Why is Alessandro del Piero named Pinturicchio?
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He was nicknamed Pinturicchio in reference to a joke by Gianni Agnelli when he belittled the emerging Del Piero to the master Roberto Baggio in a parallel between modest painter Pinturicchio from Perugia and the great Raphael.
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Henry's "failure" in the Serie A has very little to do with his skills but rather the fact that Juventus tried to push him into playing an Attacking Wing Midfielder, which he obviously is not. Once Arsene Wenger put him as a striker, the legend that is Thierry Henry was born.
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Excellent play.  \nHe was also player of the year in 1998, 2000 and 2003.  \n\nAdd to that he was the leader of the French team that won the world cup in 1998 and the European Championships in 2000.  \n\nIn club play:\n\nWith Juventus:\n\nEuropean Super Cup: 1996 \nIntercontinental Cup: 1996 \nSerie A champions: 1996/1997, 1997/1998 \nItalian Super Cup: 1997 \nWith Real Madrid:\n\nUEFA Champions League: 2001/2002 \nIntercontinental Cup: 2002 \nSpanish League - La Liga champions: 2002/2003
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He plays as a striker. Either on the left or in the center. Del Piero è un di andata.
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lol pinky, yeah he's italian, i mean, his name is MADE IN ITALY. :) haha.\n\nanyways, to answer your question, no, i didnt go to italy after the WC. :( i wish i did. :/ well, we celebrated here. :) lol, it was so fun, when trezegeut missed the penalty, we went CRAZY. :) we were sooo happy. haha, and when grosso made it, we went even crazIER, lol. we all jumped up and down and stuff. :) and there were some people from my dad's work over, and they were french fans, and haha, they were all sad and depressed. :) we were just like "HAHAHAHA" :) lmao. but i wish i was in italy when it happened. :/ it wouldve been funNER. :)
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Like I said it before, every year after the WC the award is given to the player from winning team..... IF ITALY DIDN'T WON THE WC HE WOULDN'T EVEN BE NOMINATED..... AND THAT'S A FACT....... second thing is that Italian players didn't show nothing spectacular in this WC, so it was between him, Buffon and Pirlo...... Buffon is in Seria B, what would the rest of the world said if the best European player is playing in Seria B..... Pirlo is not even the best in Milan..... Italy won because of their defense style of play (five goals were from defenders), Cannavaro was captain of the team and their best defender, plus his transfer to Real(one of the most famous clubs in the world) helped him a lot ........ if Buffon was sold in to some big club like he did, Buffon would got this award easily............... so basically they didn't have any choice than to give it to Cannavaro, it's funny and sad at the same time that Italians think that Cannavaro is actually that great and that they don't realize that because of that ONE missed penalty Italy and Cannavaro won!!!!!!
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JUVENTUS HAS A GOOD TRADITION WITH GOOD FRENCH PLAYERS( PLATINI, ZIDANE, THURAM, TREZEGUET...)TOO BAD THEY DID NOT KEEP HENRY FOR A FEW MORE SEASONS
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Del Piero used to be better than Sheva. But after suffering many injuries in last couple years, he looks like losing his talents. In his young era, he was so amazing, even he kicked Baggio off Juventus.\n\nNow, whether we agree or not, we must Sheve agree that Sheva is better than Del Piero. Without Shevchenko (did I spell his name correctly?) Milan will have huge problem with their offense. But Juve can still play well without Del Piero. In fact, he is only substitute in Juve.
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The stadium was originally called the San Siro. However, it was renamed the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in honour of Giuseppe Meazza.\n\nDespite playing for both Inter and Milan, Meazza is more closely linked with Inter and therefore many AC Milan supporters refuse to acknowledge the new name.
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Waidin Name: Capone\nMarried Name: Nitti
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Gianluca Pessotto played with Juventus until the end of the previous Serie A (he is only 35) and he was a great player in the National Team too. Great man and exceptional professional player. He was nominated Team Manager just a month ago, after the scandal involving the Team.\nAt this time is still early to have an idea of what really happened, and any speculation is just unfair towards him and his family.\nThe most important thing is that he is alive and doctors most likely will save his life.\nDelPiero, Zambrotta and Ciro Ferrara have immediately left Germany and  reached Turin to be next to him.\nThis episode has a huge impact on the National Team, but the "Azzurri" will react in the best way: winning with Ukraine and dedicate that to him! Italians always double their power in cases like this!
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A friendly match a while ago, before the WC. Goalscorers were Alberto Gilardino, Luca Toni, Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Del Piero! :)
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I don't know about him.\n\nI do wonder are the Italians are going to get some money because of the shirt Touzours bought me.
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Diego Armando Maradona. The single reason why Argentina won the WC in 86 and why Napoli won 2 Serie A titles and  Coppa UEFA. None of these would have been possible without him. Pele won because of other greats on the Brazilian team made his job alot easier.
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1.He was named the sexiest player of Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006 by Gay Krant, a Dutch gay magazine [5] \n2.His second name ("Ronaldo") is relatively rare in Portugal. His parents chose the name in honour of late US president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor \n3.His childhood nickname was "Kluivert" \n4.His childhood hero was Maradona and his favourite football players were Luis Figo and Thierry Henry \n\nI USED TO LOVE PATRICK KLUIVERT> He was AWESOME... and I got to admit Cristiano truly is a chip off the old block.  Props... good question
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Buffon - always smiling, top at what he does, and didn't let the scandal effect him one bit in WC play (that he had nothing to do with), he even stayed loyal to his serie B team.\n\nClass all around
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Totti is the original thumb-sucker, and it started when his wife was pregnant last year. He would put the ball in his shirt, give birth(to the ball), then thumbsuck. He now has a baby son, and goes straight to the thumbsuck as a tribute/celebration