Andrea Pirlo

Pirlo in 2008, photo by Prphotos.com

Place of Birth: Flero, Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Birth: 19 May, 1979

Ethnicity: Italian

Andrea Pirlo is an Italian professional footballer and manager. He is the head coach of Serie B club Sampdoria. A midfielder, he has played for Brescia, Inter Milan, Reggina, AC Milan, Juventus, and New York City FC, and the Italy national team and Italy Olympic team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever midfielders. He has also managed Juventus U23, Juventus, and Fatih Karagümrük.

Andrea is the son of Livia Gatta and Luigi Pirlo, who founded a metal trading company, Elg Steel. He has two children with his former wife Deborah Roversi; and two children with his partner Valentina Baldini.

Andrea is sometimes described as having Romani ancestry, specifically Sinti, from his father’s side. In his autobiography, he wrote, “My family have always hailed from Lombardy. I’m from Brescia, I’m Italian, I’m not a Sinti.”

Source: Andrea Pirlo – I Think Therefore I Play, 2013 – https://books.google.it