Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero

Personal information
Full name Alessandro Del Piero
Date of birth November 9, 1974 (1974-11-09) (age 32)
Place of birth Conegliano, Italy
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Supporting striker
Club information
Current club Juventus
Number 10
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1991–1993
1993– Padova
Juventus 014 00(1)
511 (217)[1]
National team2
1995– Italy 84 (27)[2]
1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10 June, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 22 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alessandro Del Piero Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI[3][4], (born November 9, 1974 in Conegliano) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. He is the captain of Juventus and a member of the Italian national team. He is regarded as one of the best Italian footballers ever, along with Roberto Baggio.

Usually, Del Piero plays as a supporting-striker and occasionally between the midfield and the strikers (in the hole), known in Italy as the "Trequartista" position. He is not the tallest of forwards, but is certainly one of the more creative attacking players in the world, often choosing wit, finding another player, rather than playing as a traditional "goal poacher."[5]

Del Piero is renowned for his deadly finishing, and the ease in which he dribbles past defenders. He is an expert in dead-ball situations as he is among the world's best freekick takers and is a penalty specialist (as evident in the 2006 world cup final shootout).[6]