| His full name is Gabriel Omar Batistuta. He was born | | | | Fiorentina was amazed by Batistuta's talents and |
| February 1, 1969. Batistuta who is an ex- professional | | | | signed him for the Italian club. |
| soccer player has a nickname as Batigol. The | | | | When, in 1993, his club of Fiorentina was downgraded |
| productive Argentine striker played nearly his entire | | | | to Serie B, Batistuta persisted at the club and assisted |
| club at Fiorentina in Italy. With 184 goals in 318 matches | | | | it return to the top-flight league a year afterward. |
| between 1991 and 2003, Batistuta is the ninth top | | | | Although he never won the Italian league with |
| scorer of all time in the Italian Serie A league. | | | | Fiorentina, but when he moved to Roma in 2000, he |
| While for Argentina's national team, with 56 goals in 78 | | | | ultimately won the Serie A championship to put the |
| national team matches he is the all-time highest scorer. | | | | finishing touch to his career in Italy. |
| Batistuta represented his country at three FIFA World | | | | Batistuta finished his career as professional footballer |
| Cups. He was named in the FIFA 100 list of the "125 | | | | at Al-Arabi, retiring in March 2005, after a series of |
| Greatest Living Footballers" In 2004. | | | | injuries that avoided him from playing in the field. Soon |
| In 1991, Batistuta was elected to take part in Argentina | | | | after that he moved to Perth, Australia. In April 2006, |
| in the Copa América held in Chile, where he | | | | the city's established A - league franchise, Perth Glory |
| ended the competition as top scorer with 6 goals as | | | | was put up for sale and it was told Batistuta was |
| Argentina romped to victory. As long as the Copa | | | | amongst the bidders. |
| América competition, the vice president of | | | | |