Name

Alessandro Del Piero

Date of Birth

09.10.1974 (Conegliano, Italy)

Height

1.73m

Position

Playmaker

Nationality

Italian

5 x Italian League : 1994-1995, 1996-1997, 1997-1998,
2001-2002, 2002-2003
1 x European Cup :
1995-1996
1 x European Super Cup :
1996
1 x Intercontinental Cup :
1996
1 x World Cup : 2006

Season

Team

Games

Goals

Assists

Position

1991-1992

Padova (B)

4

0

0

-

1992-1993

Padova (B)

10

1

0

5th

1993-1994

Juventus

11

5

2

2nd

1994-1995

Juventus

29

8

7

1st

1995-1996

Juventus

29

6

10

2nd

1996-1997

Juventus

22

8

5

1st

1997-1998

Juventus

32

21

8

1st

1998-1999

Juventus

8

2

3

6th

1999-2000

Juventus

34

9

14

2nd

2000-2001

Juventus

25

9

7

2nd

2001-2002

Juventus

32

16

8

1st

2002-2003

Juventus

24

16

8

1st

2003-2004

Juventus

22

8

4

3rd

2004-2005

Juventus

29

14

4

n/a 1

2005-2006

Juventus

33

11

3

n/a 1

 

Padova

14

1

0

0.07 GPG

 

Juventus

330

133

83

0.40 GPG

 

European Cup

84

41

-

0.49 GPG

 

UEFA Cup

19

2

-

0.11 GPG

 

Italy

80

26

-

0.33 GPG

 

Totals

527

203

83

0.39 GPG

 
1 Juventus finished first but were stripped of both titles and relegated to Serie B
in 2006 for their role in the Calciopoli scandal.


Del Piero was signed by Juventus having initially been turned down by Milan. In his
first full start for Juventus he scored a hat-trick against Parma. The following season
he established himself in the first team in attack alongside Gianluca Vialli and Fabrizio
Ravanelli in Juventus' Championship winning side. So impressive were his
performances Juventus sold fan favourite Roberto Baggio to Milan, Juve had found
his successor.

Del Piero played a bit part in Juventus' European Cup final triumph and gave mixed
performances as Juventus made and lost two successive finals. The European Cup
final aside Del Piero was outstanding in the 1997-1998 season. He formed a
devastating partnership alongside Filippo Inzaghi and scored a career best 21 goals.
Any doubts as to how important Del Piero was to Juventus (many claimed Zidane was
their key player) were answered the following season. Del Piero missed five months
with a knee injury, Juve sunk without trace from first place to sixth.

The Euro 2000 final will haunt Del Piero for the rest of his life. With Italy leading
France 1-0 Del Piero missed two guilt edge chances to make the game safe. France
equalised deep into injury time before Trezeguet, who ironically had already agreed
to join Juventus that summer, scored the winner.

Despite continued domestic success Del Piero was disappointing for Italy in their ill
fated and somewhat embarrassing 2002 World Cup campaign and also gave another
insipid performance as Juve suffered the ignominy of losing a third successive
European Cup final against bitter rivals Milan. However in the 2006 World Cup
free of pressure in a role as substitute he scored the second goal in Italy's incredible
semi-final victory against hosts Germany and was one of the five Italian players to
successfully convert a penalty in the World Cup final shoot-out against nemesis
France.

Key Attributes : Flair, creativity, dead ball delivery