FIFA “FOOTBALL FOR HOPE” 2004/2005 UNWASHED MATCH WORN & SIGNED SHIRT * DEL PIERO ALESSANDRO *

This shirt was worn by Alessandro Del Piero during the Uefa “Football for Hope” game which took place in Barcelona, “Camp Nou”, on Febryary 15th 2005. The “Football for Hope” was a FIFA-sponsored football match played between the “Ronaldinho XI” team and the “Shevchenko XI” team in support of the relief effort after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. Organized by FIFA and UEFA in consultation with the Royal Spanish Football Federation, and with support from FC Barcelona, who provided their stadium and staff free of charge, this benefit match for the victims of the tsunami saw an XI led by Ronaldinho, the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year, beat a team captained by Andriy Shevchenko, the 2004 European Footballer of the Year, by six goals to three. The shirt was worn and given by Del Piero to a team mate of him and he also signed it. The shirt was kept unwashed but no big stains visible. The shirt is auctioned directly by the player who got it from Del Piero.