Mario Balotelli

Thirteen items across five clubs

The Balotelli listings run from 2009 to 2023 and follow his moves closely: one 2009-10 Inter Milan home shirt numbered 45, two 2012-13 AC Milan shirts also numbered 45, one 2014-15 Liverpool away shirt numbered 45, six Olympique Marseille items from 2018-19 numbered 9, and three Adana Demirspor items from 2021 to 2023. The number is the quickest way to date a shirt: #45 in Italy and at Liverpool, #9 in France and Turkey. There is no Manchester City shirt at all, even though that is where he won the Premier League and the FA Cup.

Read the item type before you buy

Only about half the listings are ordinary retail shirts. Four are Player Issue, made to the squad’s specification rather than sold in shops — all four are the 2018-19 Marseille EvoKnit away and third shirts. One item is a Name Set: a 2021-22 Adana away set at around £12, which is the printed lettering and number only, with no shirt included. That is the cheapest thing on the page and the one most often bought by mistake.

Condition and price

Grades run from 5/10 to 10/10 with a median of 9, so this is a cleaner set than most. Listed prices have spanned roughly £12 to £240, median near £95, with the 10/10 Inter home shirt at the top and a children’s Liverpool away shirt at the bottom. One Adana listing spells the club “Demispor”, so try both spellings.