Filippo Inzaghi Biography

Filippo Inzaghi grew up with a passion for football. He started his football career in his hometown clubs and soon could establish himself as a prolific striker who had never played for any club outside of his country. Inzaghi is one of the players who has always been brutally criticized throughout his career. He was a potential goal scorer who was often underestimated by others for his lack of footballing techniques and resemblance to famous football strikers such as Ronaldo and Messi. Nevertheless, his timely goals and motivational memories made him a popular and lovable player all around the world.

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In the following article, we have provided you with a detailed biography of Filippo Inzaghi. Still, a few years after the retirement of this hard-working football striker, football fans remember him well and no one can forget his beautiful goals. Although he is currently working as a coach and is not as famous as he was during his playing days, he undoubtedly could establish himself as strong as a striker. Stay tuned to know more about

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Filippo Inzaghi information

In the following part of

Filippo Inzaghi Biography

, you can find some general information about him listed down here.

Filippo Inzaghi Bio

• Full Name:

  Filippo Inzaghi 

• Nickname: 

  Superpippo", "Pippo mio" and "Alta tensione"

• Profession:

  Professional Football Player

Filippo Inzaghi Physical Stats

• Weight:

  74 kg

• Height:

  1.81 m

• Eye Color:

  Dark brown

• Hair Color:

  Dark brown 

 Filippo Inzaghi Football Information

• Position:

  Striker

• Jersey Number:

  9

• Professional Debut:

  1991

Filippo Inzaghi Date of Birth and Personal Info

• Date of Birth:

  9 August 1973

• Birth Place:

  Piacenza, Italy

• Zodiac Sign:

  Leo

• Filippo Inzaghi Nationality:

  Italian

• Filippo Inzaghi Religion:

  Christian

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 Filippo Inzaghi Early Life

In this section of Filippo Inzaghi Biography, we will have a glance at his early life. from the perspective of a common footballer, it's overestimating if we say he was a technical player, but his impacts on every club he played at, were undeniable. Inzaghi's role models as a child were Paolo Rossi and Marco van Basten. He was only a nine-year-old boy when he joined San Nicolò to start his amateur football. Having spent 3 years at San Nicolò, he joined his hometown club Piacenza youth team in 1985. After six years at the youth team of Pizaenca, Filippo and his younger brother started their senior career Piacenza main tam as a teenager in 1991. 

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Filippo Inzaghi Profile

In this division of

Filippo Inzaghi biography

, we will review his professional career from his early days until now, that he is still acknowledged as one of the best strikers in football history. As mentioned above, Inzaghi started his professional football in his hometown club which was not a successful debut. After only two league appearances he was loaned to Serie C1 side

in 1992. His condition at AlbinoLeffe was much better as during the one-year contract he played in 21 matches and scored 13 goals, which was impressive. Once his loan-contract with AlbinoLeffe finished, again he was loaned to Serie B club Hellas Verona. In 1994 his loan-contract finished and Inzaghi could return to his main club. In his last season with Pizaenca, he helped the club to win the Serie B title and so he proved himself as a promising young player. 

His outstanding performances during his early years led him towards Serie A. In 1995 he signed his first Serie A contract with

. His time in Parma was not that much satisfying as he managed to score only two goals in 15 league matches, among which two goals were scored against one of his former clubs, Piacenza. In 1996 he was transferred to

and unlike his former club, he could show his real goal-scoring talent. As the season finished he was named Capocannoniere- Serie A's top scorer with 24 goals that were scored against every team in the league. He was also awarded as Serie A Young Footballer of the Year, a title that brought him the captaincy of Atalanta in the last game of the season.

Following his departure from Atalanta, he joined his sixth team in seven seasons, but this time it was his breakthrough. In 1997 he joined

with a 23-billion lire contract. Shortly after his contract and debut, he could make a strong attacking partnership along with Alessandro Del Piero and Zinedine Zidane that helped out Juventus for four consecutive seasons. In his debut with Juve, Marcello Lippi was the manager, and later on, Carlo Ancelotti replaced him. During the time of these two coaches, Inzaghi experienced his longest stint with one team at the time, which was a glorious period. Bianconeri made Inzaghi a famous footballer who is stil the first player to score two Champions League hat-tricks – against

and

At the end of his debut season, Inzaghi and The Old Lady won the Scudetto. The next season was not so successful for Inzaghi and his club. They went out to

in 1998 Supercoppa Italiana and finished the season seventh place in Serie A. Notwithstanding Juve's disappointing result in the league, Inzaghi continued his goal-scoring and at the end of the season, he became the club's top-scorer. Until 2001, Inzaghi stayed at Juventus and became the top goalscorer for the third consecutive season, but he preferred to leave Bianconeri as he could not perform as well as before and his excellent partnership with Del Piero had become less productive.

Following his departure, on 2 July 2001, he signed his 70 billion lire contract with

. His Milan debut was disappointing due to the knee injury that made him miss the first half of the season. Following his recovery, he returned to the team's arrangement and soon managed to establish a powerful goalscoring partnership with Andriy Shevchenko. At that time, Carlo Ancelotti was Milan's coach and with his help and understanding, Inzaghi could prove him as a skilled player, excellent in goal scoring. Throughout his remarkable era in Milan, Inzaghi had the chance to experience so many international tournaments and gained trophies. six years after his Milan debut, he showed his brilliant goal scoring skill in the 2007 Champions League final in Athens. In that match, Inzaghi could score twice and Milan won the match against

and compensate for their previous loss in the 2005

final. After the match, Inzaghi expressed his excitement and said "It's a dream since I was a child to score twice in the final, and the ones I scored yesterday evening were the most important in my life. It was an unforgettable game. It's something that will stay with me all my life and two goals in the final speaks for itself."

The great Inzaghi stayed with Rossoneri until 2011 and like the other Milan's veteran, didn't resign his contract. On 13 May 2012, he played his last Milan's match and scored the winning goal. He later, on 24 July 2012, officiated his retirement as a player. 

Style of play

Throughout his professional career that lasted more than two decades, Inzaghi played in the position of a striker. He was a smart player who could take advantage of every moment and turned it into a goal situation. He was also famous for his speed and brilliant reactions, though some believed that he was not a technical player. As an intelligent striker, Inzaghi used the carelessness of the defender in his own favor, and thanks to his eye for the ball, he could score so many goals both in the league and national matches. Due to the way he used to perform, mainly in the penalty area, he has nicknamed “a goal poacher”. Besides all the above qualities, he was brilliant in his last shoots; he was blessed with the ability to shot with both his head and his feet. 

Reception

For strikers, it is almost normal to be sometimes trapped on the offside line, but not for Filippo Inzaghi. He was mainly famous as a player who lived on the offside line. This wired characteristic made the Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said:” That lad must have been born offside”. Being on the offside is one of the reasons that made Inzaghi is remembered by many people. However he could manage to be named the fifth-highest goalscorer in European club competitions with 70 goals, behind Robert Lewandowski, Raúl, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo.  As mentioned earlier, he was not acknowledged as a technical player, so as he was invited to represent his country, the other players of Italy national team got surprised. Their shock soon turned to complete satisfaction as he started his regular goal scoring. His sixth sense for goal situation made him famous as one of the most prolific strikers of the past decades that Johan Cruyff, once told that "Inzaghi can’t play football at all. He's just always in the right position". 

In the football world, some found him such a wonderful player that despite all his shortcomings, namely the lack of notable technical skills, strength in the air, or long-range striking ability. This group, mostly his fans, called him the superhero alter–ego of Walt Disney's cartoon character Goofy. Also, the now and then footballers and football managers praised him for his extraordinary ability to score goals. Throughout his career, he was frequently compared to Paolo Rossi, the former Italian top goal scorer. Regarding Inzaghi's football skills, his peer Vincenzo Montella once said" “Even today I can’t explain how he managed to score so many goals, he couldn’t dribble, he couldn’t shoot from outside the box. He had half the talent of players who had half the success.” On the other hand, at that time, some believed he is just a lucky striker without any special skills, even they considered him as a selfish player for not participating in the build-up of plays, and for going to the ground too easily.

Goal Celebration

As one of the greatest strikers in Italy's golden time, Filippo Inzaghi didn't have any special goal celebration. But whenever he scored a goal, whether it was in a normal match or an important tournament, he got so happy and honestly expressed his cheer.

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Filippo Inzaghi outside football

Filippo Inzaghi neverends his ever-lasting relationship with football. when his glorious time as a club player, finished he continues his passion for football now as a coach. Before that, regarding his outside football activities, we can mention his appearance in EA Sports' FIFA video game series that he was on the cover for the Italian edition of FIFA 2001 and later named the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 14. After his retirement, in 2015 the arcade game company, Konami, officiated that they are to feature Inzaghi in their football video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 as one of the new myClub Legends.

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Filippo Inzaghi personal life

Superpippo was born on 9 August 1973, in Piacenza, Italy. His father, Giancarlo Inzaghi, textiles, and his mother, Marina Inzaghi are from San Nicolo's village. 

Filippo Inzaghi childhood 

was spent alongside his younger brother who is also a footballer. Simone Inzaghi is his brother that once played in different Serie A clubs and now is managing in Serie A at Lazio. The parent of these two brothers was their main supporter, as early in their football career, their mother brought them home every Sunday.  

Family, Children, and Relationships

The 47-year old football legend is still single, he is not even seeing someone. OF course, it should be mentioned that before, he had 15 relationships. He was also once engaged with Alessia Ventura, an Italian actress, in 202 but the couple broke up a few years later.

Philanthropy

Like most of the famous footballers, Filippo Inzaghi also had some contributions to charity foundations. Once his former club, AC Milan, donated his signed shirt to Dar tal-Providenza, that are active to offer a home with a warm and family-like environment for persons with disabilities who for some reason or another cannot stay living with their family. This shirt was then given as the prize of the home’s fund-raising marathon on New Year’s Day. He also signed some of his photographs to be sold in different auctions and charities. 

Legal Issues

throughout his personal and professional life, Filippo Inzaghi never encountered any controversial issues leading him towards trouble. Even now that he is working as a coach in his country, he is still keeping his life as tranquil as before.

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Career Statistics

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Filippo Inzaghi biography

, in this part, we would have a rundown of his Career Statistics. 

Clubs

Inzaghi's professional football career lasted more than two decades. He started his football in Piacenza in 1991 and after four years with 39 appearances and 15 goals he left the club to join Parma. Although in these four years he went on loan to AlbinoLeffe between 1992–1993 and later to Hellas Verona 1993–1994, where he could make 21 and 36 appearances and score 13 goals, respectively.  During his one-year spell in Parma, he made 15 appearances and scored 2 goals. In 1996 he was transferred to Atalanta and in a year he made 33 appearances and scored 24 goals. In 1997, he joined The Old Lady and during his four-years stay, he managed to make 120 appearances and scored 57 goals. Inzaghi finished his football career in AC Milan. He started playing for Rossoneri in 2001 and left the club in 2011. Through all these years, he made 300 appearances and scored 126 goals.

International

Filippo Inzaghi started representing his country as a striker in

. In three years, between 1993-1996, he could make 14 appearances and score three goals. During this time, he also won the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. In 1997 he was invited to represent

's senior game. His debut senior game was on 8 June 1997 in a match against

, at that time Cesare Maldini was Italy's coach. In his debut, Inzaghi provided an assist to goalscorer Alessandro Del Piero. Almost a year after his senior debut, on 18 November 1998, Inzaghi could score his first senior goal in a 2–2 friendly match against

. Despite all the debut controversies regarding his lack of skills, his intelligence made him be invited to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup, and the 2006 World Cup.

The 1998 FIFA World Cup was Inzghi's first-ever world cup that passed scoreless. During the tournament, he was often played as a substitute so he was not given the required time and space to perform well. Later on, he was invited to Euro 2000, where went better than his previous international tournament. In Euro 2000 Dino Zoff was Italy's coach and Inzaghi under his surveillance could score two goals, the first one was a penalty and the second one was scored in a 2–0 win match against

. In that tournament, Italy reached the final match but they went out to

. In the end, Inzaghi and Totti were chosen as Italy's top-scorer throughout the tournament. After Euro 2000, the goal machine of Inzaghi was started and so he continued scoring goals in qualifying rounds of the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 and was chosen as Italy's top goal scorer. 

He could have made a perfect striker if he didn't have persistent knee and ankle injuries. Due to his injuries, he was called up by the former Italy coach Marcello Lippi for the 2006 World Cup final tournament. In the absence of Italy's other striker such as Francesco Totti, Luca Toni, and Alessandro Del Piero, Inzaghi was given the chance to play in Italy's final group stage match against the Czech Republic on 22 June 2006 and score his only goal. By that goal, he became the oldest player to have scored for Italy in a World Cup, after Daniele Massaro. 

After Italy's fourth World Cup victory, Inzaghi was then called up to participate in Italy's UEFA Euro 2008 qualification under the coaching of Italy's new manager,  Roberto Donadoni, however, he was not invited to play in the final tournament.  Inzaghi finished his national football career in a draw match against France in Milan, on 8 September 2007. He is still the sixth-highest goalscorer in the Italian national team's history, with 25 goals, alongside Adolfo Baloncieri and Alessandro Altobelli. 

Managerial

Following his retirement in July 2012, Inzaghi immediately started his coaching career at the beginning of the 2012–13 season as he signed the two-year contract that assigned him as Milan's Primavera (under-19) team. Having spent almost two years in Milan's Primavera team, following the dismissal of Clarence Seedorf, Inzaghi was appointed as Milan's new coach on 9 June 2014. His coaching career in Milan lasted till 4 June 2015 when the CEO of Milan officiated that Inzaghi would not be coaching Milan in the following season, so he was dismissed. 

Later on, he was assigned as the new coach of Lega Pro club Venezia on 7 June 2016. With Venezia, he could perform better as a coach. He could win promotion to Serie B as champions and also won the Coppa Italia Lega Pro in the same season. Then, in 2018 he left Venezia, and on 13 June 2018, he signed his coaching contract with Bologna. Regrettably, he could not act any well in Bologna, and soon after a record of two wins in 21 games he was fired on 28 January 2019. Despite all of his failure in a coaching career, Inzaghi never gave up, after Bologna, on 22 June 2019 he was assigned as the new coach of 

in Serie B, and in a year his club achieved promotion as champions to Serie A for the second time in their history. He is still Benevento's coach. 

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Filippo Inzaghi Honors

Filippo Inzaghi obtained several honors and trophies both at the club's level and national's level. With his first club, Piacenza he won the Serie B title in 1994–95. As he joined Juventus's side in 1997 he could win the Serie A title in 1997–98, the Supercoppa Italiana title in 1997, and UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999. Having spent four years with The Old Lady, he joined AC Milan in 2001 and stayed with The Rossoneri until his retirement. As one of the most successful strikers in Milan, during his eleven-year spell, he won the Serie A in 2003–04, 2010–11, the Coppa Italia in 2002–03, UEFA Champions League in 2002–03, 2006–07, the UEFA Super Cup in 2003, 2007 and FIFA Club World Cup in 2007.

Besides all of his clubs' achievements, he also won numerous individual prizes, throughout his professional career Inzaghi won the Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 1997, the Serie A top scorer in 1996–97, the Man of the Match in 2007 UEFA Champions League Final, the All-time Italy's Top goal scorer under UEFA club competition records, the All-time Milan's Top goal scorer in Europe, Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea" in 2007, A.C. Milan Top Goalscorer in 2002–03 Season, A.C. Milan Hall of Fame, the Niccolo Galli Memorial Award, the Grand Prix Sport And Communication Award, the Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, the Player Career Award in the Globe Soccer Awards in 2014.

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