subject: The Ares for ever with a purple soccer jersey:Batigol [print this page] To tell the truth,a people could have how many 9 years in one's life?
Nine-years is a long time for every one, especially for the athletes. However, Gabriel Omar Batistuta is the one who had been served to Fiorentina for nine years. No one knows the weight of Fiorentina in his heart. He was called Ares because he was a great striker. His purple soccer jerseys had became a symbol of his only love, Fiorentina. Bati-gol had long hair which made him looks elegant.
Gabriel Omar Batistuta (born 1 February 1969), nicknamed Batigol, is a former professional footballer. The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at Fiorentina in Italy, and he is the ninth top scorer of all time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches. On the international level, he is Argentina's all-time leading goal scorer, with 56 goals in 78 national team matches, and he represented his country at three World Cups. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100 list of the "125 Greatest Living Footballers".
1991, a special year for him, was the year of which he roared across the horizon in the soccer field, had shocked the world seriously! He helped Agentina gain the Copa America which had been left for 32 years. Of course, an excellent soccer player must attract lots of the clubs attention. Bati-gol refused them, which including Manchester United and AC Milan. He had chose what he was belonging.
What Bati-gol want is just to gain the champion. But that is what Fiorentina could not give him. Finally, he signed a contract with Roma by 33 million dollars. His transfer made his fans angry and they overturned Bati-gol's broze statue to express their dissatisfaction. The red soccer jerseys really brought him the chance to realize his dream.
Lots people say that the Fiorentina purple is the place Bati-gol grow up, and the Roma red is his home, then the Argentina blue and white is Bati-gol's belief.
He retired from the soccer field in 2005. His great soccer career was over. But the Ares for ever.
