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Gabriel Batistuta

Gabriel Batistuta is a retired Argentine footballer celebrated for his prolific goal-scoring. Gabriel Batistuta's nationality is Argentinian and Italian. Gabriel Batistuta was born on 1 February 1969.

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Who is Gabriel Batistuta?

Gabriel Batistuta is best known for One of the best strikers in football history, known for his powerful scoring ability and nicknamed Batigol. Gabriel Batistuta is an Argentinian and Italian public figure. Gabriel Batistuta was born on 1 February 1969, which places Gabriel Batistuta among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1960s. On Dead or Alive, Gabriel Batistuta is listed in the World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Gabriel Batistuta is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: One of the best strikers in football history, known for his powerful scoring ability and nicknamed Batigol.
Nationality: Argentinian and Italian
Born: 1 February 1969
Listed under: World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends

About Gabriel Batistuta

During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol ([batiˈɣol]) as well as El Ángel Gabriel ([el ˌaŋxel ɣaˈβɾjel]; Spanish for Angel Gabriel). When Fiorentina was relegated to Serie B in 1993, Batistuta stayed with the club and helped them return to the top-flight league a year later. He became an icon in Florence; the Fiorentina fans erected a life-size bronze statue of him in 1996, in recognition of his performances for the club. Despite winning the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana with the club in 1996, he never won the Serie A title with Fiorentina, but when he moved to Roma in 2000 for €36 million – the highest fee ever paid for a player over the age of 30 until Cristiano Ronaldo moved from Real Madrid to Juventus in 2018 – he won the 2000–01 Serie A title. At international level, Batistuta was Argentina's all-time leading goalscorer with 56 goals in 78 official matches, a record he held until 21 June 2016, when he was surpassed by Lionel Messi. He participated in three FIFA World Cups, scoring 10 goals, making him Argentina's second top scorer in the competition after Messi, and the joint tenth-highest World Cup goalscorer of all time.

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What is Gabriel Batistuta known for?

Gabriel Batistuta is known for One of the best strikers in football history, known for his powerful scoring ability and nicknamed Batigol.

When was Gabriel Batistuta born?

Gabriel Batistuta was born on 1 February 1969.

What nationality is Gabriel Batistuta?

Gabriel Batistuta's nationality is Argentinian and Italian.

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Gabriel Batistuta appears in World Cup Soccer Legends, Sports Legends.

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