Luigi Riva

Luigi Riva at Cagliari in 1976.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Masahide Tomikoshi

A fantastic striker who is still Italy's highest ever goal scorer with 35, despite playing only 42 times for the Azzurri, an astonishing scoring rate. Only a number of serious injuries prevented Riva from playing more games and scoring even more goals. At club level he is a legend of Cagliari, playing there from 1963 until he retired in 1976, turning down the advances of the real heavyweights of Italian football to stay on Sardinia.

Luigi Riva - Info

Name:	Luigi "Gigi" Riva
Date of Birth:	7th November 1944
Nationality:	Italy
Position(s):	Striker
Career:	1962 to 1976
Regular Shirt Number(s):	11
Nickname(s):	Rombo di Tuono (Rumble of Thunder)