The natural successor to Roberto Baggio, Del Piero is one of most talented players in the world. Signed by Juventus FC from Serie B side Padova Calcio when aged just 18 years old, he quickly developed into one of Serie A’s most feared attackers.

He loves taking on defenders, is a deadly finisher, and a major threat from free-kicks. He suffered the first serious setback of his career when being sidelined by knee ligament damage in November 1998 but returned at the start of season 1999/2000, and has begun showing his sublime skills once more.

He loves taking on defenders, is a deadly finisher, and a major threat from free-kicks.

He scored 10 goals in Juventus FC’s 1997/98 UEFA Champions League campaign, and has won three league titles, the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup with Juve. He has also picked up an Intercontinental Cup winners’ medal after scoring the only goal of Juventus’ match against River Plate in Tokyo in 1996, a strike which earned him the ‘Man of the match’ award. Injury restricted him to just two EURO 2000™ qualifying appearances.

-From the official website of Euro2000 'www.euro2000.org'-