Andrea Pirlo

Andrea Pirlo
Personal information
Full name	Andrea Pirlo
Date of birth	19 May 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Flero, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
2020-2021	Juventus
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Andrea Pirlo (born 19 May 1979) is an Italian football player. He was born on May 19, 1979, in Flero, a commune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy to parents Luigi and Lidia.^[1] He has a brother named Ivan. He drew international attention for the first time at 13, when he and his team, ‘Voluntas Brescia U15s’, participated in the 1992 ‘Dana Cup’. They made it to the semi-finals before being knocked out.

He spoke for Juventus and Italy national team. He is widely considered as one of the greatest deep-lying playmakers in midfield of all time. He started his club career as an attacking midfielder but often failed to make the starting XI in various clubs he played for, primarily due to his lack of pace. During his time at Brescia, manager Carlo Mazzone took the innovative decision of utilizing Pirlo as a deep-lying playmaker. He thrived in the new position.^[2]

In 2020, Juventus appointed Andrea Pirlo as their new Head Coach.^[3]

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
1994/95	Brescia	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
1998/99	Internazionale Milano	Serie A	18	0	5	0	7	0	30	0
1999/00	Reggina	Serie A	29	6	2	0	-		30	6
2000/01	Internazionale Milano	Serie A	4	0	1	0	3	0	8	0
2000/01	Brescia	Serie A	10	0	0	0	-		10	0
2001/02	Milan	Serie A	18	2	2	0	9	0	29	2
2002/03			27	9	2	0	13	0	42	9
2003/04			32	6	0	0	10	1	42	7
2004/05			30	4	1	0	12	1	43	5
2005/06			33	4	4	0	12	1	49	5
2006/07			34	2	4	0	14	1	52	3
2007/08			33	3	1	0	9	2	43	5
2008/09			26	1	0	0	3	1	29	2
2009/10
Country	Italy		341	43	24	0	92	7	457	50
Total			341	43	24	0	92	7	457	50

International career statistics

^[4]

Italy national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2002	4	0
2003	1	0
2004	7	1
2005	9	3
2006	14	1
2007	8	1
2008	9	1
2009	12	1
2010	8	1
2011	9	0
2011	9	0
2012	13	2
2013	13	2
Total	107	13

Andrea Pirlo Media

AC Milan celebrating after defeating Juventus 3–2 on penalties to win the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League
Pirlo playing for AC Milan in 2007
Pirlo (left), with AC Milan, preparing to take a free kick against Real Madrid in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League
Pirlo with Juventus in 2011. He went on to appear in 41 matches in his first season with the Bianconeri.
Pirlo playing for Juventus in 2014
Pirlo with New York City FC in 2017
Pirlo playing for Italy against England in quarter final of Euro 2012
Pirlo captaining Italy in 2015
Pirlo playing for Juventus in 2012
Pirlo with Italy in 2012. He is the fifth most capped player in the history of the Azzurri with 116 appearances between 2002 and 2015.