Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward for the Italy national football team and 11 Serie A clubs, most notably Internazionale. Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pel� as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations. For a number of years he was regarded as one of the finest strikers in Europe, leading to him becoming the world's most expensive player in 1999 when Inter paid Lazio �32 million for his services. Something of a footballing nomad, Vieri played for no fewer than 12 clubs throughout his career. Most notable were his spells at Juventus, Atl�tico Madrid, Lazio and Inter; with Inter he hit the net on more than 100 occasions. Vieri was a complete and opportunistic striker, with a keen eye for goal, and notable goal-scoring prowess. Vieri is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest Italian strikers of all time and, due to his unique style of play, which blended power with pace and reliable technique, he has been compared to Gigi Riva. He was also injury prone throughout his career, however, which greatly affected his pace, fitness and mobility in later years. 

July 12th, 1973 in Bologna (Age 51)