He was a scorer, he played for the 3 big teams in Italy, but his addiction to the game cost him more than he imagined. It is about Christian Vieriwho still holds the record for top scorer of the Italian team in world cups. Although he had a great football career, injuries and conflicts were also present.
Between the 1990s and 2000s He knew how to be one of the most fearsome forwards in Europe. He is the top scorer in Italy’s history at the World Cup, and played for the 3 biggest teams in his country. In any case, he is also remembered for having strong fights with some of his coaches and after his retirement he ended up losing all his money in poker.
From a successful career to bankruptcy
He was born in Bologna on July 12, 1973. His professional debut was at the age of 18 for Torino. His time at Venezia and Atalanta served as a showcase for him to awaken the interest of Juventus, the first big team he played for. He scored 14 goals in only 37 games. He won 3 titles, including Champions League and Intercontinental. From there he moved to Atlético Madrid in 1997.
He scored 24 goals in 24 gamesa huge figure for any player. But his bad relationship with coach Radomic Antic led him to leave the team prematurely. So in 1998 he was already playing for Lazio and being decisive in the national team, scoring 5 goals in the 98 World Cup in France.
His performance led him to be bought by Inter for 32 million dollars. He teamed up with Ronaldo Nazario and they reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Despite the injuries, he was the figure of the team but could not win the Italian league. Vieri had a good relationship with coach Héctor Cúper, so when Alberto Zaccheroni arrived to replace him the problems began again.
Furthermore, the departure of Hernán Crespo to Chelsea generated more tensions. And although Roberto Mancini arrived at the club to decompress the situation, he had a scandalous exit and went to the sidewalk in frontto play for Milan. He had denounced the president of Inter for years, and ended up winning a lawsuit because he had tapped his phone.
In Milan it didn’t go well at all and he moved to French side Monaco. But then he returned to play for Fiorentina and finally retire at Atalanta. In total, four of his team changes represented a total of 87.5 million euros and He went into business after hanging up his boots, but he didn’t have a good experience.
How Christian Vieri got ahead
After confessing his poker addictionwhich cost him a large part of his fortune, and make known debts of 16 million eurosbegan to rebuild his life by accepting a job as a collaborator in Television for the BeIN Sports media. Then, he settled in Miami, and ventured into a streaming program “Bobo Talk Show with Special Guest” where he interviewed multiple legends, including Lionel Scaloni.
Finally, he entered the world of music as a DJ, often performing remixes of Barry White, Abba and other classic hits.
Source: Ambito
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