Christian Vieri

(Bobo Vieri )

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1973 (53 years old)
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Bologna, Italy

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Forward

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1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

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Christian "Bobo" Vieri (born 12 July 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Having been born in Italy, Vieri moved with his family to Australia as a child, before returning to Italy to pursue his professional career at a young age. He then spent the bulk of his career playing in the Serie A. In March 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations.

A prolific goalscorer, he was widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, leading to him becoming the world's most expensive player in 1999 when Inter Milan paid Lazio £32 million (€43 million) for his services. Something of a footballing nomad, Vieri played for 12 clubs throughout his career, mainly in Italy, but also in Spain and France. He started his career with Torino in 1991, but his most notable and successful spells were those at Juventus, Atlético Madrid, Lazio, and Inter, clubs with which he won several honours.

As well as picking up several winners' medals during his career, Vieri also claimed many individual awards including the Pichichi Trophy and Capocannoniere awards for the league's top scorer in Spain and Italy respectively, and the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year twice. At international level, Vieri scored 23 goals in 49 appearances for Italy between 1997 and 2005. He is also one of Italy's highest ever goalscorers, with 23 goals putting him in joint ninth place alongside Francesco Graziani. More pressingly, no Italian has scored more World Cup goals than Vieri, with his combined nine goals from nine matches at the 1998 and 2002 tournaments making him the joint-highest World Cup scorer for Italy alongside Roberto Baggio and Paolo Rossi. He also took part at Euro 2004.

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Trophies

Italian Coppa Italia	Inter	2004-2005
Italian Serie A Capocannoniere	Inter	2002-2003
UEFA Cup Winners Cup	Ath Madrid	1998-1999
Italian Supercoppa Italiana	Ath Madrid	1998
Spanish La Liga Trofeo Pichichi	Juventus	1997-1998
Italian Serie A	Atalanta	1996-1997
FIFA Club World Cup	Atalanta	1996
UEFA Super Cup	Atalanta	1996
Italian Coppa Italia	Torino	1992-1993

Milestones

Serie A Hat-Trick	Inter	2003-01-26
Serie A 4 Goals	Inter	2002-12-01
Serie A Footballer of the Year	Lazio	1999-12-31

Former Youth Teams

Marconi Stallions	1987-1988	Youth	-	-
Prato	1990-1991	Youth	-	-
Torino	1991-1992	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

Torino	1991-1992	Permanent	7 app	1 gls
Pisa	1992-1993	Permanent	18 app	2 gls
Italy U21	1992-1996	International	-	-
Ravenna	1993-1994	Permanent	32 app	12 gls
Venezia	1994-1995	Permanent	29 app	11 gls
Atalanta	1995-1996	Permanent	21 app	9 gls
Juventus	1996-1997	Permanent	23 app	8 gls
Ath Madrid	1997-1998	Permanent	24 app	24 gls
Italy	1997-2005	International	-	-
Lazio	1998-1999	Permanent	22 app	12 gls
Inter	1999-2005	Permanent	143 app	103 gls
Milan	2005-2006	Permanent	8 app	1 gls
Monaco	2006	Permanent	7 app	3 gls
Sampdoria	2006	Permanent	0 app	0 gls
Atalanta	2006-2007	Permanent	7 app	2 gls
Fiorentina	2007-2008	Permanent	26 app	6 gls
Atalanta	2008-2009	Permanent	9 app	2 gls