Nicola Berti Football player

Nicola Berti (born 14 April 1967, in Salsomaggiore Terme) is an Italian former footballer whose career spanned three decades. Despite his lack of notable technical ability, he was a versatile, tenacious, tactically intelligent, and hard tackling midfielder, who was known in particular for his pace, stamina, determination, work-rate, and passing range, which made him capable of playing anywhere in midfield. He was regarded as a linchpin for Internazionale and the Italy national football team during the late 1980s and the early 1990s, notably reaching the final of the 1994 FIFA World Cup with Italy, and finishing in third place in the 1990 edition on home soil.