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Alessandro Del Piero (born November 9, 1974 in
Conegliano) is an Italy|Italian Football
(soccer)|football player. He usually plays as a
striker|forward or between the midfield and the
strikers. 

Del Piero started his professional career in 1991
with Padova Calcio|Padova of Italian Serie B. In
1993, he transferred to Juventus, and has been
there ever since. With the Turin club, he won the
Serie A championship six times (1995, 1997, 1998,
2002, 2003, and 2005), the UEFA Champions
League|Champions League (1996), and the Toyota Cup
(1996). His best season was in 1997-98, when he
scored 21 goals in Serie A. Del Piero, the Eternal
Captain of Juve, is known as Pinturicchio, as
Fenomeno Vero, as the Prince... he's adored all
over the world as one of the best players ever to
play the game.

Despite an amazing amount of success on the club
level, Del Piero had some bad luck playing for the
Italian national football team|Italian national
team though he was still brilliant, just unlucky.
Coming into the Football World Cup 1998|1998 World
Cup with huge expectations, he competed with fan
favorite Roberto Baggio for a spot, and had some
troubles because of a recent injury. Del Piero
then became the scapegoat for Italy's loss in 2000
European Football Championship|Euro 2000 final,
missing a clear-cut chance. Although he was
blamed, it wasn't his fault since he only came off
the bench very late and wasn't fit. He then played
in the Football World Cup 2002|2002 World Cup, and
scored a crucial World Cup goal against Mexico,
but Italy once again exited early. This was very
unfortunate since Del Piero was Italy's best
player in the tournament. He scored against Mexico
after only a few minutes. He was also Italy's best
player against South Korea (in the second round)
and was substituted for defensive minded approach
by the coach, which cost Italy the tournament. It
is widely accepted that Del Piero could have led
Italy to the title, because he was "on fire".  Del
Piero was also one of the best of the Italian
national team at 2004 European Football
Championship|Euro 2004. But again defensive minded
approach and other factors cost Italy the
tournament. Del Piero has been one of his
country's best players at the turn of the 21st
century. As of the end of 2004, he has scored 24
goals in 67 appearances for Italy.

==External link==
*http://www.alessandrodelpiero.com/