Alessandro Nista Alessandro Nista (born 10 July 1965) is a former Italian football goalkeeper. A talented goalkeeper in his youth, he was once thought to be the heir of Walter Zenga for the Italy national team, although he failed to live up to his reputation, despite a successful club career. Club career Nista has played with Sorrento, Pisa, Leeds United, Ancona, Parma, and Torino in his career, serving mainly as a backup goalkeeper in later years. With Pisa, Nista won the Serie B title in 1985, and the Mitropa Cup in 1987, also winning the English Football League Second Division Title with Leeds in 1990. With Parma, Nista won a Coppa Italia and an UEFA Cup double in 1999, although he was mainly a reserve behind goalkeepers Giovanni Galli, Luca Bucci, and Gianluigi Buffon during his time at the club. In total, he made 66 career appearances in Serie A, 114 in Serie B, and 3 in Serie C1. Marco van Basten scored both his first and final goals in Serie A against Nista, in 1987 and 1993, respectively. International career At international level, Nista also represented the Italy national under-21 football team on 3 occasions in 1988. Coaching career Following his retirement in 2001, Nista worked as a goalkeeping coach with his former club, Torino. He later moved to work with Reggina, in 2007, and Grosseto, in 2008, before moving to work at Juventus in 2009, training his former Parma teammate Gianluigi Buffon. He worked as the goalkeeping coach for Serie A side Internazionale between 2010 and 2013. He is currently the goalkeeping coach for Serie A side Napoli. Honours Club Pisa Serie B: 1984–85 Mitropa Cup: 1987–88 Leeds United English Football Second Division: 1989–90 Parma Coppa Italia: 1998–99 UEFA Cup: 1998–99 Torino Serie B: 2000–01 References External links Profile at Lega-Calcio.it Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Italian footballers Category:Italy under-21 international footballers Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:A.C. Pisa 1909 players Category:Torino F.C. players Category:Parma Calcio 1913 players Category:A.C. Ancona players Category:A.S.D. Sorrento players Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:People from the Province of Livorno