What Everyone Must Know About ANDREA PIRLO BIOGRAPHY
ANDREA PIRLO BIOGRAPHY
Nick Name: Maestro
Date of birth: 19 May 1979
Place of birth: Flero, Italy
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position: Midfielder
Spouse: Deborah Roversi (m. 2001–2014)
Children: Niccolò Pirlo, Angela Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo Early Career
Pirlo persevered through a baffling residency in Internazionale, as he attempted to split the beginning unit and was twice credited out to different clubs. Be that as it may, he inspired as commander of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship– winning group in 2001, and it was amid his second credit, to Brescia, that he corrected to a profound midfield job close by the incomparable Roberto Baggio.
A.C. Milan and International Success
The adjustment in position did ponders for Pirlo, who bloomed in the wake of joining A.C. Milan in 2001. Starting the offense with his delightful passes and savage free kicks, "L'Architetto" drove Milan to a couple of Serie A, UEFA Super Cup and Champions League titles.Pirlo additionally shown fine structure for the Italian national group that won the bronze award in the 2004 Olympics. He delighted in the apex of achievement amid the 2006 FIFA World Cup, gaining Man of the Match praises multiple times while driving Italy's triumphant keep running with his splendid passes. In any case, despite the fact that he remained a profoundly powerful player into his 30s, his agreement was not restored by the Milan club, which was looking to infuse youth into its backfield.
Juventus Revival
Pirlo marked with Juventus F.C. in 2011 and deleted any worries about his age by driving the "Old Lady" to consecutive Serie An and Italian Super Cup titles. He was additionally perceived as the Serie A Player of the Year and named to the UEFA Team of the Year in 2012.The veteran playmaker demonstrated he was as indispensable as ever to Italy's motivation amid the 2012 European Championship, gaining Team of the Tournament praises as Italy missed the mark in the last. He scored on a free kick while showing up amid the 2013 Confederations Cup, a fitting minute in the vocation of a star acclimated with conveying huge plays under the spotlight.
New York City
On 6 July 2015, it was reported that Pirlo had finished a move to Major League Soccer (MLS) extension establishment New York City as their third Designated Player. In doing as such, he turned into the most generously compensated Italian player in all alliances with a $8 million salary,until Graziano Pellè surpassed him in the wake of moving to Chinese club Shandong Luneng the next year. Pirlo made his introduction with the club on 26 July 2015 at Yankee Stadium in New York against Orlando City, going ahead as a substitute in the 56th moment; he was associated with his group's third and fourth objectives and was reserved in the 88th moment as New York won the match 5– 3. He made his first begin for New York on 1 August, in a 2– 3 home annihilation to the Montreal Impact
Subsequent to battling with continuing physical issues for a large portion of the 2017 MLS season, on 8 October 2017, Pirlo reported that he would resign from expert football toward the finish of the period.
International Career
Andrea Pirlo captained Italy U21 group in the 2000 'European Championship', winning both the best player and the top scorer grants. He was in Italy's 2000 and 2004 squadrons to Summer Olympic Games, winning the Bronze decoration at the last release.
At 23, he appeared at the senior dimension in a 2-0 win against Azerbaijan. He assumed a urgent job in his nation's passing effort for the 2006 World Cup.
He scored Italy's first objective in the competition against Ghana and aided Fabio Grosso score his opening objective against Germany in the semi-last on July 4.
He proceeded with his outstanding structure in the last against France on July 9. A hard battled match, it went to a punishment shoot-out after the two groups neglected to break the 1-1 stop. He was the first to take a spot-kick from the Italian side, effectively changing over it into an objective. Italy would win the match and become World Champion following 24 years. Pirlo was named the 'Man of the Match' for both semi-last and last matches.
He filled in as the bad habit chief to skipper Gianluigi Buffon in the 2012 Euro Cup. They beat Ireland, England, and Germany to make it to the last where they endured a 4-0 annihilation to Spain.
While he announced his global retirement after the 2014 World Cup, he returned to the Italian squad for 2016 European Cup qualifiers. In any case, his turn to the US brought unintended repercussions. It was declared on May 23, 2016, that he had been let well enough alone for the 30-man Euro 2016 squad.
Awards & Achievements
In 2004, Andrea Pirlo was awarded the rank of a Knight (official title: ‘Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana’). Two years later, he received the rank of an Officer (‘Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana’).
He won the ‘Bronze Ball’, and the ‘Top Assist Provider’ award at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Andrea Pirlo was the recipient of the 2011-12 ‘Pallone d'Argento’ for having “the most fairest and for football talent, sporting correctness, good morality and for generosity towards the weak", as judged by the ‘Unione Stampa Sportiva Italiana’ (Italian Sports Press Union) or USSI.
He was hailed as the ‘Serie A Footballer of the Year’ for the back-to-back years 2012-14.
| Team | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brescia | 1994–95 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1996–97 | Serie B | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| 1997–98 | Serie A | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 | |||
| 2000–01[nb 7] | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 57 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 59 | 6 | ||||
| Inter Milan | 1998–99 | Serie A | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| Reggina (loan) | 1999–2000 | Serie A | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 6 | ||
| AC Milan | 2001–02 | Serie A | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | |
| 2002–03 | Serie A | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 42 | 9 | ||
| 2003–04 | Serie A | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 8 | |
| 2004–05 | Serie A | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | |
| 2005–06 | Serie A | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 49 | 5 | ||
| 2006–07 | Serie A | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | — | 52 | 3 | ||
| 2007–08 | Serie A | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 5 | |
| 2008–09 | Serie A | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Serie A | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 43 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11 | Serie A | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 284 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 93 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 401 | 41 | ||
| Juventus | 2011–12 | Serie A | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 3 | ||
| 2012–13 | Serie A | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | |
| 2013–14 | Serie A | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 6 | |
| 2014–15 | Serie A | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| Total | 119 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 164 | 19 | ||
| New York City FC | 2015 | Major League Soccer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Major League Soccer | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | Major League Soccer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 62 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 570 | 61 | 39 | 0 | 136 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 756 | 73 | ||
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