Italian Striker Filippo Inzaghi was born on August 9, 1973 in Piacenza, Italy.

In 1997, Inzaghi played for Italy's national team for the first time against Brazil. Since then, Inzaghi has participated in many different tournaments for his country including 3 World Cups in 1998, 2002 and 2006 and one Euro championship in 2000 where he scored twice for Italy in matches against Romania and Turkey.

In Inzaghi 57 international appearances for Italy, he has scored 25 times and as of today, Inzaghi is sixth on the list for all-time scorers for Italy, he is widely considered to be one of the best goal poachers the world has ever seen.

In 2006, Italy made a remarkable run in the World Cup in Germany being very affective both on the offensive and defensive sides of the pitch. Inzaghi only made one appearance for Italy against Czech Republic, but he definitely made the most of it as scored an amazing goal pass the Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech. The goal put the Italians up 2-0 sealing the win and paving the way to the World Cup final against France in which they won in a penalty shootout.