- 145 appearances for the Argentina National Football Team (1994-2011). Member of the Copa América 1995, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2011, and the France '98 and the Korea Japan '02 squads.
- Defender for Talleres de Escalada (1992-93), C.A. Banfield (1993-1995) and Inter Milan (1995-2014), in all 714 games.
- Grew up in Dock Sud, Avellaneda.
- Won with Argentina U23 with the gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games.
- Won the silver medal with Argentina Olympic Football Team at the 1996 Olympics Games.
- Scored the 2:0 goal for Inter Milan against S.S. Lazio during the final match of the 1998 UEFA Cup Final.
- Honours with Inter Milan: UEFA Europa League (1998), Italian Cup (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011), Italian Super Cup (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010), Serie A (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), UEFA Champions League (2010) and FIFA Club World Cup (2010).
- Member of the Argentina National team who finished runner-up of the FIFA Confederations Cup (1995, 2005) and Copa América (2004, 2007).
- Father of, with Paula de la Fuente, Sol Zanetti, Ignacio Zanetti and Tomás Zanetti.
- Won the Pallone d'Argento award in 2002.
- 2004: One of FIFA 100 by Pelé.
- Named in the Copa América Team of the Tournament in 2004 and 2007.
- Has a foundation called "Fundación Pupi".
- Won the Premio Scirea in 2010.
- Won the Konex Merit Diploma of decade 2000-2010.
- Won the Golden Foot award as Legend in 2011.
- Won the Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti in 2012.
- Awarded with Loyalty Award at Gran Galà del Calcio 2012.
- May 2014: Retired from football at the age 40.
- In 2014, the Italian club Inter Milan retired number 4 as a recognition to his career at the club.
- Resides in Italy since the mid 90s.
- Awarded with Premio Gentleman Platinum Career Award in 2014.
- (2014-) Vice president of the Inter Milan.
- 2015: Named in the AFA Team of All Time.
- Won the Globe Soccer Player Career Award in 2016.
- Inducted into the Inter Milan Hall of Fame in 2018.
- Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
- Won the treble with Inter Milan (Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Champions League) in 2010.
- Was the first non-Italian captain of a Italian club.
- Holds the record for most appearances for Inter Milan (858 games).
- Played well over 600 games at Serie A.
- Over his entire career, he officially scored 31 goals in 1,115 matches.
- Former holder the record for most appearances for Argentina national team.
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