Dario Hübner Profile

Dario Hübner - Career

The Italian striker with the German surname and ancestry, along with a great nickname - Il Bisonte (the Bison), became a cult figure in Italian football through the 1990s and into the 2000s.

With his solid frame, mass of black-curly hair, matching goatee, and a father who'd openly bring him cigarettes and home-made grappa to the training ground to help fuel his 20 Marlboro-a-day habit, Dario HÃ¼bner was a memorable sight at Serie A, B and C grounds. And whilst he may not have been as technically gifted as some of Italian fottblall's superstars of that period, HÃ¼bner could be a real handful to play against and certainly knew where the back of the net was.

He first came to prominence in 1991-92 at Fano Calcio, finishing as the top-scorer in Serie C with 14 goals. This lead to a move to Serie B club Cesena where he'd spend the next five seasons banging the goals in for the Seahorses, including his 22 goals in 1995-96 which made him Serie B's top scorer. HÃ¼bner's goals for Cesena meant that he would earn a transfer up into Serie A for the first time, signing for Brescia in 1997 and then averaging well over a goal every other game during the next four seasons as he plundered 85 goals in 145 matches for the northen club. Yet it was at his next club, Piacenza, that he became only the second player in Italian football history to top the scoring charts of all three divisions his 24 goals in Serie A's 2001-02 season saw him named Capocannoniere alongside David Trezeguet. He carried on playing in the lower leagues until he was 44.