Andrea Pirlo "speaks with his feet", "he is a genius", "to pass to Pirlo is like hiding the ball in the safe", "he is a metronome". Pirlo would control a game and if he was playing for a club side against an English team club or national, we knew that he was in control. A specialist at set pieces, it was often fatal to give away free kicks or corners and if he got the ball in midfield, the opposition would expect the worst...or actually the most brilliant!
Born in Flero, Brescia, 1979, Andrea played local youth football and quickly moved onto Brescia (47 apps/6 goals) aged 16, then was sold to Internationale (22/0) in 1998 for £1.8m, went to Reggina on loan (28/6), had 10 apps back at Brescia on loan and finally was sold to Milan for £16m in 2001. Big time.
He stayed for 10 years and then went to Juventus in 2011, playing 119 times with 16 goals. He played over 500 times in Italy winning Serie A and Champions League titles several times. By 2015 he moved on to New York City FC in the MLS, joining Frank Lampard, David Villa and Patrick Vieira, playing over 60 times. He came off the bench this weekend against Columbus Crew, for a few minutes to announce his retirement.
An intelligent footballer who controlled games, he has written an autobiography called " I think, therefore I play." Part is dedicated to Milan's defeat by Liverpool in Istanbul in 2005. YOU MUST WATCH...
http://int.search.mywebsearch.com/search/video.jhtml?id=XNxdm019YYgb&n=77edc526&pg=video&pn=1&ptb=308DCB58-2A13-42C4-993A-77A59B6C34C6&ptnrS=XNxdm019YYgb&qs=&searchfor=Pirlo&si=CJeTnrb1k7ECFZMctAodh14dkA&ss=sub&st=sb&tpr=sbt
When the Old Carthusians played NYC FC, as they arrived in England for a pre-season tour, Pirlo was absent! But Marcos Senna did grace the school pitch.
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