Striker Alberto Gilardino has had an impressive career with the many Italian teams he has played with. After bagging a modest amount of goals for Parma, he signed for an estimated €24 million for Milan, until Fiorentina signed the 27-year-old for €15 million in the summer of 2008. Such a distinctive striker calls for a distinctive shirt to play in.

Style
As one of very few football teams who use purple in their kits, Fiorentina do not need to use eccentric designs in order to get noticed. The Fiorentina away shirt is a basic white with a purple stripe across the top. The badge and the shirt sponsor are in the centre of the shirt in a similarly basic fashion. Due to the traditional use of purple in the Fiorentina kit, they are able to mix basic styles with interesting colours to create a unique kit once again.
The back of the shirt has two purple stripes across the top and another running along the bottom, and the purple letters and numbers are in italic which ensures the opposition players see a unique style when the likes of Alberto Gilardino break through the defence.

Lotto
The new Fiorentina kit is made by Italian manufacturer Lotto, a company who are renowned for making stylish and unique sports products for teams like Deportivo La Coruna, Borussia Monchengladbach and previously Juventus.

Value for money
This shirt does not come cheap, especially with the lettering on the back. However, you will not find many shirts with the mix of this colour scheme and a great style to go with it.
Alberto Gilardino is a player to be admired, especially by fans of Italian football. A stylish and unique shirt like Fiorentina’s is a very appropriate choice to bear the name of a stylish and unique player such as Alberto Gilardino.