Alessandro Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero is a professional football player, who captains the club team Juventus. and plays for the Italian National Team. He has earned a series of awards and titles for this fancy footwork and shooting abilities, including the Golden Foot Award and Best Italian Player. Nicknamed Pinturicchio, Alessandro Del Piero has set a record for all time appearances with his club team.

He was born in 1974, in Conegliano, Veneto, Italy to a mother who was housewife and father who was electrician. Del Piero grew up playing football with kids from his neighborhood, and was the only one to ever make it professional. AC San Vendemian was the first team which Pinturicchio played for, starting at the goalkeeper position, and becoming a striker after being noted for his footwork. Alessandro Del Piero started playing professional football in 1991, for the Serie B team Padova. He joined Juventus FC in 1993, and shortly afterwards becoming the captain. Currently Del Piero is considered by experts and fans to be one of most successful soccer players to ever play for Juventus.

Del Piero—A Juventus FC Legend

Shortly after Alessandro Del Piero joined Juventus FC it was more then obvious that he was going to make a giant contribution to the team, as he scored a total of 5 goals in his first 11 games with the club, including a hat trick. Over the next years Pinturicchio led his team into first place victories at two Italian Supercups and the Cup of Italy. He became the top scorer of the UEFA Champions League, although Juventus lost to Borussia Dortmund in the final. His leadership abilities on the field earned him the captain position. As of February 2008, Alessandro Del Piero has played a total of 546 games, scored 231 goals, and became all time appearance leader with Juventus FC. He recently signed a contract with the club extending his playing time till 2010.