Born in 1974, Alex Del Piero said goodbye to Juventus in 2012 and has been playing football since 2015. Today he lives in Los Angeles with Sonya and three children, in the elite area of Bel Air, from where he manages all his affairs and hobbies. Always in a winning way.
Born in 1974, Alessandro Del Piero ended playing football in Italy on May 13, 2012 when he played his last match for Juventus, of which he has been the undisputed captain since 2001. The black-and-white Italian world icon “Pinturicchio” (from the nickname given to him by lawyer Agnelli) and then quickly continued in Australia before the final farewell, which happened in 2014 with the Indian Delhi Dynamos shirt.
Although Del Piero never managed to win the Ballon d’Or, for which he was included in the list of contenders six times, he won everything and repeatedly in the Juventus shirt (6 championships, 4 Italian Super Cups, 1 Italian Cup, 1 Serie B championship ). , as well as the Champions League, Intercontinental and European Super Cup) and the national team (World Cup 2006), scored a total of 343 goals in 878 matches during his career. Among them is a special type of goal, the “Del Piero goal”, which entered the history of football thanks to a spectacular parable from the top of the penalty area to the farthest corner.
The legendary “ten” of Juventus, for all fans Del Piero’s T-shirt. With whom he won everything in black and white
After his retirement, Del Piero chose the United States as his country of residence, namely Los Angeles, where he purchased a luxurious villa where he lives with his wife, Sonia, to whom he is still married, and their three children. . He never completely leaves football, which he does as a television commentator and as a co-owner of some youth academies. Many have wondered how he spends his days, and the answer is hidden in the many activities in which he has invested most of his earnings as a footballer, including restaurants, golf, and his racing team.
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Career, goals and farewell to football
Alex Del Piero started his career close to home in Padua in 1992, and then immediately went up: in ’93, Boniperti picked him up and took him to Turin, where he signed his first professional contract. Since then, his career has been forever associated with the colors of Juventus, the club in which he played continuously until 2012, when on May 13 he decided not to renew his contract. However, it will continue on the other side of the world, first in Australia and then in India.
He will never return to the Juventus club, even as a manager, although he is one of the most loved by Juventus fans of all time. But he remains on excellent terms with the club, so much so that he takes over the Juventus academy in America to help nurture new talent. Nickname “Pinturicchio” given to him by Agnelli because of his notorious often winning punishments.
How much Del Piero has earned in his career
Since his arrival in Turin, Alessandro Del Piero has taken a leading role in the club. The maximum was reached in the 1999 update, when, after a very long confrontation with Juventus, it ended with a salary adjustment on a five-year salary: from 3.5 billion lire per season, Del Piero reached 10, becoming the highest paid player in the world. . Also during that period, according to France Football, Del Piero received an income of about 15 billion a year: in addition to a salary from Juventus, he received about 450 million bonuses and 4.5 billion from sponsors Adidas, Cepu and Luxottica. Up to about 18 billion with additional income from image rights.
A very young Alex Del Piero wearing the Juventus shirt he will wear from 1993 to 2012.
Even if the salary gradually decreased in subsequent seasons, from last year in black and white, in which he received a figure of 1 million, he saved the last shots for the end of his career with a two-year 2 million in Australia. with Sydney FC. An income that Del Piero was largely able to manage better over time, diversifying investments and generating even more income, always maintaining a very high profile of his image, which he also provided to Adidas, Pepsi, Suzuki and Disney.
N.10: Alex Del Pietro Restaurant in Los Angeles.
Among the best investments managed by Alex Del Piero is definitely the N.10 Italian restaurant, one of the most famous in Los Angeles. An exclusive place, which, however, immediately attracted the attention of regular visitors, offering solutions for lunch and dinner at low prices (from 45 euros per person and above).
However, many VIPs who frequented and frequent the place, among which Britney Spears’ new husband, Sam Ashari, stands out are so strong that he was invited to the wedding with Spears, an event that left everyone a little stunned to see that on Own personal life and family acquaintances, Alexey always created a solid wall of privacy.
Alex Del Piero and football: his role as a commentator and youth teams
After hanging up his boots, saying goodbye to football, Del Piero has not completely distanced himself from the world of football as he has been a commentator for Sky Sport and ESPN since 2015. In addition to being an ambassador and witness to various events always associated with the world of football, as well as a guest among the legends at the most important events, he also kept certain commitments on the field.
In fact, he founded a new football team in California, Los Angeles 10 FC, where boys and girls play at the same time, and currently manages three ADP10 football academies in Los Angeles and New York, connected to the Juventus world, all youth teams.
Personal life of Alex Del Piero
Since 2005, he has been married to Sonia Amoruso, whom he met in 1999 in a shoe store where she worked. On June 12, 2005, in the strictest secrecy, he got married in a small church on Turin Hill, in the small parish of Mongreno. To avoid photographers, fans and onlookers, Del Piero misled everyone into believing that the wedding would take place elsewhere, on Lake Magione.
Today, Alex lives in Los Angeles with her and their three children: Tobias, born in October 2007, Dorothea, born in May 2009, and finally Sasha, born in late December 2010. The couple also went through a crisis moment that led them to divorce. then everything calmed down again. So, Sonya and Alex continue their married life with their children, with whom they share a magnificent villa in the luxurious Bel Air area.
Tobias, Dorothea and Sasha: children of Alex Del Piero and Sonia Amoruso
In 2007, Sonia and Alessandro were joined by their eldest son, Tobias, who inherited his father’s passion for football. Then, in 2009, Dorothea arrived, and the next, in 2010, Sasha. Around his family, Del Piero has always erected a shield of almost absolute privacy.
The Del Piero family in full force: in addition to Alex and Sonya, Tobias, Dorothea and Sasha
Very rarely has his wife and children been the subject of public statements, including an interview he gave to Verissimo in which he returned to the joy of being a father: “Each time is a unique experience. After Dorothea, after Tobias, we imagined that we could no longer experience certain sensations, but no: every time everything seems to be new, sudden, unexpected.. Both sons, like their father, are passionate about football and started playing in Getafe: Tobias in Cadet B, Sasha, born in 2010, at the Infantil school.
Where does Alex Del Piero live today?
For several years now, Alex Del Piero, as already mentioned, has been living in America, in his new supposed homeland, from where he manages all his affairs. More precisely, in the Los Angeles area, Bel Air, where he bought a truly spectacular house. Dream villa with five bedrooms, six bathrooms, spa with pool and cinema room. With a huge cost, the Del Piero residence is estimated at about 6 million euros.
It is a radical life choice to want the children to live abroad, away from Italy. This was contemplated and strongly desired by Del Piero himself, who revealed the reason, always protecting his family and maintaining their privacy. When he returns to Italy, Del Piero necessarily passes through his hometown of Conigliano Veneto, where his parents still live and the house where he was born and lived as a child.
Del Piero’s passion for golf
From goal to golf, the step is very short for Del Piero, as is the love of the ball and the ball. He said it himself, out of a passion born while he was still raging on the fields, a dedicated champion. Love at first sight in Val d’Aosta in Châtillon, during Juventus’ summer training camp: “There was a field behind the hotel and my friend Alessio Tacchinardi and I decided to jump on it. It was love at first sight.”
A passion that he cultivated over time and that he carried with him wherever he went, now in Los Angeles, where there is no shortage of space and opportunity: “I believe that golf gives the football player the charm of an individual sport: some that necessary loneliness,” he once admitted, speaking of this love of greenery, diametrically opposed to football in everything. “It helps to concentrate, to enter a completely different dimension than the one we are used to living in on the field.”
Automaker with actor Patrick Dempsey
Not only golf, because Alex Del Piero’s passion for cars and speed has always been one of his first passions, and that’s how the idea of creating a real car manufacturer was born. The intuition goes back to January 2013, when the former Juventus captain, then in Australia with the Sydney Football Club, decided, along with Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey, to give life to a car project.
Official announcement of the birth of Dempsey/Del Piero Racing
For the American actor, it all started already in 2009, when he founded Dempsey Racing with one specific goal: to compete in Le Mans. A few years later, performances are repeated, a friendship is born between them, and in 2013 Del Piero joins the adventure: “Since childhood, I have always had a great passion for motorsport. along with Patrick. In 2015, Del Piero/Dempsey Racing won Japan for the first time, winning 6 hours at the legendary Fuji Circuit and then taking an incredible podium finish at Le Mans in the GTE Am class. In 2018, the team finally won the 24 Hours race. from Le Mans.