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Filippo Inzaghi
Personal information
Date of birth	August 9, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Piacenza, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nickname	Pippo Superpippo Inzagol
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	A.C. Milan
Number	9
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-2001 2001-	Piacenza Calcio S.C. Leffe Hellas Verona Piacenza Calcio Parma A.C. Atalanta B.C. Juventus A.C. Milan	2 (0) 21 (13) 36 (13) 37 (15) 15 (2) 33 (24) 120 (57) 161 (75)
National team2
1993-1996 1997-	Italy U-21 Italy	14 (3) 53 (23)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2006 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi, Cavaliere^{[citation needed]} (IPA: [fiˈlippo in'dzaːgi]; born August 9, 1973, in Piacenza) is an Italian World Cup winner who plays as a centre forward for Italian Serie A giants AC Milan. and whose positional sense near the goal has helped him score many of his career goals.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Club 1.2 International 2 Trivia 3 Career 4 External links

The older brother of fellow footballer Simone Inzaghi, "Pippo" got his start playing for hometown club Piacenza Calcio as a teenager, in the 1991-92 he appeared twice before going on loan to Leffe; while on loan he scored an impressive 13 goals in 21 games for the Serie C1 club.

The following season saw the player move to Hellas Verona, collecting a further 13 goals in 36 games, this time in Serie B, he soon returned to his first club Piacenza Calcio however, adding 15 goals in 37 games for the club, proving himself as an exciting young prospect.

Inzaghi stepped up to the top league the following year, with a move to Parma A.C.; though he would only appear for the club 15 times, getting 2 goals. In 1997, he fully burst onto the Serie A scene with Atalanta as the season's top scorer in the Italian Serie A with 24 goals, and he was also awarded young player of the year.

A big move was on the cards for the Italian; a move to the infamous Marcelo Lippi-era Juventus came. Along with Alessandro Del Piero and Zinedine Zidane, the three formed a formidable attacking partnership together which would last for four seasons, terrorising Serie A defenses. The team won the Scudetto in the 1997-98 season and narrowly lost in the UEFA Champions League final the same year.

In total Inzaghi scored 57 in 120 games for the Old Lady, but moved to A.C. Milan after falling out of favour at Juve to David Trézéguet. He suffered a knee injury and was out for half of his first season at A.C. Milan, but when he returned, carried on where he left off with his scoring, forging a strong goalscoring partnership with Ukraine legend Andriy Shevchenko.

At A.C. Milan Inzaghi became the all time top Italian goalscorer in European competition history, beating the previous record of 39 goals held by Alessandro Altobelli. While he has been at the club, A.C. Milan have won, the Scudetto (2003-04), the European Cup (2002-03), Italian Super Cup (2004), the European Super Cup (2003) and the Coppa Italia (2002-03). They also reached the European Cup final in 2004-05 but lost out.

The 2005-2006 footballing campaign was a particularly emotional period for Inzaghi. Not only did he recover from persisent knee injuries to play in the second half of the season but, during that time, he regained his predatory goal-scoring form that made him a prolific player in Italy. Inzaghi was able to help AC Milan finish strongly in Serie A (third place) by netting 12 goals in 22 domestic league matches and adding 4 goals in 5 matches in Milan's UEFA Champions' League campaign; Milan was eventually eliminated by FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of the tournament. He now remains at AC Milan and is looking to forge a strong striking partnership with current national squad teammate, Alberto Gilardino and recently-signed Brazilian superstar, Ronaldo.

Inzaghi made his debut for Italy against Brazil on June 8, 1997, and has since scored 23 goals in 53 appearances for his country; he is currently the 8th all-time top scorer for Italy. He played in the following competitions: 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 (scoring against Turkey and Romania), and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. However, he was left out of the Italian squad for Euro 2004 in favour of Bernardo Corradi, Alessandro Del Piero, Marco Di Vaio, Francesco Totti, and Christian Vieri.

Because of Inzaghi's renaissance in his play at club level, Marcello Lippi had more than enough reason to recall him into the Italy national team in preparation for the 2006 World Cup. Before then, many had deemed that Inzaghi's national team career was finished as he had not been called into the national team fold since 2004. This prior layoff in representing the national team was due to his fighting persistent knee and ankle injuries that kept him out all footballing competitions for almost two years.

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, during the group stage, Inzaghi scored once in his lone appearance in the tournament. This remarkable goal, which he scored against Czech Republic as a substitute, saw him beat an offside trap with a well-timed run to receive a through ball and dribble a lengthy part of the field to score on Petr Cech in a one-on-one encounter, leaving Cech scrambling on the ground. His late goal sealed the win for the Italians as they defeated the Czech Republic 2-0.

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• His supporters have affectionately nicknamed him Superpippo or Superpippo Inzagol during his best years; Superpippo is the Italian name of Disney character Super Goof.

• Dutch legend Johann Cruyff has said of Inzaghi, "Look, actually he can't play football at all. He's just always in the right position."

• Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson once quipped, "Pippo Inzaghi was born in an offside position."

• Former Dutch international defender Jaap Stam harshly accused the Inzaghi brothers of being "diving cheats" in his autobiography, which was published while he played for Manchester United. Ironically enough, Stam would be Pippo's teammate at Milan for three seasons.

• He is still single and was described as a playboy in the past. But in fact most of the gossips were invented by the media. The only girl he admitted as his girlfriend was Samantha De Grenet--a Italian showgirl who is married now.^{[citation needed]} Pippo claimed he is still waiting for a ideal woman, he always spends his holidays with his family such as brother Simone and nephew Tommaso. He wears a ring on his right hand which was carved with his family's names.

• Inzaghi became the first player to score two Champions League hat-tricks with his treble against Hamburg in a 4-4 draw on 13th September 2000. His first came in Juventus' 4-1 drubbing of Dynamo Kiev in a 1998 quarter-final.

• Correct as of 13 September 2006.

Season	Team	League	Domestic League *1		European Tournament *2		Total
			Appearance	Goals	Appearance	Goals	Appearance	Goals
1991-92	Piacenza	Serie B	2	0	-	-	2	0
1992-93	Leffe	Serie C1	21	13	-	-	21	13
1993-94	Verona	Serie B	36	13	-	-	36	13
1994-95	Piacenza	Serie B	37	15	-	-	37	15
1995-96	Parma	Serie A	15	2	6	2	21	4
1996-97	Atalanta	Serie A	33	24	6	0	39	24
1997-98	Juventus	Serie A	31	18	10	6	41	24
1998-99	Juventus	Serie A	28	13	10	6	38	19
1999-00	Juventus	Serie A	33	15	8	10	41	25
2000-01	Juventus	Serie A	28	11	6	5	34	16
2001-02	A.C. Milan	Serie A	20	10	7	4	27	14
2002-03	A.C. Milan	Serie A	30	17	16	12	46	29
2003-04	A.C. Milan	Serie A	14	3	8	2	22	5
2004-05	A.C. Milan	Serie A	11	0	2	1	13	1
2005-06	A.C. Milan	Serie A	22	12	5	4	27	16
2006-07	A.C. Milan	Serie A	7	2	5	3	11	4
Total			367	167	89	55	456	222

• 1: Did not include Coppa Italia or Italian Super Cup
• 2: Did not include European Super Cup

Sporting positions
Preceded by Giuseppe Signori Igor Protti	Serie A top scorer 1996-97	Succeeded by Oliver Bierhoff
Awards
Preceded by None	Serie A Young Footballer of the Year 1997	Succeeded by Alessandro Nesta

• FootballDatabase provides Filippo Inzaghi's profile and stats
• "Master Poacher Inzaghi to Start" Electric New Paper, 4 April 2006 accessed 4 April 2006
• "On a whinge and a prayer" - Stephen Wolfe's editorial appreciation of Pippo Inzaghi. soccernet.com, 11 September 2006 accessed 11 September 2006

	Italy squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Toldo | 2 Bergomi | 3 P. Maldini | 4 Cannavaro | 5 Costacurta | 6 Nesta | 7 Pessotto | 8 Torricelli | 9 Albertini | 10 Del Piero | 11 D. Baggio | 12 Pagliuca | 13 Cois | 14 Di Biagio | 15 Di Livio | 16 Di Matteo | 17 Moriero | 18 R. Baggio | 19 Inzaghi | 20 Chiesa | 21 Vieri | 22 Buffon | Coach: C. Maldini

	Italy squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Buffon | 2 Panucci | 3 Maldini | 4 Coco | 5 Cannavaro | 6 Zanetti | 7 Del Piero | 8 Gattuso | 9 Inzaghi | 10 Totti | 11 Doni | 12 Abbiati | 13 Nesta | 14 Di Biagio | 15 Iuliano | 16 Di Livio | 17 Tommasi | 18 Delvecchio | 19 Zambrotta | 20 Montella | 21 Vieri | 22 Toldo | 23 Materazzi | Coach: Trapattoni

	Italy squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Champions (4th Title)
1 Buffon | 2 Zaccardo | 3 Grosso | 4 De Rossi | 5 Cannavaro | 6 Barzagli | 7 Del Piero | 8 Gattuso | 9 Toni | 10 Totti | 11 Gilardino | 12 Peruzzi | 13 Nesta | 14 Amelia | 15 Iaquinta | 16 Camoranesi | 17 Barone | 18 Inzaghi | 19 Zambrotta | 20 Perrotta | 21 Pirlo | 22 Oddo | 23 Materazzi | Coach: Lippi

A.C. Milan - Current Squad

1 Dida | 2 Cafu | 3 Maldini | 4 Kaladze | 5 Costacurta | 7 Oliveira | 8 Gattuso | 9 Inzaghi | 10 Seedorf | 11 Gilardino | 13 Nesta | 15 Borriello | 16 Kalac | 17 Šimić | 18 Jankulovski | 19 Favalli | 20 Gourcuff | 21 Pirlo | 22 Kaká | 23 Ambrosini | 24 Grimi | 25 Bonera | 26 Storari | 27 Serginho | 28 Guerci | 29 Fiori | 30 Facchin | 31 Antonelli | 32 Brocchi | 33 Di Gennaro | 34 Bottini | 35 Aubameyang | 36 Darmian | 37 Bruscagin | 38 Lunati | 39 Vitofrancesco | 44 Oddo | 99 Ronaldo | Coach: Ancelotti