The Greatest Italian Forwards of all-time
No.1 Alessandro Altobelli
No.1 Amedeo Amadei
No.1 Pietro Anastasi
No.1 Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio was known for his elegant and graceful playing style, which combined exceptional ball control, technical skills, and precision shooting. He was equally adept at scoring goals and creating chances for his teammates, and was renowned for his ability to dribble past defenders with ease. Baggio was a true artist on the pitch, who played the game with passion and creativity, earning him a place among the all-time greats of the sport.
No.1 Roberto Bettega
No.1 Franco Causio
Nicknamed the Baron due to his stylish looks and play, Franco Causio cut an iconic figure on the right wing in the 1970s and 1980s, his shock of black hair and his moustache making him one of the most identifiable players of that Serie A era. A traditional winger possessing great natural dribbling skills and crossing ability, Causio was best known for his eleven years with Juventus from 1970 to 1981, a long spell that would see his performances help the club to six Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia and a UEFA Cup.
No.1 Giampiero Boniperti
No.1 Alessandro Del Piero
No.1 Dario Hübner
No.1 Filippo Inzaghi
No.1 Roberto Mancini
No.1 Sandro Mazzola
No.1 Giuseppe Meazza
No.1 Silvio Piola
No.1 Igor Protti
No.1 Roberto Pruzzo
No.1 Paolo Pulici
A genuine Torino legend, Paolo Pulici is the next player on our list of the greatest Italian strikers of all time. The man nicknamed Puliciclone by renowned journalist Gianni Brera would play 14 seasons in Serie A for Il Toro, scoring 134 league goals and winning the Capocannoniere award three times as the Serie A's top scorer.
Pulici's tenacious style and dynamism endeared him to the fans, and his personal success with the club was topped off by a Serie A title in 1976, Torino's first Scudetto since the Grande Torino era of the 1940s. Paolo Pulici formed a renowned attacking partnership with another fine Italian forward of the era, Francesco Graziani, and the pair were nicknamed "I Gemelli del Gol" (the Goal Twins).
No.1 Luigi Riva
No.1 Paolo Rossi
No.1 Giuseppe Savoldi
No.1 Angelo Schiavio
No.1 Salvatore Schillaci
No.1 Aldo Serena
No.1 Giuseppe Signori
Ninth in the list of all-time Serie A top scorers, Giuseppe Signori was one of the greatest Italian forwards of the 1990s, his goals for Foggia, Lazio and Bologna making him a household name with fans of Serie A.
Signori was both a free-kick specialist and a penalty specialist - he's one of only two players to score a hat trick of free kicks in a single Serie A match and stands fifth in the list of all-time Serie A penalty-takers. It wasn't just from deadball situations though that Signori could score, anywhere with a sight on goal was fair game for the little forward, and his signature move was to cut in from the left side and use that sweet left foot of his to find the back of the net.
No.1 Francesco Totti
No.1 Gianluca Vialli
No.1 Christian Vieri
No.1 Gianfranco Zola
No.1 Raimundo Orsi
No.1 Gino Colaussi
No.1 Amedeo Amadei
No.1 Bruno Mora
No.1 José Altafini
No.1 Gigi Meroni
No.1 Ezio Pascutti
No.1 Pietro Anastasi
No.1 Angelo Domenghini
No.1 Pierino Prati
No.1 Roberto Boninsegna
No.1 Giorgio Chinaglia
Legendary figure of Italian football from the 1970s, Giorgio Chinaglia was a key part of the Lazio team that claimed the club's first ever Serie A title in 1974, Chinaglia topping the league's scoring charts to fire the Biancocelesti to their fist Scudetto. He was known for his strength, power and finishing, a proper old-school centre-forward.
No.1 Francesco Graziani
No.1 Daniele Massaro
No.1 Giuseppe Galderisi
No.1 Ruggiero Rizzitelli
No.1 Andrea Carnevale
Talented and successful striker who played for several top clubs in Italy during the 1980s and 1990s. He was known for his goal-scoring ability and his ability to play alongside some of the top players in Italian football.
No.1 Pierluigi Casiraghi
No.1 Enrico Chiesa
No.1 Fabrizio Ravanelli
No.1 Vincenzo Montella
No.1 Marco Delvecchio
No.1 Marco Di Vaio
No.1 Antonio Cassano
No.1 Luca Toni
No.1 Alberto Gilardino
No.1 Antonio Di Natale
No.1 Fabio Quagliarella
Fabio Quagliarella is known for his intelligent and versatile playing style. He is a skilled forward who can score with both feet and his head, and is also adept at setting up his teammates for goals. Quagliarella is known for his quick thinking and ability to make split-second decisions on the field, making him a valuable asset to any team he plays for.
No.1 Mario Balotelli
No.1 Ciro Immobile
No.1 Lorenzo Insigne
No.1 Domenico Berardi
No.1 Federico Chiesa
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