Alessandro Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero, Italian orders of merit (born November 9, 1974 in Conegliano) is an Italians FIFA World Cup-winning Association football who plays for Serie A club Juventus F.C..

Del Piero was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations. Brazilian star Ronaldinho proclaimed that Del Piero is Alessandro Del Piero idol. Del Piero was also voted in the list of best European players for the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. In the year 2000, Del Piero was the world's best-paid football player from salary, bonuses and advertising revenue. Currently, Del Piero is still the highest earning Italian Player.

Along with three awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct Alessandro Del Piero has also won the Golden Foot award, which pertains to personality and playing ability.

Del Piero usually plays as a supporting-striker and occasionally between the midfield and the strikers, known in Italy as the "Striker The second striker: deeper lying attackers" position. Although Alessandro Del Piero is not very tall, Del Piero's playing style is regarded by critics as creative in attacking, assisting many goals as well as scoring himself, as opposed to just "goal poaching." Alessandro Del Piero free-kick and penalty taking is also highly regarded.
Del Piero has become famous over the years for scoring from a special "Del Piero Zone", approaching from the left flank and curling a precise lob into the far top corner of the goal.

In terms of goalscoring, Del Piero holds the all-time record at Juventus F.C.. On April 6, 2008, Alessandro Del Piero became the all-time highest-capped Juventus player, ahead of Juve legend Gaetano Scirea. Alessandro Del Piero is in sixth place in the UEFA Champions League all-time goalscorer European Cup and Champions League records and statistics UEFA Champions Leagues. Within the Italian national team, Alessandro Del Piero is currently joint fourth with Roberto Baggio in the all-time scoring Italian national football team Top goalscorers.

Childhood and early career

Del Piero is the son of Gino, an electrician, and Bruna, a housekeeper. Alessandro Del Piero regularly played football in the backyard with three friends, Nelso, Pierpaolo, and Giovanni-Paolo as a child. All four dreamed of becoming footballers, but only Del Piero would eventually manage to do so.

- Bravo Award: 1996
- Italian Footballer of the Year: 1998, 2008
- European Sports Magazines ESM Team of the Year: 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98
- Intercontinental Cup (football) Man of the match: 1996 Intercontinental Cup
- UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 1997, 1998
- FIFA 100
- Coppa Italia Top Scorer: 2006
- Golden Foot award: 2007
- Serie B Top Scorer: Serie B 2006-07 Top goalscorers
- Serie A Top Scorer: Serie A 2007-08 Top goalscorers
- Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea": 2008
- Pallone d'Argento (Serie A Fair Play Award): 2008-09
- UEFA Champions League 10-Year Jubilee Poll - Best Attacker
- Juventus F.C. statistics and records All-time top 10 goalscorers
- Juventus F.C. statistics and records All-time top 10 appearances

Orders

- Image:Cavaliere OMRI BAR.svg 5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2000

- Image:Ufficiale OMRI BAR.svg 4th Class / Official: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2006