ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO- IL PINTURICCHIO

"Above all what remains is the fans, you who are Juventus. That jersey that I loved and will always love, that I desired and respected ... From tomorrow I will no longer be a Juventus player, but I will always be one of you. Now a new adventure begins and I am as fired up as I was 19 summers ago."

Alessandro Del Piero Juvenuts story starts back in 1993. He was signed by Torino giant from Serie B Padova. At that time nobody could suppose that a 19 y old boy could make such a big career in bacome legend at Juventus. During history Juventus always had a great players and they are always looking for the best. During his 19 seasons with Bianconeri Alex went to become history of Juventus and one of the world best players of his generation. He is respected by all footballers, managers and football fans.

For me Alex is one of the best players in the world with Ronaldinho and Raul. I always liked Juventus becouse of him and Buffon. 

Del Piero as kid (https://successstory.com)

Del Piero was born in Conegliano in 1974. His father was a electrician while his mother was a housekeeper. His older brother Stefano was also a footballer but injury stopped his career while he was at Sampdoria. Later he become Alex's agent. Alex first played for their local team San Vendemiano. At the age of 13 he jointed Padova. He was spotted by their scouts and started to play for their youth teams. After only 3 years he already started to play for their senior team in Serie B. In 1993 he was spotted by another Bianconeri legend Giampiero Boniperti and Juventus bought him. Rest is history.  

Del Piero career in stickers:

Padova 1991/92: First senior season for Alex. At that time Padova was in Serie B. He played only 4 matches in that season. 

Padova 1992/93 (Calciatori Panini): Second season in Padova and his first sticker. He scored his first goal in a 5-0 win against Ternana. He played 10 matches in that season. 

Juventus 1993/94: In 1993. he moved to Juventus for about $2,8 milion. In his first season with Torino giant he played combinted for youth and senior team. With youth team he won Primavera Serie A title plus Torneo di Viareggio. For senior squad he scored 5 goals in 14 matches. 

Juventus 1994/95 (Calciatori Panini): First trophies with Juventus. He won his first Scudetto and Coppa Italia. Juventus also played in UEFA Cup final. Del Piero played much more then in his first season. 50 matches in which he scored 11 goals. 

Juventus 1995/96 (Calciatori Panini): In 1996 Del Piero won his first (and only) Champions League title. He scored 6 goals and was 2nd top scorer. 13 goals in 43 matches.

Italy EURO 1996 (Panini): In 1995 he made his debut at international level. He played in a EURO 1996 qualifaying match vs Estonia. In same year he also scored his first goal. It was in a 4-0 win against Lithuania. He was selected for Italy squad for EURO tournament in England. He played only in a group match vs Russia. 

Juventus 1996/97 (Calciatori Panini): His second Serie A title. He also won UEFA Supercup. Second CL final for him but Bianconeri lost that match from Borussia Dortmund 3-1. He was scorer of Juventus goal. 

Juventus 1997/98 (Calciatori Panini): His 3rd successive final of Champions League and second lose but this time from Real Madrid. He was top scorer of CL that season. His 3rd Serie A title. 

Italy World Cup 1998 (Panini): His first WC and second big torunament with Italy. He played in four matches as his team was kicked out by later champions France in quarter final. 

Juventus 1998/99 (Calciatori Panini): In this season he didn't played much becouse of knee injury. Only 14 matches in which he scored 3 goals. 

Juventus 1999/00 (Calciatori Panini): 12 goals in 45 matches. Juve finished second with one point less then Lazio. 

Italy EURO 2000 (Panini): He was par of Dino Zoff final squad for EURO in Belgium and Holland. He played in all Italy matches. He scored in a group match vs Sweden. Italy reached to the final in which they lost from France by a golden goal of Trezeguet his later teammate in Juventus. 


Juventus 2000/01 (Calciatori Panini): Another bad season for Juventus. They finsihed 2nd in Italy with only two points less then Roma. Del Piero had injury problems. 


Juventus 2001/02 (Calciatori Panini): This time Juventus beat Roma for Scudetto. Only one point difference. Alex scored 16 league goals. 


Italy World Cup 2002 (Panini): He was part of Italian squad at WC in South Korea and Japan. They were kicked out from co-hosts Korea. 


Juventus 2002/03 (Calciatori Panini): Juventus won another Serie A title and lost in Champions League final from Milan. It was 4th CL final for Del Piero and 3rd lost. 


Juventus 2003/04 (Calciatori Panini): Del Piero scored 14 goals in about 30 matches. 3rd place for Juve in league. 


Italy EURO 2004 (Panini): Alex played in all three matches as Italy finsihed 3rd in their group. 


Juventus 2004/05 (Calciatori Panini): Juventus won Serie A but it was later revoked do to Calciopoli fixing scandal. 


Juventus 2005/06 (Calciatori Panini): Same as in previous season Juventus won Serie A but was later revoked. In this season Del Piero become top scorer in history of Turin club. 


Italy World Cup 2006 (Panini): He was part of Italy squad that won WC title under Marcelo Lippi. He played in 5 matches and socred one goal in 2-0 semifinal win over host nation Germany. He also scored in PKs shootout in final against France. 


Juventus 2006/07 (Calciatori Panini): Juventus in Serie B. Many important players left but he stayed with the club. with words: "A true gentleman never leaves his lady." 


Juventus 2007/08 (Calciatori Panini): After Serie B Juve struggled with results. Alex signed a new contract till 2010. He scored 24 goals in 41 matches. 


Italy EURO 2008 (Panini): He played in 3 matches. Italy was koncked out in quaterfinal from Spain. In total he played 91 match for national team in which he scored 27 goals. 


Juventus 2008/09 (Calciatori Panini): In Champions League matches vs Real Madrid Del Piero was one of the best players. He was Juventus hero in both matches as Juventus won at home 2-1 and in Madrid 2-0. He scored 3 from 4 Juve goals. Another great season for Alex as he scored 21 goal in 43 matches. 


Juventus 2009/10 (Calciatori Panini): Bad season for Juventus as they finished 7th. 


Juventus 2010/11 (Calciatori Panini): Same legue position for Juve like in previous season. In each of those seasons he scored 11 goals. 


Juventus 2011/12 (Calciatori Panini): Last season with Juventus and he won Serie A title. Del Piero was used mainly as sub. Juve finished with only 4 points more then Milan. His final league match was against Atalanta but his final match in Juve jersey was in Coppa Italian final vs Napoli. He was substituted in 67 min. He received standing ovation from both Juve and Napoli fans. In total he played 705 matches for "Old Lady" in which he scored 289 goals and provided 134 assists. 


Sydney 2012/13: In 2012 he signed 2 year contract for Australian club Sydney FC. Solid first season for him as he scored 14 goals in 24 matches. 


Sydney 2013/14 (A League Trading Card All Stars): He didn't won any trophy with Australian club but he scored 10 goals in this season. He was Sydney top scorer in both seasons. He is now part of Sydney Hall of Fame and also Sydney Team of Decade (2015). He is also part of Australian A football league Team of Decade (2005/06 to 2014/15). 


Delhi Dynamos 2014: Last club of his career was Indian club Delhi Dynamos. He played there 10 matches and scored 1 goal. In October 2015, after almost a year without a club, he officially announced his retirement from professional football. 


During his career Del Piero played 868 matches in which he managed to score 343 goals. He won 6 Serie A, Serie B, Coppa Italia, 4 Supercoppa Italiana, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Supercup, Intercontinental cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and World Cup. He also won lot of individual trophies such as Serie A and Serie B top scorer, Champions League top scorer...