Alessandro Del Piero factfile

Alessandro Del Piero factfile

1974: Born November 9th in Conegliano.

1992: Makes his professional debut for Padova in Serie B at the age of 17.

1993: Signs for Juventus on 28 June making his debut against Foggia on 12 September before scoring his first goal in a Juventus shirt a week later against Reggina.

1995: March - Made his international debut for Italy against Estonia.

May - Helped Juventus win Serie A for the first time in nine years, the Italian Cup for the first time in five years and become runner-up in the UEFA Cup.

1996: January - Won the Italian Super Cup, the first time Juventus had ever won the trophy.

May - Helped win the UEFA Champions League for only the second time in Juventus' history and was the competition's top goal scorer with six goals.

November - Won the Intercontinental Cup scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory over River Plate and was voted the Intercontinental most valuable player.

1997: February - Won the UEFA Super Cup with an aggregate 9-2 victory against Paris Saint-Germain, scoring two goals.

May - Won Serie A and helped Juventus become Champions League runner-up scoring in the 3-1 final defeat to Borussia Dortmund.

August - Won the Italian Super Cup for the second time.

1998: May - Won Serie A for the third time and was the Champions League top goals scorer once more as he guided Juventus to a third successive final, racking up 10 goals. It however lost 1-0 to Real Madrid in the final, Del Piero was voted Italian footballer of the year.

1999: Won the Intertoto Cup and qualification into the UEFA Cup.

2000: EURO 2000 runner-up with Italy, used mainly as a substitute he scored one goal in the tournament. He also became the world's best-paid football player from salary, bonuses and advertising revenue.

2002: Won Serie A and his third Italian Super Cup scoring both goals to give Juventus a 2-1 victory over Parma.

2003: Won his fifth Serie A title with Juventus and the Italian Super Cup later in the year.

2005: Helped Juventus win Serie A once more.

2006: May - Again helped Juventus win Serie A, although this title along with the 2005 Serie A championship was stripped from Juventus over allegations of match-fixing although no players were involved.

June - Del Piero helped Italy win the 2006 FIFA World Cup, scoring an extra-time goal in the semi-final against Germany and a penalty in the shoot-out in the final against France.

2007: Committed his future to Juventus after it was relegated for match-fixing, he helped the club win Serie B despite starting the season on minus nine points and was the league's top goal scorer with 20 goals.

2008: May - Was Serie A top goal scorer for the newly-promoted Juventus scoring 21 goals and was voted Italian footballer of the year for the second time, 10 years after first winning the award.

June - Later in the year he became only the second Italian footballer to appear at seven major international championships (EURO 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and World Cup 1998, 2002, 2006)

August - Won his last cap for Italy, making 91 appearances in total scoring 27 goals.

2012: May - Lifted the Serie A trophy for his eighth and last time as a Juventus player, leaving after 19 years at the club, winning a total of 17 trophies. He is Juventus' all-time leading appearance maker and record goalscorer with 289 goals.

September: Signs for Sydney FC on a two-year deal.