Childhood Of Celebrities : Chritian Vieri

Born in Bologna, Italy, his family moved to Australia for a period, in the suburb of Wetherill Park. He attended Prairiewood High School in western Sydney. His father Roberto Vieri played for Sydney-based club Marconi Stallions. His brother, Massimiliano Vieri, is also a professional footballer, and was an Australian international in 2004. Vieri played for Marconi Juniors when he was a child but his family soon moved back to Italy. His mother Nathalie is French.

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Childhood Of Celebrities : Fernando Morientes

At the age of 17, Morientes began his top-flight career at Albacete in 1993. He spent two seasons at the club, scoring 5 goals in 22 appearances. Morientes transferred to Real Zaragoza in 1995, where he spent two seasons. He scored goals regularly, and in his time at Zaragoza managed 30 goals in 66 appearances for the club.

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Childhood Of Celebrities : Cafu

Cafu was perhaps destined for football greatness, as his birthdate was the same day as Brazil’s 1-0 group stage defeat of England en route to their third World Cup. One of six children, Cafu was raised in the Jardim Irene favela of São Paulo. He was a mediocre student as he soon discovered his love for football and preferred playing over studying. At the tender age of seven, he was able to attend a football academy and soon moved up to the junior sides of Nacional, Portuguesa, and Itaquaquecetuba AC. He also played futsal for two years.

In the early 1980s, he couldn’t get his foot in the door as he was rejected from the youth squads of Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos, Atlético Mineiro, and even Portuguesa. It wasn’t until 1988 that he made the youth squad of hometown club São Paulo FC, and subsequently won the Copa São Paulo youth tournament that year, but he warmed the bench the next season as São Paulo won the 1989 Campeonato Paulista.

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Childhood Of Celebrities : Alessandro Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero was born on November 9, 1974, at Conegliano, north of Italy. He has a brother, called Stefano, who is nine years older. His mother, Bruna, is a housekeeper and his father, Gino, who was an electrician, passed away in February, 2001. His family has always been very present in his life.

Alex has always had football in his blood. As a kid, he lived at a rural property with his family (they still own the place), and played at the backyard. His two friends, Nelso and Pierpaolo (with whom he still keeps in touch) used to play with him. The three of them wanted to become footballers, but only Del Piero managed to do so.

Del Piero once said that he used to play as a goalkeeper, at a time he was very ill, for reasons that included also him playing a lot. His mother thought it would be better for him if he played as a goalkeeper, since he wouldn’t sweat and the posibilities of him getting sick were smaller. But one day, Stefano told their mother: “Don’t you see that Alex is good in the attack?”

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