Alessandro Birindelli
Birindelli training with Juventus in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 November 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Pisa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Frediano | |||
| Empoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Empoli | 118 | (1) |
| 1997–2008 | Juventus | 196 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Pisa | 37 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Valle Giovenco | 27 | (0) |
| Total | 378 | (3) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Italy U17 | 0 | (0) |
| 1997 | Italy U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Italy | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2011 | Zambia (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Pistoiese | ||
| 2012 | Dinamo București (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alessandro Birindelli (born 12 November 1974) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a defender or as a winger. Equally at ease as a right or left back, he was best known for his 11-year spell with Juventus, during which time he won several accolades and appeared in nearly 300 official games.
Born to Paolo and Erminia Birindelli in Pisa as the second of two children, Birindelli started playing football at the age of eight for the local team of San Frediano (an area of Pisa not far from his boyhood home and the church of the same name).
A longtime Juventus F.C. fan, being an admirer of Michel Platini, he was also influenced by Paolo Maldini's professionalism and sportsmanship, and entered Empoli FC's youth academy, beginning his career as a right winger before moving into defence. In 1996 he won the Coppa Italia Serie C, as the team finished second in its group in Serie C1, thus earning Serie B promotion; Empoli followed this with another climb, now to Serie A, after collecting 64 points which trailed only Brescia Calcio's 66.
After nearly 150 official matches, Birindelli ended his career with Empoli and moved to Juventus in 1997, managed at the time by Marcello Lippi, joining an already strong squad – which featured young prodigies Alessandro Del Piero and Zinedine Zidane – and arriving alongside Edgar Davids and Filippo Inzaghi. He made his league debut in a 2–0 victory over U.S. Lecce on 31 August, but his first competitive appearance had taken place in the Supercoppa Italiana defeat of Vicenza Calcio.
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