What is Andrea Pirlo?
{{Football player infobox | playername = Andrea Pirlo | image = Andrea Pirlo, Save the Dream at the Supercoppa (cropped).jpg | image_size = 250px | fullname = Andrea Pirlo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Flero]], [[Italy]] | death_date = | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1s = | years1 = 1994-1998<br/>1998-2001<br/>1999-2000<br/>2001<br/>2001-2011<br/>2011-2015 | clubs1 = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]<br/>[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale Milano]]<br/>→[[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]] (loan)<br/>→[[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] (loan)<br/>[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]<br/>[[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] | nationalyears1 = 2002-2015 | nationalteam1 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]] | manageryears1 = 2020-2021 | managerclubs1 = [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] }} '''Andrea Pirlo''' (born 19 May 1979) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Association football|football]] player. He was born on May 19, 1979, in [[Flero]], a commune in the province of [[Brescia]], in Lombardy, Italy to parents Luigi and Lidia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrea Pirlo|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/andrea-pirlo/?sh=5b28b89e7331|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> He has a brother named Ivan. He drew international attention for the first time at 13, when he and his team, ‘Voluntas Brescia U15s’, participated in the 1992 ‘Dana Cup’. They made it to the semi-finals before being knocked out. He spoke for [[Juventus]] and [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]]. He is widely considered as one of the greatest deep-lying playmakers in midfield of all time. He started his club career as an attacking midfielder but often failed to make the starting XI in various clubs he played for, primarily due to his lack of pace. During his time at Brescia, manager Carlo Mazzone took the innovative decision of utilizing Pirlo as a deep-lying playmaker. He thrived in the new position.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-31|title=The Biog