Alessandro Del Piero
Italian association football player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alessandro Del Piero (born 9 November 1974 in Conegliano) is an Italian former football player. He has played for Juventus from 1993 to 2012, Sydney FC from 2012 to 2014 and Delhi Dynamos in 2014 as a striker. He was the captain of the Juventus team since 2001. He stopped playing for the national team in 2006.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alessandro Del Piero | ||
Date of birth | (1974-11-09) 9 November 1974 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Conegliano, Italy | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1982–1988 | San Vendemiano | ||
1988–1993 | Padova | ||
1993–1994 | Juventus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1993 | Padova | 14 | (1) |
1993–2012 | Juventus | 513 | (500) |
2012–2014 | Sydney FC | 48 | (24) |
2014 | Delhi Dynamos | 10 | (1) |
Total | 585 | (234) | |
National team | |||
1991 | Italy U17 | 3 | (1) |
1992–1993 | Italy U18 | 14 | (12) |
1993–1996 | Italy U21 | 12 | (3) |
1995–2008 | Italy | 91 | (27) |
Honours | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:48, 9 December 2014 (UTC) |
Del Piero is considered among the best talents that Italian football has ever witnessed. In 2004, he was included in the FIFA 100, a list of 125 greatest living players. In 1999, he was listed 77th in the list of the best players of the 20th century published by World Soccer magazine. He is one of five Italian players to score over 300 goals (312 as pf 6 November 2010) along with Filippo Inzaghi (315), Roberto Baggio (318), Giuseppe Meazza (338) and Silvio Piola (364).