Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine footballer who is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time; he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol as well as El Ángel Gabriel (Spanish for Angel Gabriel).

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.

Batistuta is the only player in football history to score two hat-tricks in different World Cups. With the Argentina national team he won two consecutive Copa América titles (1991 and 1993), the 1993 CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, and the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Batistuta currently lives in Perth, Western Australia. He is married with Irina Fernández.