Del Piero
Alessandro “ALEX” Del Piero (lahir pada 9 November 1974 di Conegliano,Veneto) adalah seorang pemain sepak bola asal Italia. Memulai karir pada tahun 1991 di Seri B di Padova, sejak tahun 1993 ia telah bermain di Juventus. Posisi yang ia isikan biasanya adalah posisi penyerang atau gelandang serang. Del Piero dikenal mempunyai dribble yang baik, serta ahli dalam bola-bola mati. Meskipun seorang penyerang, ia lebih berperan sebagai pencipta serangan daripada penyelesai serangan.namun demikian bukan berarti dia tidak pernah menjadi pencetak gol terbanyak. Buktinya pada musim 2007-2008, pemain ganteng ini menjadi Tops Skor Liga Italia (Capocanonieri/pencetak gol terbanyak). pada 10 Januari 2006 ia menjadi pencetak gol terbanyak sepanjang sejarah bagi Juventus setelah mengoleksi 199 gol dalam 13 tahun sebagai pemain Juventus. Suami dari Sonia Amoruso ini pernah dilirik oleh Arsenal, tetapi ia memilih tetap membela Juventus yang karena skandal suap dihukum terdegradasi ke Serie B. Alessandro Del Piero juga terkenal karena tendangan bebasnya. Dia adalah kapten dan pemain yang paling di favoritkan masyarakat Turin. Walau dia bukan kelahiran Turin tapi dia adalah idola bagi kebanyakan masyarakat Turin. Del Piero juga turut membantu timnas Italia memenangkan Piala Dunia 2006 lalu dengan sebuah golnya ke gawang Jerman yang membuat Italia unggul 2-0 atas tim tuan rumah.
Alessandro Del Piero
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alessandro Del Piero | ||
Date of birth | 9 November 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Conegliano, (TV), Italy | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Second striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Juventus | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
1981–1988 | San Vendemiano | ||
1988–1991 | Padova | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1991–1993 | Padova | 14 | (1) |
1993– | Juventus | 440 | (188) |
National team‡ | |||
1993–1996 | Italy U-21 | 12 | (3) |
1995–2008 | Italy | 91 | (27) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
Alessandro Del Piero, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI[2][3] (born November 9, 1974 in Conegliano, Veneto) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus.
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 his idol.[4] 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.[5] Currently, Del Piero is still the highest earning Italian Player.[6]
Along with three awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct[7][8] he has also won the Golden Foot award, which pertains to personality and playing ability.[9]
Del Piero usually plays as a supporting-striker and occasionally between the midfield and the strikers, known in Italy as the "trequartista" position. Although he 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."[10] His free-kick and penalty taking is also highly regarded.[11] 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.[12]
In terms of goalscoring, Del Piero holds the all-time record at Juventus.[13] On April 6, 2008, Alessandro Del Piero became the all-time highest-capped Juventus player, ahead of Juve legend Gaetano Scirea. He is in sixth place in the UEFA Champions League all-time goalscorer records.[14] Within the Italian national team, he is currently joint fourth with Roberto Baggio in the all-time scoring records.
"I am certain that Del Piero really never grows old"
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Childhood and early career
Del Piero is the son of Gino, an electrician, and Bruna, a housekeeper. He 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.[16] Alessandro's older brother, Stefano, briefly played professional football for Sampdoria before injury struck him. The family lived in the hamlet of Saccon - a rural home in San Vendemiano. While growing up Del Piero's family didn't have much money for travelling abroad, so he was considering being a lorry driver in order to see the world.[17]
While playing for the local youth team of San Vendemiano since the age of 7,[18] Del Piero used to play as a goalkeeper because he could play a lot more football that way. His mother thought it would be better for him if he played as a goalkeeper, since he wouldn't sweat and the possibility of him getting injured was less likely. His brother Stefano told their mother: "Don't you see that Alex is good in the attack?" and Del Piero switched position.[19]
It was while playing with his local side of San Vendemiano in 1988 that Del Piero was first spotted by scouts — he left home at the young age of 13 to play in the youth side of Padova Calcio. He got his first chance at professional football in 1991 where he played in the Italian Serie B league four times. The following season he played ten games for Padova and scored his first professional goal.
Juventus
In 1993, he transferred to Juventus, and has been there ever since. Del Piero made his Serie A debut against Foggia in September 1993, scored his first goal in his next game against Reggiana after appearing as a substitute, and then grabbed a hat-trick against Parma on his first start. Juventus claimed their first Scudetto in eight years in his first season and success continued to follow. With the Turin club, he won the Serie A championship seven times (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006[20]), the Champions League (1996), and the Intercontinental Cup (1996). His best season was in 1997-98, when he scored 21 goals in Serie A and finished top scorer in the Champions League with 10 goals, which included a peach of a freekick against Monaco in the semi finals. His goal in the 1997 UEFA Champions League Final was unable to prevent Juventus from going down 3-1 to Borussia Dortmund.
Del Piero struggled for form at the beginning of the 1998-99 season, whilst doping allegations were aimed at Juventus (they were later found innocent). In October he picked up a serious knee injury in the 2-2 draw with Udinese. This kept him out of action for the remainder of the season. Juventus struggled without him and limped home to a lowly 6th place in the league.
His nickname is Pinocchio, in reference to a joke by Gianni Agnelli when he compared the emerging Del Piero to the fictional wooden boy, Pinocchio and the outstanding crafter Geppetto. He's also been nicknamed by the fans "Il Fenomeno Vero"[21] meaning "The Real Phenomenon", in a sort of comparison with Ronald, who was nicknamed "Il Fenomeno" by rival supporters of Internazionale.
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Del Piero is currently the all-time top scorer for Juventus, having scored 262 goals in all competitions. He has also made over 600 appearances in official matches for the club, breaking the record of Gaetano Scirea who had 552 appearances for Juventus. Alessandro is still Juventus' main strike force.
2006-07 season and onwards
Experts agree that Del Piero was back to his best in the 2005-06 season[22] having scored 20 goals in all competitions. However, his role at Juventus changed in the following season, as coach Fabio Capello preferred to use him as a substitute for an "immediate impact", as Capello put it.[23] Del Piero never had a calm relation with Fabio Capello though, evident from the quote on his official site "If Capello would have stayed as coach of Juventus, I would have left Juventus".
In 2006 Del Piero equalled José Altafini's Serie A record of 6 goals as a substitute after scoring in the final minute of Juventus's final game of the 2005-06 season. On January 10, 2006 Del Piero became the all time leading goalscorer for Juventus when he scored three times in a Coppa Italia match against Fiorentina and took his total goals for the club to 185. The previous record holder was Giampiero Boniperti, who scored 182 goals for the club.[24] Del Piero scored the last goal for Juventus in their latest Scudetto for the 05/06 Season.
Due to the Calciopoli scandal, Juventus were demoted to Serie B and their last two Scudetti were revoked. Del Piero announced that he will stay to captain the team in Serie B. He underlined that players should stick with the team, explaining that “The Agnelli family deserve this, as do the fans and the new directors".[25]
Del Piero's first appearance after the World Cup's triumph was in the Coppa Italia match against Cesena on August 23, 2006. Since Juventus played in Serie B for the 2006-07 season, the Coppa Italia campaign became increasingly important for the club in order to achieve a UEFA Cup spot. Having being on vacation beforehand, Del Piero started from the bench. Juventus and Cesena were locked on 1-1 when Del Piero entered in the 74th minute and after 9 seconds scored the winning goal for Juventus.[26]
Del Piero then came in as a substitute at the 61st minute for Juve's next Coppa Italia match on August 27 vs. S.S.C. Napoli. Again Juventus were behind, but Del Piero scored twice to give Juve the lead. In the end the match went to penalties. Del Piero scored but Napoli eventually won 5-4 in the shoot-out.[27]
Following this, Alex was locked in months of fractious negotiations over the signing of a new contract with Juventus' new Management. After successfully negotiating a new contract till 30 June 2010, Alex was greeted with news of the birth of his first child, Tobias Del Piero. This was quite a staggering turnaround in his fortunes, as only two weeks earlier he was dropped by Claudio Ranieri for the Serie A match with ACF Fiorentina and was then axed from Roberto Donadoni’s Italy squad for the games with Georgia and South Africa.
In February 2008, he scored the winning goal for Juventus in a Serie A victory at home to AS Roma (1-0). He scored two goals away at Lazio and was named to two consecutive Serie A teams of the week. On 6 April 2008 he set a new appearance record for Juventus, overtaking Gaetano Scirea's previous tally of 552 matches in all competitions.[28] In April, he registered seven goals in five Serie A matches, including a hat-trick in a 4-0 away win over Atalanta.
On the final weekend of the 2007/2008 season Del Piero scored a brace against Sampdoria in a 3-3 draw. These two goals were crucial as it took him to 21 goals for the season, thus winning him the Capocannonieri prize in Serie A for the first time in his illustrious career, beating the likes of David Trezeguet (20 goals) and Marco Borriello (19 goals) and matching his highest tally for a top-flight season since 1997/98.[29]
On May 17, 2008, in the final round of the 2007-08 season against Sampdoria, Del Piero scored his 20th and 21st goals, thus becoming the Capocannoniere and clinching his long overdue first Serie A golden boot.
On October 21, 2008, he scored in Juve's Champions League match at home against Real Madrid. In the fifth minute, from open play, Del Piero swerved the ball in the far corner of the goal with a freekick like shot, giving Casillas no chance, with Amauri scoring the second in the first few minutes of the second half.
On November 5, 2008, Juventus and Real Madrid squared off at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in the Champions League. The Italians won 2–0 (their first away win against Madrid since 1962), and Del Piero was a key performer, scoring both the goals and being praised by both Claudio Ranieri and Madrid coach Bernd Schuster.[30]. Upon his late substitution, he received a standing ovation from both sections of the crowd, an honor bestowed only on other stalwarts like Ronaldinho and Diego Maradona.
Winning the Capocannoniere for the season 2007-08 enured that Alessandro became only the second Italian ever to win consecutive Capocannoniere titles in two different leagues - former Juventus and 1982 FIFA World Cup hero Paolo Rossi being the other one (coincidentally Rossi too won the Capocannoniere titles like Alessandro first in Serie B and then in Serie A). On July 26, 2008, Del Piero was awarded the Scirea Award.
During the 2008-2009 summer pre-season, Juventus played Hamburger SV and Arsenal F.C. in the Emirates Cup, and played a friendly versus Manchester United at Old Trafford. Juventus' coach Claudio Ranieri remarked that Del Piero would have as good a season, or an even better one, than the previous term. In August 2008, Del Piero announced that he would try to keep playing professional football with Juve until he is 40 years old.
On September 17, 2008 Juventus returned to the Champions League after two seasons. Alessandro marked their return with a brilliant match-winning free-kick goal 38 metres away against FC Zenit St. Petersburg in Turin (1-0).[31] On October 21, he scored a wonderful first-time strike from distance as Juve defeated Real Madrid CF in Turin.[32]
In the return match on the 5th of November, he was again the match winner for Juventus as he scored both goals at the Santiago Bernabéu against Real Madrid, becoming the first Juve player to have scored two exquisite goals in the same match at this ground to secure Juventus' qualification for last 16 of UEFA Champions League. Near the end of the match, he was substituted and was given a standing ovation by the whole crowd, including applauses off the field by Madrid fans.[33] However, Juventus' 2009 UEFA Champions League campaign ended in disappointment as they were eliminated by Chelsea in the 2nd round. Despite converting a penalty in the second leg in Turin, Del Piero was unable to prevent Juventus from losing 3-2 on aggregate.
On 17th July 2009, Alex extended his contract with Juventus by 1 more year until June 30, 2011 in Pinzolo while training for pre-season, thus practically ensuring that he would retire at the club with which he started his professional career. [34]. During his renewal, he said “I am happy at Juventus and we are competitive. I want to keep playing for as long as I can and I’m certain that for at least two more years I will be at the top level.”
International career
Del Piero is currently Italy's fourth all-time leading scorer. His tournament debut was Euro 96, but made his only appearance in the first half of a match against Russia before being substituted at halftime. Del Piero competed with fan favorite Roberto Baggio for a spot on the 1998 FIFA World Cup final roster while struggling to recover from injury suffered during the 1998 EURO final with Juventus. He also missed two gilt-edged chances in Italy's 2-1 loss to France in the Euro 2000 final.
He returned to the international scene in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, after a season in Serie A in which Juventus won the Scudetto.[35] Del Piero scored the decisive goal against Hungary, which sealed the Azzurri's qualification for the finals.[36] He instantly scored with a header against Mexico after coming on as a substitute, a goal which saved Italy from the ignominy of a first round exit. The goal sent Italy through to the second round, where they were eliminated due to a golden goal in a controversial match against S. Korea.[37]
After Euro 2004, Marcello Lippi was replaced by Fabio Capello as Juventus coach. Capello was not convinced of Del Piero's abilities and frequently benched him in favor of the new signing Zlatan Ibrahimović. But Del Piero still managed to score 14 goals as Juventus won their 28th league title, thanks to his spectacular overhead assist to teammate David Trezeguet which proved decisive in a decisive match against AC Milan at the San Siro.
Del Piero began the 2006 World Cup on the bench, appearing in two out of three group stage matches, and made his first start of the competition in a 1-0 round-of-16 win over Australia on June 26. On July 4, Del Piero entered as a substitute near the end of regulation and scored Italy's second goal in a 2-0 semifinal win over host Germany.[38] In the final against France, which ended 1-1 after extra time, Del Piero scored a penalty in the shootout as Italy won the tournament for the fourth time. He admitted afterwards that winning the World Cup was his childhood dream.[39]
As of 2008, Del Piero has captained Italy seven times (including the world cup in 2006 and Euro 2008) . He also regularly wore the number 10, but later gave it to Francesco Totti and switched to the number 7, as it was the first number he wore at the start of his career. Even though the number 10 was vacated after Totti retired from the national team in July 2007, Del Piero denied any interest in taking back the number, saying he was satisfied with the number 7. On May he was recalled by popular demand to Italy's UEFA Euro 2008 squad after nine-month absence from international duty, and thus became the second Italian player to participate in 7 major international tournaments (EURO 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; World Cup 1998, 2002, 2006).
Del Piero was called up to Italy's squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 Championship in Austria and Switzerland. He was mostly on the substitutes' bench but started against Romania as the squad's captain. In the group match against the Dutch, he came on for the under-performing Antonio Di Natale and made an immediate impact, including several efforts on goal. However he could not prevent the Azzuri from a 3-0 loss. Italy qualified through the group stage in second-place behind Holland, eliminating Romania and France. In the quarter-final against Spain, Del Piero made a substitute appearance during extra-time, and with the game ending in a 0-0 draw, it was decided by a penalty shootout in which Spain won 4-2.[40] On 20 August 2008 he won his 90th cap for Italy in friendly against Austria - only the fifth Azzurri player to reach this landmark. Despite announcing that he will carry on playing until he is 40 years old, he has not been called up since Italy's qualifier against Georgia on September 10, 2008.
The semifinal between Germany and Italy produced an entertaining extra time period that went scoreless until the 118th minute, when Italy scored twice through Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero, putting an end to Germany's undefeated record in Dortmund, and continued their dominance over Die Nationalelf.
4 July 2006 21:00 | Germany | 0 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Italy | FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) |
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(Report) | Grosso 119' Del Piero 120+1' |
Personal life
Del Piero is married to Sonia Amoruso, the two have been together since 1999 and married in 2005.[41] The couple announced in July 2007 that they are expecting their first baby.[41] On October 22, 2007, Amoruso gave birth to baby boy Tobias Del Piero at 0:20 at Sant'Anna hospital in Turin.[42][43] On February 14, 2008, Amoruso's second pregnancy was announced.[44] On May 4, 2009 their daughter Dorotea was born in Turin.[45]
Del Piero has used his fame and money to promote and support cancer research; in recognition of this he has received from the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro a prize of "Believe in Research" during November 2006.[46]
When the Olympic Flame for the 2006 Winter Olympics passed through Turin, Del Piero was a torchbearer.[47] He has an interest in sports outside of football (particularly basketball) and in turn has gained fans outside of just football, sport icons such as NBA star Steve Nash and cycling legend Eddy Merckx have stated that they are fans of Del Piero.[48][49]
As well as an interest in other sports, Del Piero also has a keen interest in music. He has even recorded some albums of his own.[50] Along with Marco Materazzi, Del Piero appeared on stage at a Rolling Stones show in Milan shortly after Italy's World Cup win.[51] He is also great friends with ex-Oasis brother Noel Gallagher & current front man for the band Liam Gallagher
On 9 February 2009, it was reported that Del Piero was suing the social networking site Facebook over a fake profile bearing his name that links to Nazi propaganda sites. He was said to be aggrieved that the bogus account, which carries his picture, implies neo-Nazi sympathies. Del Piero stated he's never had a Facebook profile.[52]
Del Piero is great friends with teammate Fabio Cannavaro, and ex teammates Pavel Nedved, Zinedine Zidane and Gianluca Zambrotta. He is also a great friend of former Azzurri team-mate and A.S. Roma icon Francesco Totti.
On TV, Del Piero is famous not just for his matches, but also for broadcasting and advertising skills. He is under contract with German sports equipment manufacturer Adidas, Italian car manufacturer Fiat and Japanese motorbike company Suzuki.
Del Piero was also featured on the cover of EA Sports' FIFA Football 2004 video game, alongside Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho.
It has been confirmed that he will be one of the two stars featured on the cover of the Italian version of PES 2010 video game, the other being Barcelona FC and Argentina star Lionel Messi.[53]
Career stats
- Correct as of December 5, 2009.[54]
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | ||||||
1991-92 | Padova | Serie B | 4 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
1992-93 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 1 | ||||
1993-94 | Juventus | Serie A | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
1994-95 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 50 | 10 | ||
1995-96 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 43 | 13 | ||
1996-97 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 15 | ||
1997-98 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 32 | ||
1998-99 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
1999-00 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 12 | ||
2000-01 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
2001-02 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 21 | ||
2002-03 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 23 | ||
2003-04 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | ||
2004-05 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 17 | ||
2005-06 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 20 | ||
2006-07 | Serie B | 35 | 20 | 2 | 3 | - | 37 | 23 | ||
2007-08 | Serie A | 37 | 21 | 4 | 3 | - | 41 | 24 | ||
2008-09 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 21 | ||
2009-10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
Total | Juventus | 437 | 188 | 54 | 24 | 115 | 50 | 608 | 264 | |
Career Total | 452 | 189 | 54 | 24 | 115 | 50 | 622 | 265 |
Honours
- Serie A: 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03
- Coppa Italia: 1994-95
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003
- Serie B: 2006-07
- UEFA Champions League: 1995-96
- UEFA Super Cup: 1996
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999
- Intercontinental Cup: 1996
- Juventus Youth Team
- Torneo di Viareggio: 1994
Individual
- Bravo Award: 1996
- Italian Footballer of the Year: 1998, 2008
- ESM Team of the Year: 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98
- Intercontinental Cup Man of the match: 1996
- UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 1998
- FIFA 100
- Coppa Italia Top Scorer: 2006
- Golden Foot: 2007
- Serie B Top Scorer: 2007
- Serie A Top Scorer: 2008
- Scirea Award: 2008
- USSI Silver Ball: 2008-09
- Juventus All-Time top scorer
- All-Time Juventus appearances leader
- Premio International Sport e Civiltà (International Award for Sport and Civilization): 2009[55]
Orders
- 5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2000[56]
- 4th Class / Official: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2006[57]
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