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Gabriel Omar Batistuta ((:ɡaˈβɾjel ˈomaɾ βatisˈtuta); born 1 February 1969), nicknamed Batigol (:batiˈɣol) as well as ''El Ángel Gabriel'' (:el ˌaŋxel ɣaˈβɾjel) (Spanish for ''Angel Gabriel''), is a retired professional footballer. The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at Fiorentina in Italy,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.goaldentimes.org/gabriel-batistuta-%E2%80%93-fiorentina-icon-calcio-legend/ )〕 and is the eleventh top scorer of all-time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches. At international level, he is Argentina's all-time leading goalscorer, with 56 goals in 78 matches, and he played at three World Cups. In 1999, Batistuta was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards.〔("Rivaldo on top of the world" ) FIFA.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013〕 In 2004 he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. A quick, powerful player with an all-round game, good technique, clinical finishing, as well as accurate heading and free-kick taking abilities, he is known as one of the most complete and prolific strikers of his generation. Diego Maradona stated that Batistuta is the best striker he has ever seen play the game. When his club Fiorentina was relegated to Serie B in 1993, Batistuta stayed with the club and helped it return to the top-flight league a year later. A popular sporting figure in Florence, the Fiorentina fans erected a life-size bronze statue of him in 1996, in recognition of his performances for Fiorentina.〔(Gabriel Batistuta History – His Fans )〕 He never won the Italian league with Fiorentina, but when he moved to Roma in 2000, he finally won the Serie A title to crown his career in Italy. He played his last season in Qatar with Al-Arabi before he retired in 2005. ==Biography== Batistuta is of Italian ancestry.〔Gabriel Batistuta, Bocci; Polverosi; Rialti, Io Batigol racconto Batistuta, Roma, San Marco Sport Events, 1997, p. 80.〕 Gabriel Batistuta was born on 1 February 1969, to slaughterhouse worker Omar Batistuta and school secretary Gloria Zilli, in the town of Avellaneda, , but grew up in the near city of Reconquista. He has three younger sisters, named Elisa, Alejandra, and Gabriela. At the age of 16, he met Irina Fernández, his future wife, at her ''quinceañera'', a rite of passage on her 15th birthday. On 28 December 1990, they were married at Saint Roque Church. The couple moved to Florence, Italy, in 1991, and a year later their first son, Thiago, was born. Thanks to good performances in the Italian championship and with the Argentine national team, Batistuta gained fame and respect. He filmed several commercials and was invited onto numerous TV shows, but in spite of this, Batistuta always remained a low-profile family man. In 1997, Batistuta's second son, Lucas, was born, and a third son, Joaquín, followed in 1999. He now has a fourth son Shamel. In 2000, Batistuta and his family moved to Rome, where he played for Roma. Two years after Shamel was born, Batistuta was loaned to Inter. In 2003, after 12 years in Italy, the family moved to Qatar where Batistuta had accepted a lucrative celebrity playing contract with a local team, Al-Arabi. Batistuta ended his career at Al-Arabi, retiring in March 2005, after a series of injuries that prevented him from playing. Soon afterwards he moved to Perth, Australia. In April 2006, the city's established A-league franchise, Perth Glory was put up for sale however Batistuta was not interested in the purchase seeing no real potential in the club.〔(Batistuta linked with Perth Glory bid ), ''TribalFootball'', 22 April 2006 〕 After retiring he moved to Perth, Australia, but moved back to Argentina in 2007. Despite having completed his coaching badges in Argentina, he currently has no involvement with football, instead he prefers to play polo and golf, he was quoted saying 'I don't like football, it's only my job'.〔http://viejasglorias.esfutbol.es/docs/El-futbol-no-me-gusta-solo-es-mi-trabajo-400.html〕〔https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/footballers-don-t-football-193946.html〕 Speaking in a television interview in Argentina, Batistuta said the pain suffered in his ankles after retiring in 2005 became so intense that he "urinated in bed with the toilet only a few steps away. I couldn't move." He visited a doctor he knew asking his legs be amputated, but the doctor turned down his request. He expressed an interest in coaching Australia's national team and Argentina's team.〔(Argentine great keen to coach Socceroos )〕 During the 2006 FIFA World Cup he worked as a commentator for Televisa Deportes. Batistuta currently runs his own construction company in Argentina. He also worked as technical secretary in the professional football club Colón, joining the club's staff in January 2012, and leaving at the end of the 2012–13 season. Batistuta is a Roman Catholic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gabriel Batistuta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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