Del Piero at Social Football Summit: TikTok, 2006 Memories and No Dance Videos

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Alessandro Del Piero spoke at the Social Football Summit at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, taking part in a panel on creative storytelling on TikTok, according to a Corriere dello Sport report. The former Juventus captain discussed his use of social media, his memories of Italy's 2006 World Cup run and the growth of women's football.

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Del Piero said the 2006 semi-final and final were the matches that involved him most emotionally, describing the recollection as carrying a touch of nostalgia but also pride, and as a chance to underline that Italians are capable of great things. He said the World Cup represents the whole nation and that football fans remember clearly where they were on 9 July 2006, just as he remembers where he was when Italy won the 1982 World Cup. Recalling that moment happily, he said, brings a smile to everyone.

On social media, Del Piero said he has always viewed the platforms with curiosity and that they are now important for anyone with visibility. He said he uses TikTok for fun and entertainment content, that he likes landscapes, and that he enjoys occasional sports statistics about current and past players. He said he makes no videos aimed at a particular community or age group, noting that many followers come from countries such as Brazil and Indonesia where he never played apart from a few friendlies. He said he wants to convey who he is at given moments and believes in spontaneous, direct communication rather than doing things to please others, adding that people construct too much of who they are not on social media and that showing one's flaws is better.

Asked what would be found on his phone, Del Piero said he uses it for entertainment and animals, including clips of cats and dogs doing incredible things. He said he will never make dance videos because they would not be interesting, and joked that he could not dance at that moment. He added that he wants to keep informing himself, whether for personal education or for knowledge useful in life more generally.

The conversation also touched on the growth of women's football and his experience in Australia. Del Piero said the national team's achievements and clubs such as Juventus are important, and that he has a daughter who plays football, moving from Australia to the United States and Spain. He said sport cuts across sex and race, which is the beauty of it, and that he was born in a small town with a great passion passed on by his father and brother. He said moving to Australia changed his life by opening him to different worlds, that he had never imagined himself away from football, and that he now experiences the game through television from another side, with football and passion as the common thread.