Christian Vieri

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Christian Vieri
Vieri at Fiorentina in the 2007–08 season
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-07-12) 12 July 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Bologna, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)
Centre forward
Youth career
1987–1988 Marconi Stallions
1989–1990 Santa Lucia
1990–1991 Prato
1991–1992 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Torino 7 (1)
1992–1993 Pisa 18 (2)
1993–1994 Ravenna 32 (12)
1994–1995 Venezia 29 (11)
1995–1996 Atalanta 21 (9)
1996–1997 Juventus 23 (8)
1997–1998 Atlético Madrid 24 (24)
1998–1999 Lazio 22 (12)
1999–2005 Inter Milan 143 (103)
2005–2006 AC Milan 8 (1)
2006 Monaco 7 (3)
2006 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2006–2007 Atalanta 7 (2)
2007–2008 Fiorentina 26 (6)
2008–2009 Atalanta 9 (2)
Total 374 (194)
International career
1992–1996 Italy U21 22 (11)
1997–2005 Italy 49 (23)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's football
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1994 France
Winner 1996 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian "Bobo" Vieri (Italian pronunciation:

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.[2]

A prolific goalscorer, for a number of years, he was regarded as one of the best strikers of this generation,[3] leading to him becoming the world's most expensive player in 1999 when Inter Milan paid Lazio £32 million (€43 million) for his services.[4][5] Something of a footballing nomad, Vieri played for no fewer than 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

Italy's highest ever goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup, along with Roberto Baggio and Paolo Rossi, with a combined nine goals from nine matches at the 1998 and 2002 editions of the tournament; he also took part at Euro 2004
.

Early life

Born in Bologna, Italy,[6] to active professional footballer Roberto Vieri[7][8][9] and Christiane "Nathalie" Rivaux,[10] Vieri is of Italian and French descent as his mother was born in Casablanca[11] and raised in Paris.[12] He spent the first years of his life in the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region while his Prato-born father played for Bologna FC. With Roberto Vieri's 1977 transfer to Marconi Stallions FC, the family moved to Sydney, Australia, residing in the suburb of Wetherill Park in South Western Sydney where young Christian attended Prairiewood High School. It is from his father that he inherited his nickname Bobo which he carried with him throughout his career.[7][8][9]

During his time in Australia, Vieri developed a love for both football and

Australian international in 2004. Vieri played for Marconi Juniors when he was a child but his family subsequently moved back to Italy. In an interview at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Vieri named his all-time sporting hero as Australian cricketer Allan Border, and said that as a child he was better at cricket than football.[14][15]

Club career

Early career

Vieri with Torino in 1991–92

Vieri started his playing career at

Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti.[16]

The following year, he moved to

1992 UEFA Cup final, lost on away goals to Ajax
.

In November 1992, Vieri was sold to

Venezia
, where he scored 11 goals in 29 appearances.

Serie A

After three seasons in Serie B, Vieri returned to Serie A for the

Atalanta
, scoring 9 goals in 21 appearances.

His first big move came when he was signed by

UEFA Champions League final loss to Borussia Dortmund
.

Atlético Madrid

Vieri's form for Juventus attracted the attention of Spanish side Atlético Madrid who paid £12.5 million to sign the striker in 1997. He was part of a £45 million spending spree for the club owned by Jesús Gil that season, alongside Juninho Paulista.[18]

Vieri made his debut for Atlético on 30 August 1997 in a 1–1 draw with

Celta de Vigo.[21] In October, he scored back-to-back hat-tricks in a 5–1 win at Real Zaragoza and a 5–2 home win over PAOK in the quarter-finals of the European competition.[21] On 21 March 1998, he scored four times away to Salamanca, but the Rojiblancos lost 5–4.[22]

He scored a total of 24 goals in 24 league appearances for Atlético and finished the season with 29 goals from 32 appearances, which saw him receive the Pichichi Trophy as the league's top scorer.

Vieri stated in his 2015 autobiography that his 1997 transfer to Atlético was motivated purely by financial reasons—revealing that Juventus would only pay him an annual salary of L.2 million while the Spanish club were offering the equivalent of L.3.5 million.[23] He furthermore asserted: "If I could have turned back time, I’d have stayed in Turin".[23]

Vieri also revealed a funny story about the aforementioned back-to-back hat-tricks against Real Zaragoza and PAOK. Before the match with PAOK, Vieri made a bet with Jesús Gil: if he had scored a hat-trick, the President would have given him a Ferrari. The striker did find the net three times, with the third goal, scored from the goal line, being one of the most iconic moments of his career, and Gil made him choose his gift car. However, Vieri never picked up his Ferrari at the end of the season, as he felt he had betrayed the President leaving Atlético after just one year.[24][25]

Lazio

After his performances for Atlético and at the

the final at Villa Park on 19 May, the last match in the tournament's history.[26]

Inter Milan

The following season Vieri was the subject of a then world record transfer of €49 million (90 billion Italian lire,[27] £32 million) to Inter Milan after drawing the attention of chairman Massimo Moratti and manager Marcello Lippi, who had requested the player after their successful season together at Juventus. Inter would be Vieri's ninth club in his ninth season of being a professional footballer, and the only one where he would play for more than one season, for a total of six.

At Inter, Vieri formed a potentially dangerous partnership with Ronaldo up front, but because of injuries to both players, they were not able to play together often. He was impressive in his first couple of seasons, but constant managerial changes meant that Inter could not challenge for the Scudetto. It was under disciplined Argentinian coach Héctor Cúper, that Vieri and Inter really began to flourish and challenge for honours. Vieri was made the focal point of the attack and scored 22 goals in 25 games in the 2001–02 season as Inter narrowly missed out on the title after their last-day defeat to Lazio. The following season, he was Serie A Capocannoniere after scoring 24 goals in 23 appearances. In addition, he scored three goals in Inter's Champions League campaign and formed a potent partnership with Hernán Crespo. He scored both of Inter's goals in the quarter-final victory over Valencia. Vieri was injured during the second leg of this game and therefore played no part in the semi-final defeat to city rivals AC Milan.

The following year, Cúper was sacked only a few games into the season and was replaced by Alberto Zaccheroni. Vieri did not get along with his new manager[28] and also had many of the Inter fans turn on him after his dip in form. In addition, he had shown his discontent at the sale of strike partner Crespo to Chelsea. When Roberto Mancini replaced Zaccheroni in the summer of 2004, Vieri played the majority games upfront with Adriano. It was clear to many though that the injury he had sustained against Valencia had taken its toll on Vieri and he was no longer as sharp in front of goal, despite his respectable goal output. On 6 January 2004, he scored his 100th goal for the club in a 3–1 home against Lecce, being celebrated by his teammates with a crown.[29]

Later career

In July 2005, Vieri and Inter came to a mutual agreement to terminate his contract with the club. He was then signed by cross-town rivals AC Milan on a two-year deal, amidst interest from

Bidone d'Oro Award in 2005, which is given to the worst Serie A player during a particular season.[32]

In January 2006, he moved on a free transfer to

Paris Saint-Germain's Bernard Mendy, which eventually ruled him out of a place in Italy's squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[34]

Vieri agreed a one-year deal with Sampdoria on 6 July 2006, however he returned to Atalanta on 29 August, signing a one-year minimum wage contract worth €1,500 per month. Although he received a paltry salary, Vieri was to earn another €100,000 for every goal he scored, leaving chairman Ivan Ruggeri to comment, "If things go well, Vieri will cost me €2 million." Vieri scored two goals in seven substitute appearances, including one spectacular long-range effort.

In June 2007, Atalanta announced they would not offer a contract extension to Vieri. His contract therefore ended on 30 June. Vieri signed a one-year deal with Fiorentina in the summer of 2007 and he was officially presented to the press on 21 July 2007.[35] He signed a one-year-contract for Atalanta on 30 June 2008; however, in early April, both Atalanta and Vieri mutually agreed that the contract was to be rescinded after only making nine appearances for the club.[36] He announced his retirement from professional football on 20 October 2009.[37]

International career

Vieri scored 23 goals in 49 matches for

Italy's ninth-highest goalscorer of all time
.

Vieri received his first international cap during the 1996–97 season after some impressive displays for Juventus; he made his Italy senior debut on 29 March 1997, at the age of 23, in a 3–0 win over

group stage: two against Cameroon,[43] and one against Austria.[44] Vieri scored Italy's only goal in the round of 16 match against Norway.[45] He scored Italy's fourth penalty in the quarter-final shootout against hosts and eventual champions France, but Luigi Di Biagio missed the fifth spot-kick, and Italy were eliminated. The aforementioned quarter-final showdown against France, which had ended in a 0–0 draw following extra time, was the only game of the tournament in which Vieri was unable to score.[46]

Vieri missed out Dino Zoff's squad for Euro 2000 after suffering a recurrence of an old thigh injury, following a collision with Gianluigi Buffon during the Serie A fourth place playoff for the final Champions League spot with Inter, against Parma, at the end of the 1999–2000 season;[47][48] Buffon would later also miss out on the tournament through injury.[49]

Italy played Vieri as a lone striker in the 2002 World Cup under manager Giovanni Trapattoni, scoring an impressive four goals in four games. He managed a brace in the opening game against Ecuador,[50] and scored Italy's only goal in the 2–1 defeat to Croatia despite having a previous goal incorrectly ruled out for offside.[51] In the round of 16 match against co-hosts South Korea, he opened the scoring in the 18th minute, scoring a powerful header from a Francesco Totti corner. Italy led the game until the Koreans equalised two minutes before the end. Just one minute after the Korean equaliser, Vieri missed an open goal which would have put Italy in front.[52] Italy were eventually eliminated by South Korea by a golden goal.[53] The only game in which he failed to find the net was against Mexico in a 1–1 draw.[54]

Vieri was once again the main striker in Italy's ill-fated Euro 2004 campaign. This time he did not fare so well, however, scoring no goals as Italy were eliminated in the first round.

Telecom Italia at the request of club owner Massimo Moratti. In September 2012, Inter and Telecom Italia were ordered by a Milan court to pay Vieri damages amounting to €1 million for this case of phone tapping.[57]

More disappointment occurred when he missed the 2006 World Cup after suffering a knee meniscus injury in a Ligue 1 match with Monaco against Paris Saint-Germain on 26 March 2006.[58] Although Vieri would not necessarily have been a starter for Marcello Lippi's side, Lippi admitted that he would have picked him had he been fit, and even encouraged him to move to France in order to gain more playing time ahead of the tournament.[59] He played in three tournaments, but failed to win a medal in each of them, missing out on the Euro 2000 runners-up medal and the 2006 World Cup winners medal due to injury. His final appearance for Italy had come against Moldova, the team against which he had also made his debut, on 12 October 2005, under Lippi; he marked the occasion by scoring his final international goal in the 2–1 home win.[60]

Style of play

Vieri was a complete, prolific and opportunistic

assists to teammates, which was aided by his ability to use his strength to hold up the ball and play with his back to goal in order to participate in the build-up of attacking plays;[73][74][75] he also excelled at beating the offside trap to get on the end of long balls with his runs in behind the defence, which also allowed him to provide depth to his team.[72] Although he was primarily a goal-area threat, Vieri had an accurate and powerful shot from distance as well as inside the area;[62] he was also an accurate penalty taker.[76]

Personal life

Vieri's personal life has been subject to much media attention in Italy. He has been involved in many high-profile relationships, including those with models Elisabetta Canalis, Elena Santarelli, Debora Salvalaggio, Fernanda Lessa, Melissa Satta and Jazzma Kendrick, among others.[77][78]

Vieri has his own fashion label – Sweet Years – which he runs with friend and former Italy and AC Milan teammate Paolo Maldini.[79][80] The pair also own a number of restaurants in the city of Milan.[81] Another close friend of his is former forward Alessandro Matri, with whom he has been seen holidaying in Spain, along with other friends. He also started another clothing brand (Baci & Abbracci) with close friend and footballer Cristian Brocchi and model Alena Šeredová.[82][83]

Vieri presented a footvolley cup with the name Bobo summer cup, in 2018.[84][85]

In 2017, Vieri began a relationship with Italian showgirl Costanza Caracciolo.[86] On 18 November 2018, Vieri and Caracciolo announced the birth of their daughter Stella on Instagram.[87] On 18 March 2019, the pair were married in a small civil ceremony at Villa Litta Modignani in the Affori ward of Milan.[88] Toward the end of October that year, the couple announced that they were expecting a second child.[89]

Media

Vieri features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series; he was on the cover for the Italian edition of FIFA 99,[90] and was named in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 14.[91]

Vieri featured as

Picasso's face
.

In December 2003, Vieri participated in the Italian TV broadcast Chi vuol essere milionario? forming a memorable duo with Gennaro Gattuso during an episode organised for charity purposes. Vieri and Gattuso answered 13 questions in a row correctly, retiring after reading the second-to-last question, winning an outstanding amount of €150,000.[92][93][94] The thirteenth question represented a dramatic yet hilarious moment on Italian television: being the duo doubtful about the correct answer, Vincenzo Montella, one of the football players who were in the audience, invited Vieri and Gattuso to walk away with the already collected amount of €70,000 without risking to reduce the final prize to €16,000 answering incorrectly. Vieri playfully suggested selling the player ("Ma vendetelo!"), while Gattuso jokingly asked for getting Montella out of the studio as he was behaving like a jinx ("Porta una sfiga Montella, mandatelo via!").[93][94][95]

Having retired from professional football, Vieri started working as a pundit and consultant for beIN Sports.[96] He successively started his weekly Twitch-based podcast, named Bobo TV, together with former teammates Antonio Cassano, Daniele Adani and Nicola Ventola, which quickly became one of the most popular Web-based shows in Italy.[97]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[98][99][100]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Torino 1991–92 Serie A 6 1 1 1 0 0 – 7 2
1992–93 Serie A 1 0 1 0 0 0 – 2 0
Total 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 2
Pisa 1992–93 Serie B 18 2 0 0 – – 18 2
Ravenna
 1993–94 Serie B 32 12 0 0 – – 32 12
Venezia 1994–95 Serie B 29 11 0 0 – – 29 11
Atalanta
 1995–96 Serie A 19 7 2 2 – – 21 9
Juventus 1996–97 Serie A 23 8 5 1 8[b] 4 1[c] 1 37 14
Atlético Madrid 1997–98 La Liga 24 24 1 0 7[d] 5 – 32 29
Lazio 1998–99 Serie A 22 12 2 1 4[e] 1 0 0 28 14
Inter Milan 1999–2000 Serie A 19 13 5 5 – 1[f] 0 25 18
2000–01 Serie A 27 18 0 0 5[d] 1 0 0 32 19
2001–02 Serie A 25 22 1 0 2[d] 3 – 28 25
2002–03 Serie A 23 24 0 0 14[b] 3 – 37 27
2003–04 Serie A 22 13 1 0 9[g] 4 – 32 17
2004–05 Serie A 27 13 3 3 6[b] 1 – 36 17
Total 143 103 10 8 36 12 1 0 190 123
AC Milan 2005–06 Serie A 8 1 1 1 5[b] 0 – 14 2
Monaco 2005–06 Ligue 1 7 3 0 0 2[d] 1 2[h] 1 11 5
Atalanta 2006–07 Serie A 7 2 0 0 – – 7 2
Fiorentina 2007–08 Serie A 26 6 1 0 12[d] 3 – 39 9
Atalanta 2008–09 Serie A 9 2 0 0 – – 9 2
Career total 374 194 24 14 74 26 4 2 476 236
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey, Coupe de France
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  4. ^
    UEFA Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  6. ^ Serie A Champions League play-off match (2000)
  7. ^ Five appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and two goals in UEFA Cup
  8. ^ Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[101]
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 1997 7 2
1998 7 6
1999 5 2
2000 1 0
2001 2 0
2002 8 5
2003 6 4
2004 7 3
2005 6 1
Total 49 23
Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vieri goal.[102]
List of international goals scored by Christian Vieri
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 March 1997 Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy  Moldova 2–0 3–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2 29 October 1997
Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
, Russia		  Russia 1–0 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
3 11 June 1998 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, France  Chile 1–0 2–2 1998 FIFA World Cup
4 17 June 1998 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France  Cameroon 2–0 3–0 1998 FIFA World Cup
5 3–0
6 23 June 1998 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  Austria 1–0 2–1 1998 FIFA World Cup
7 27 June 1998 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France  Norway 1–0 1–0 1998 FIFA World Cup
8 5 September 1998 Anfield, Liverpool, England  Wales 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier
9 5 June 1999 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy  Wales 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier
10 8 September 1999
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
, Italy		  Denmark 2–0 2–3 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier
11 3 June 2002 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan  Ecuador 1–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup
12 2–0
13 8 June 2002 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan  Croatia 1–0 1–2 2002 FIFA World Cup
14 18 June 2002 Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea  South Korea 1–0 1–2 2002 FIFA World Cup
15 20 November 2002
Stadio Adriatico, Pescara
, Italy		  Turkey 1–1 1–1 Friendly
16 29 March 2003 Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy  Finland 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier
17 2–0
18 20 August 2003 Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany  Germany 1–0 1–0 Friendly
19 11 October 2003 Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria, Italy  Azerbaijan 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier
20 18 February 2004 Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy  Czech Republic 1–0 2–2 Friendly
21 31 March 2004 Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal  Portugal 1–1 2–1 Friendly
22 28 April 2004 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy  Spain 1–1 1–1 Friendly
23 12 October 2005
Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce
, Italy		  Moldova 1–0 2–1
2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Honours

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