a great time in San Lorenzo and became an idol for Inter, in Brazil. However, after putting an end to his career as a footballer in April 2022, He revealed that his heart belongs to another club he never played for.

“I am a Racing fan. When I was a soccer player I couldn’t say it«, he said in a radio interview with the program How’s it going. In dialogue with ESPN, he went deeper: “Today I can speak a little more openly, you saw that in football you say ‘I’m a fan of so-and-so’ and now the whole world is on top of you. This will be the first time I say it: if it were for my uncle or my grandfather and my old man, they would have liked me to play in Racing. «They would have liked it a lot.»

“When I was little I went to the field, obviouslymy old man took me to see Ruben Paz. Rubén was a player that my dad always marked for me, he told me ‘look how that left-handed player plays, look where he stands on the court, how he moves,’” he continued.

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When asked if he was ever close to arriving at the Avellaneda institution, he said: “Diego Milito, with whom I have a friendship, called me at the time and we have talked several times but nothing concrete was ever given, but He knew perfectly everything that Racing represented in my life.”.

In any case, he highlighted River’s place in his life: “What happened to me when I played against Racing? I wanted to beat him, always. I was born in River, I grew up in River, I went to school in River, so with that you lose it. My wife and my brother are from River. From Boca… no, from Boca we don’t have anyone in the family.»