Alessandro del Piero

Records

• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer (290 goals: 186 goals in open play, 62 goals from penalties, 42 goals from free-kicks)
• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer UEFA Champions League (44 goals)
• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer UEFA Competitions (53 goals)
• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer International Competitions (54 goals)
• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer in the Italian championships (208 goals)
• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer for one single edition of UEFA Champions League (10 goals)
• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer Serie A (188 goals)
• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer Serie B (20 goals)
• Juventus All-Time Leading Scorer Italian Super Cup (3 goals)
• Juventus All-Time free-kicks Scorer (42 goals)
• Juventus All-Time decisive goals holder (135)[
• Juventus All-Time appearances leader (705)
• Juventus All-Time appearances holder Italian championships (513)
• Juventus All-Time appearances holder Serie A (478)
• Juventus All-Time appearances holder in the UEFA Club Competitions (129)
• Juventus All-Time appearances holder in International Competitions (130)
• Juventus All-Time minutes played holder (48363')
• Juventus All-Time seasons holder (19)
• Juventus All-Time seasons holder as captain (11)
• The player who has won more trophies in Juventus
• 3rd All-time Italian goal scorers
• 2nd in All-time appearances of Italian players in the UEFA Champions League
• 2nd in All-time Italian goal scorers in UEFA competitions
• 8th in All-time Seria A goal scorers
• 9th in All-time UEFA competitions goal scorers

Honours
• 1 FIFA World Cup
• 6 Seria A titles
• 1 Coppa Italia
• 4 Supercoppa Italiana
• 1 UEFA Champions League
• 1 UEFA Super Cup
• 1 UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 1 Interncontinental Cup
• FIFA top 100 Players
• 2010 Sportsman of the year Gold Award
• 2007 Golden Foot
• 2007 Telegatto Best Sportsman
• 2011 Global Soccer Award
• 2009 International Award for Sport and Civility Ambassador of sports

Orders
• 5th Class Knight of the Italian Republic
• 4th Class Officer of the Italian Republic
• Collar of Merit- Sports

These are the most notable of over 100 honours, records and achievements!

"It's a special day for me. I am happy to announce that I just signed for two years for Sydney FC. This is a very big moment for me because I want to continue my career in a new part of the world where I can make a major contribution and help grow the game I love."

- Alessandro Del Piero

"It's hard to express how big this deal is for the city, the club and the league. The signing of Alessandro Del Piero is a big moment for this club and, we believe, a historic moment for football in Australia, I wouldn't like to go into the details of the contract,but this does represent the largest professional sporting contract in Australian history and the numbers that have been discussed aren't too far off the mark"

-Scott Barlow, Sydney FC Chairman

Alessandro del Piero is an Italian Footballer who currently plays in the Australian A-League for Sydney FC. He has previously played in Italy, most notably for Juventus FC, and is widely regarded amongst the best footballers in the world, ever. He has won a World Cup amongst numerous other achievements, and his move to the A-League was one of true leadership. He has bought previously unseen popularity to football, unlike any sport in the country, and enhanced the sport and the league in Australia like nothing else ever seen.