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Hot as hell Alberto Gilardino makes me wonder why Beckham gets all the attention. Alberto is an amazing athlete and an amazing looking man. Alberto turns 34 today.
Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto dʒilarˈdino]; born 5 July 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Genoa C.F.C. and the Italian national team.
In his early career, he was compared to Filippo Inzaghi, and Christian Vieri described him as the fusion of both players. Gilardino currently holds the record for being the second youngest player to have scored 100 goals in Serie A, after Altafini. With 170 Serie A goals, Gilardino is currently among the top 15 all-time scorers in Serie A and ranks 3rd among active players after Francesco Totti and Antonio Di Natale.
With Milan he has won the UEFA Champions League 2006-07, 2007 UEFA Super Cup and the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. He was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2004, Serie A Footballer of the Year and the Italian Footballer of the Year in 2005.
Gilardino has represented Italy at under-19, under-20, under-21, and senior levels. Gilardino was a part of the Italian side that won the 2004 UEFA U-21 Championship where he became the tournament's leading goalscorer. He was also named as the best player of the tournament and one of two strikers in the UEFA Team of the Tournament. He is the all-time top scorer of the Italy U-21 national team with 19 goals in 30 appearances. He was part of the 2006 FIFA World Cup winning-squad and has also participated at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Gilardino is close friends with former Milan teammate Daniele Bonera; they were also teammates at Parma. Gilardino once dedicated one of his goals to Daniele's baby daughter Talitha. Besides his goal-scoring, he is well-remembered for his goal celebration as well – getting on his knees and "playing the violin" at the touchline in front of the fans. He became engaged to Alice Bregoli on 31 March 2006 and had their first baby, a girl Ginevra, on 2 March 2008. The couple wed 5 July 2009 in Santa Margherita Ligure, in the province of Genoa. The second daughter, named Gemma, born on 19 March 2011.
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