Birth Date: July 12 1973
Birth Place: Bologna
Birth Nation: Italy
Height: 185cm
Weight: 82Kg
Nationality: Italian
Position: Forward
Christian Vieri remains one of Italy's top strikers. Capable of scoring with both feet, the 30 year old is extremely dangerous off the ground. Although Vieri had trouble scoring in the Serie A this season, he netted four of Italy's five goals in their disappointing 2002 World Cup campaign. With 5 goals in the 1998 World Cup, the big Italian is definitely someone to count on.
Amazingly, it took some time before Christian Vieri broke into soccer stardom. Following 4 years of bouncing from club to club, he came to prominence in Torino scoring 8 goals during Juventus' 1997/1998 campaign. Armed with a Scudetto and a Champions League Runners Up medal, the striker made his way to Spain netting 24 goals in 24 matches for Atletico de Madrid. Another milestone his next season scoring Lazio's winning goal in the Champions League Final against Mallorca. His 1999 move to Inter set a new record transfer fee at more than 50 million US dollars.
Vieri has a history of butting heads with the coaches. From Radomir Antic at Atletico, to Marcelo Lippi at Juventus, and most recently Alberto Zaccheroni at Inter, Vieri will have to keep his cool around Trappattoni. Christian Vieri, scored Italy's 1,000th goal on his international debut in 1997.
Christian Vieri Rumours and Transfers
23 10 2007
Ex-Inter hitman Christian Vieri has reopened old wounds by blasting the Nerazzurri for their treatment of star players.
The Fiorentina striker was one of the Beneamata's most prolific of all time with 123 goals in 190 games between 1999 and 2005, but he left under a cloud.
Vieri reportedly accused Inter of spying on him and even monitoring his telephone conversations and returned to the subject after last weekend's Tuscan derby.
'The truth will come out in the end and then everyone will see what happened,' Bobo told Sky Sports Italia
'Now isn't the time to talk about these things as there are lawyers working on it, but it's a disgrace that you don't know everything. I have all the documents so anyone can see the way Inter behaved. There is no reason to act like that towards a player, whoever he was. At Inter I think I only did well, but unfortunately we didn't win anything because there were other sides stronger than us. I scored goals, trained well and acted with professionalism.'
Vieri also gave his support for troubled marksman Adriano, who he believes has also suffered at the hands of the San Siro giants.
'Look at Adriano, great players have problems with Inter as the club should defend its players more,' Vieri raged.
'First they love you, then they hate you, then they love you. It's always the same with Inter.'
After an investigation, the Italian Football Federation initially dismissed Vieri's accusations in June, but the matter is far from closed.
