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