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Alessandro Del Piero

1974 - Today

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Alessandro Del Piero (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro del ˈpjɛːro]; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for Sky Sport Italia. A technically gifted and creative supporting forward who was also a free-kick specialist, Del Piero won the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 and 2008 and received multiple nominations for the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year. A prolific goal-scorer, he is currently the second highest all-time Italian top-scorer in all competitions, with 346 goals, behind only Silvio Piola, with 390 goals; he is also the joint ninth highest goalscorer in Serie A history, with 188 goals, alongside Giuseppe Signori and Alberto Gilardino. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Del Piero is the 156th most popular soccer player (down from 121st in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from Italy (down from 872nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Alessandro Del Piero is most famous for being a professional soccer player who played for Juventus.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alessandro Del Piero ranks 156 out of 21,273. Before him are Jiro Miyake, Usaburo Hidaka, Leônidas, Davor Šuker, Hiroaki Sato, and Andy Cole. After him are Jean-Marie Pfaff, Oldřich Nejedlý, Hernán Crespo, Zoltán Czibor, Luigi Riva, and Juan Alberto Schiaffino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Alessandro Del Piero ranks 5. Before him are Leonardo DiCaprio, Penélope Cruz, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, and Mahershala Ali. After him are Rey Mysterio, Joaquin Phoenix, Robbie Williams, Christian Bale, Alyson Hannigan, Sérgio Conceição, and Melanie C.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Del Piero ranks 1,017 out of 5,161. Before him are Aristoxenus (-360), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755), Francesca Caccini (1587), Elsa Morante (1912), Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753), and Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902). After him are Giacomo Balla (1871), Antipope Anacletus II (1090), Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400), Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1773), Luigi Riva (1944), and Emma Morano (1899).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Alessandro Del Piero ranks 18. Before him are Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Roberto Mancini (1964), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Simone Inzaghi (1976), and Antonio Conte (1969). After him are Luigi Riva (1944), Andrea Pirlo (1979), Salvatore Schillaci (1964), Gaetano Scirea (1953), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), and Vittorio Pozzo (1886).

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