Mario Balotelli
Italy· Inter Milan, AC Milan, OGC Nice, Manchester City, Liverpool, Marseille, Brescia, Genoa
Squad number history
Numbers worn — longest first
#45
Why #45?Balotelli picked 45 as a teenager at Inter, where the youth players were given numbers between 36 and 50. He chose it because four plus five is nine — the striker's number — and then scored in all four of his first games wearing it. He has called it lucky and kept it at every club since, Liverpool included.Source: liverpoolfc.com