He helped lead Italy to victory in the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Pirlo was the captain of the team that won bronze in the 2004 Olympics. He was the top assist man during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in which Italy took the championship. For that World Cup he won the Bronze Ball and was a member of the Team of the Tournament. Pirlo has won two UEFA Champions Leagues, two European Soccer Cups, five Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, and a FIFA Club World Cup. He became a Serie A Footballer of the Year in 2012 and was part of the Serie A team of the Year. Bloomberg named Pirlo the fifth best player in Europe in 2013. He has a stake in the family’s metal trading company. He owns his own vineyard in Italy and wrote his autobiography in 2013.