“Pirlo spots a pass in a split-second that lesser players could spend a whole lifetime waiting to see” – Carlo Ancelotti
“Pirlo is a genius. Together with Baggio, I think he’s the greatest talent that Italian football has produced in the last 25 years” – Gianluigi Buffon
Pirlo Andrea
“Euro 2008” Qualifiers
September 6th 2006
France vs Italy
Limited Edition Match Worn Boots
Italy National Team
Did you Know?
These boots were worn by Andrea Pirlo exclusively during the Uefa “Euro 2008” qualifier’s game between France and Italy which took place in Paris, “Stade de France”, on September 6th 2006. These boots are very special, released by Nike in golden color for the Italian players only, to celebrate the Fifa World Cup “Germany 2006” win. These boots were used by the Italian players only and in just some very few games after the World Cup. Nike released three different models of this style that were used by different players following their usual boots.: the Nike Tiempo, was used for instance by Andrea Pirlo, the T90 used by Alberto Gilardino, Gennaro Gattuso and Gianluca Zambrotta and the Mercurial Vapor III used by Marco Materazzi. These rare Italy Gold/Blue Nike boots were made in celebration of Italy becoming world champions in 2006 after beating France in the final. Nike only produced 250 pairs of these 4 star Gold collectors editions to be sold in Nike shops.
Pirlo Andrea
Italy vs Mexico
June 16th 2013
Andrea Pirlo’s 100th Cap with Italy National Team
Match Worn Boots
Italy National Team
Did you Know?
These boots were issued for Andrea Pirlo for his 100th cap with Italy National Team that took place in Rio de Janeiro – Maracana Stadium – on June 16th 2013, in the Confederation Cup 2013 game against Mexico. Pirlo made his debut against Azerbaijan on September 7th 2002. Boots have both dates embroidered. The Azerbaijan’s player’s debut and the 100th cap against Mexico. One curious thing is that these Nike Tiempo are a 2012 colorway, and Pirlo wore them in 2012 with Juventus F.C. and Italy National team, but the game against Mexico was in 2013 while Pirlo was wearing the regular 2013’s colorway, but his sponsor (Nike) supplied an older model to commemorate Pirlo’s 100th Cap because of the sky blue color that is also Italy Team’s shirt color. Pirlo at the end wore these boots for pre match training only and he wore his regular white model keeping these commemorative sky blue boots in his private collection where we got them from. In this Confederation Cup’s opening game, Pirlo scored the first goal with a trademark free kick. Italy won 2-1 and the player was voted “Man of the Match”
Watch Pirlo’s free kick goal on his 100th with Italy National Team
