Alessandro Del Piero
Date of Birth : 9 November 1974
Place Of Birth: Congeliano, Italy
Height: 1.74cm(5ft 8 inches)
Playing Forward: Forward
Nicknames : Pinturicchio
Fenomeno Vero- The real phenomenon
Born in Conegliano, Veneto, he is the son of Gino, an electrician, and Bruna, a house keeper. Funny enough, Del Piero, used to feature as a goalkeeper, in order to gain more playing time. His mother thought it would be better for him to play in that role as he would not sweat, or will less likely get injured, but his brother Stefano convinced their mother to allow him play more offensively, so, he switched to a forward role.
A technically gifted, and creative supporting forward, who was also a freekick specialist, Del piero is widely regarded by players, pundits, and managers as one of the greatest players of his generation, and as one of the best Italian players of all time, winning the series A Italian footballer of the year award in 1998 and 2008. A prolific goalscorer, he is currently the second highest all-time Italian top scorer in all competitions, with 346 goals, behind only Silvio Piola, with 390 goals; he is also the ninth highest goal scorer in Series A history with 188 goals.
He began his career at Italian club Padova in Series B in 1991, he moved to Jucentus fc in 1993, where he played for 19 seasons(11 as captain) and holds the club record for most goals (290) and appearances(705). He won six Series A titles, the copa Italia, four supercoppa italiana titles, the UEFA champions league, UEFA supercup, UEFA intertoto cup, and the international cup.
Del piero has scored in every competition in which he has participated. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, and also voted into the UEFA Golden Jubilee poll, he had also won the Golden foot Award. At International level he has represented the Italian team at three FIFA world cup, and reaching the final of UEFA EURO 2002. He is the joint fourth highest scorer for the Italian national team, with 27 goals, alongside Roberto Baggio. He is also the nation's ninth most capped player of all-time. He also played for Sydney fc, and retired in 2014 at Delhi Dynamos.
Del Piero Zone
The football media refer to a "Del Piero Zone" ("Gol alla Del
Piero" in Italian), a style of scoring involving a dribbling
approach from the left flank, followed by a precise, curling
lob into the far top corner of the goal, from outside the
area.
He is married to Sonia Amorusa and the two have three children, son Tobias, Dorotea, and Sasha.
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