query: who scored the most goals in serie a

pos: Football records in Italy Shaarawy; (Genoa) (21 December 2008) 8. Lorenzo Tassi; (Brescia) (22 May 2011) 9. Stefano Okaka; (Roma) (18 December 2005) 10. Paolo Pupita; (Cesena) (28 January 1990) 11. Nicola Ventola; (Bari) (6 November 1994) 12. Francesco Totti; (Roma) (28 March 1993) 13. Giuseppe Sacchi; (Milan) (25 October 1942) 14. Gianluigi Donnarumma; (Milan) (25 October 2015) 15. Moise Kean; (Juventus) (19 November 2016) Since FIFA prevented player inter-association movement for under-18 players (U16 within EU), the only possibility to break the record will be a foreign player who has immigrated to Italy using reasons other than football. Dino Zoff, 332 Paolo Maldini

pos: Roberto Baggio most in Italian football history. He scored 10 with Vicenza, 25 with Fiorentina, 38 with Juventus, 5 with Milan, 11 with Bologna, 1 with Inter, 11 with Brescia and 7 with Italy (from 7 attempts, the most goals scored from the spot by a member of the national team). 68 of his penalties were scored in Serie A, from 83 attempts, with an 82% conversion rate, one of the best records in Serie A history. In Serie A, Baggio scored 17 penalties for Fiorentina (from 19 attempts), 25 for Juventus (from 28 attempts), 3 for Milan (from 5 attempts), 11

pos: José Altafini During the 1973–74 season, Juventus went trophyless, although Altafini managed 7 goals in 21 appearances, and in his final season, Altafini made only 10 appearances however, as Juventus missed out on the title, finishing in second place behind local rivals Torino; Altafini decided to leave Serie A after 18 seasons in Italy. By the time he left Juventus at the age of 38 in 1976, Altafini had played 459 games in Serie A and had scored 216 goals, although he had scored most of these in the early part of his career. In fact, he only scored 53 goals in

pos: Pietro Magni (footballer) to manage Pro Patria, Bari, Varese, Pavia and Salernitana. Magni began his career with Varese in 1937 and made 53 appearances in Serie C over the next three years, scoring nine goals. He joined Serie B club Liguria in 1940 – who would later become Sampdoria – and helped the club win promotion to Serie A in his first season, scoring 11 goals in 31 games. Having scored 12 times in 45 games for Liguria, Magni was transferred to Juventus in 1942. He scored ten league goals in his first season with Juventus, including four in one match – a

pos: S.S. Lazio of 16 years from 1992 until 2004. The record for total appearances by a goalkeeper is held by Luca Marchegiani, with 339 appearances, while the record for most league appearances is held by Aldo Puccinelli with 339. The all-time leading goalscorer for Lazio is Silvio Piola, with 149 goals scored. Piola, who played also with Pro Vercelli, Torino, Juventus and Novara, is also the highest goalscorer in Serie A history, with 274 goals. Simone Inzaghi is the all-time top goalscorer in the European Competitions, with 20 goals. He is also one of the five players who scored four goals in

pos: John Hansen (footballer, born 1924) getting unmarked and losing his defender, and had an incredible feeling for being at the right spot on the right moment. During the 1951–52 Serie A season, Hansen scored 30 goals, earning him the "Capocannoniere" Italian top goal-scorer title, as he won his second Serie A championship with Juventus. He spent six seasons at Juventus where he scored 124 goals in 187 games in the Serie A. He moved to league rivals S.S. Lazio in 1954, where he played for one season and scored 15 goals in 27 games. He ended his Italian adventure in 1955 and moved back to

pos: Pietro Anastasi the 1965–66 season, in which he scored 18 goals. He was subsequently purchased by Varese in Serie B, the team with which he gained promotion to Serie A, scoring 6 reti in 37 partite, and making his Serie A debut on 24 September 1967, against Fiorentina, at the age of nineteen. During his first season in Serie A, he scored an impressive 11 goals, 3 of which were scored in Varese's shocking 5–0 wn over Juventus on 4 February 1968, a performance which enabled him to be called up to the Italian national side. Due to his precocious performances, he

pos: David Trezeguet recognition of his 125 career goals. On 19 May 2007, Juventus achieved promotion to Serie A after a 5–1 win over Arezzo. Trezeguet scored the fifth goal which made the promotion mathematically possible. Despite the successful return to Serie A, and an eventual Serie B title, the season was not without controversy. After scoring a goal in Juventus' final match of the 2006–07 Serie B season against Spezia, Trezeguet made a gesture toward the club president, making a number 15 with his fingers – the number of goals he scored throughout the Serie B season – which was followed by

pos: Christian Vieri seasons in Serie B, Vieri returned to Serie A for the 1995–96 season, when he joined Atalanta, scoring 9 goals in 21 appearances. His first big move came about when he was spotted by Juventus who signed him from Atalanta for a fee of €2.5 million for the 1996–97 season. He made 23 appearances and scored 8 goals in Serie A, and six goals in ten matches in Europe, making him joint top scorer for Juventus that season along with Alen Bokšić. He ended his season at Juve by winning the "'Scudetto" and starting in the 3–1 UEFA Champions League

pos: David Trezeguet missed out on the 2000–01 Serie A title that season, finishing in second place behind Roma. In his second season at the club, under manager Marcello Lippi, he scored 24 league goals in 34 league matches to finish as the Serie A top goalscorer, along with Dario Hübner of Piacenza, as Juventus won the 2001–02 Serie A title. That same season, he was named Serie A Footballer of the Year and Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year, also reaching the final of the 2001–02 Coppa Italia; he also scored eight goals in ten UEFA Champions League appearances, although the

pos: Graziano Mannari Graziano Mannari Graziano Mannari (born 19 April 1969 in Livorno) is a retired Italian professional footballer, who played as a forward, either as a centre-forward, or as a winger. Throughout his career, Mannari played for 3 seasons (30 games, 3 goals) in the Serie A, for A.C. Milan and Parma F.C. His most memorable matches for Milan came on the 12 March 1989, in a 4–0 league win against Juventus F.C., in which he scored two goals, and in the club's 1988 Supercoppa Italiana victory, in which he also scored. In 1989, he was called up to the Italy national

pos: Torino F.C. Torino, for the first time in history played in a category higher than Juventus played: while the "Granata" competed in Serie A, Juventus took part in Serie B following the aftermath of the "Calciopoli" scandal. Giorgio Ferrini holds the club's official appearance record with 566 appearances (plus 56 goals) put together between 1959 and 1975. The record for the most goals scored is held by Paolo Pulici, with 172 official goals (in 437 appearances) between 1967 and 1982. Eight different Torino players have won the "Capocannoniere" award for league top scorer in the Italian top flight: the first was the

pos: John Hansen (footballer, born 1924) John Hansen (footballer, born 1924) John Angelo Valdemar Østergaard Hansen, known simply as John Hansen, (24 June 1924 – 12 January 1990) was a Danish footballer who played as a forward. He played professionally for seven years in Italy: he scored 124 goals in 187 matches for Juventus F.C., and won two Serie A championships with the club, finishing as "Capocannoniere" top-goal scorer in the 1951–52 Serie A season; he later also played for Italian club S.S. Lazio. He won the 1944 Danish championship with childhood club BK Frem. Hansen scored 10 goals in eight games for the Denmark national

neg: Simone Motta Simone Motta Simone Motta (born 26 August 1977) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie D club Tamai. Motta spent most of his career in Italian lower divisions, scored 85 goals in Lega Pro Prima Divisione; 32 goals in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione and 23 goals in Serie B. (as of 2011–12 season) Born in Udine, Friuli, Motta started his career at Udinese youth team. After a season with Serie C2 team Valdagno, he spent 3 seasons in Serie D. In 1999–2000 Serie D season he scored 17 goals and won a contract from Serie C2 team South Tyrol.

neg: Gunnar Nordahl Nordahl the top goalscorer among non-Italian players, and he is also the most "efficient" goalscorer goals in Serie A ever with 0.77 goals/match.. He was nicknamed "il pompiere" (the fireman), because of his former job while he played in Sweden. After leaving Milan, Nordahl played for Roma for two seasons. Nordahl's record for most goals scored in Serie A (not including Divisione Nazionale, before Serie A was installed) of 35 in 1949–50 in a season was broken by Gonzalo Higuaín in the 2015–16 season who scored 36. Nordahl, together with the mentioned Gre-No-Li is today legendary in Milan. When Milan

neg: Simone Masini Simone Masini Simone Masini (born 23 October 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Tuttocuoio. Masini spent most of his career in Italian third tier (Serie C1, Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Lega Pro Divisione Unica). Born in Pisa, Tuscany, Masini started his professional career in Lucchese, about 17 km away. He scored 10 goals in 2003–04 Serie C1 but scored once next season. On 31 January 2005 he left for Serie B club Cesena in exchange with Giuseppe De Feudis, a day after winning Acireale as substitute. Masini returned to Lucca on 1 July 2005, scored 24 goals in

neg: 2015–16 Serie A On 20 March 2016, Gianluigi Buffon broke the previous record of Sebastiano Rossi (929 minutes) by setting a longer period of 974 minutes without conceding a goal. On 14 May, Gonzalo Higuaín broke Gunnar Nordahl's record for most goals scored in Serie A (20 teams championship) in a season (35 in 1949–50) and equaled Gino Rossetti's record in 1928–29 (that was composed of 32 teams, instead) by scoring 36 goals and winning the Capocannoniere. Three Serie A icons also retired at the end of the season; the Verona captain Luca Toni, who scored 157 goals in 324 league appearances and

neg: Antonio Valentín Angelillo They were also known as "The Trio of Death" because of their clinical finishing. During the 1958–59 Serie A season, Angelillo scored 33 goals in 33 matches, finishing the season as the tournament's top scorer. His goal total was the highest since Gunnar Nordahl had scored 34 in the 1950–51 Serie A season, and is still the record for most goals in a single 18-team Italian division season; no player scored as many goals in a single Serie A season until Gonzalo Higuaín finished the 2015–16 Serie A season with 36 goals – until then, the only player since Angelillo

neg: A.S. Roma is the all-time leading goalscorer for Roma with 307 goals since joining the club, 250 of which were scored in Serie A (another Roma record). Roberto Pruzzo, who was the all-time topscorer since 1988, comes in second in all competitions with 138. In 1930–31, Rodolfo Volk scored 29 goals in Serie A over the course of a single season. Not only was Volk the league's top scorer that year, he also set a Roma record for most goals scored in a season which would later be matched by Edin Džeko in 2016–17. Its major founders Fortitudo and Alba having been

neg: Siniša Mihajlović dead ball opportunities, and holds the record for the most goals in Serie A from free-kicks, alongside Andrea Pirlo, with 28 goals, as well as the record for second most goals from free kicks for a single Serie A club in all competitions, with 43, behind Alessandro Del Piero. Along with Giuseppe Signori, he is one of only two players who have scored a hat-trick from free kicks in Serie A, a feat which he accomplished during his time with Lazio, in a 5–2 win over Sampdoria, on 13 December 1998, during the 1998–99 season. During his club career in

neg: Marco Ferrante under manager Carlo Mazzone, although he was unable to save the club from relegation to Serie B. He spent his final season in Serie A with Ascoli, scoring 8 goals. He retired at the conclusion of the 2006–07 Serie B season, spending half the season with Pescara, and the rest with Verona, who were relegated to Serie C1 at the end of the season. As of the conclusion of the 2005–06 Serie A season, Ferrante played 172 Serie A games and scored 48 goals. He also played 290 Serie B games and scored 111 goals. Ferrante made one appearance with

neg: Vincenzo Chianese Vincenzo Chianese Vincenzo Chianese (born 14 January 1976) is an Italian footballer who plays for Arezzo at Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He spent most of his career at Serie B and Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex-Serie C1). Chianese has a scoring ratio of 0.4 goals per games in Prima Divisione which he scored more than 90 goals but handful in Serie B. Born in Melito di Napoli, Chianese started his career at Atalanta Bergamo. In 1995–96 season he went on loan to Serie C1 side Casarano. In 1995, he left for Serie B side Foggia in co-ownership deal. He was

neg: Simone Masini 2005 Mediterranean Games and for a preparation match against Serie D Best XI before the tournament. Simone Masini Simone Masini (born 23 October 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Tuttocuoio. Masini spent most of his career in Italian third tier (Serie C1, Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Lega Pro Divisione Unica). Born in Pisa, Tuscany, Masini started his professional career in Lucchese, about 17 km away. He scored 10 goals in 2003–04 Serie C1 but scored once next season. On 31 January 2005 he left for Serie B club Cesena in exchange with Giuseppe De Feudis, a day after

neg: Antonio Di Natale duo with Fabio Quagliarella, Di Natale improved his goal tally, becoming the focal point of the attack. In 2007, he was named captain of Udinese and his contract was extended to 30 June 2012. May 2010 saw the conclusion of Di Natale's best-ever season, scoring 29 goals in Serie A, and contributing 54% of Udinese's total goals. He also surpassed Oliver Bierhoff's club record for most league goals in a season, who had scored 28. A brace against Bari on 9 May 2010 saw Di Natale surpass the 100-goal mark in Serie A. For his performances, he was voted Serie

neg: Vincenzo Chianese goals and helped the team reached the promotion playoffs. But the team lost to Crotone (later became winner) in semi-final. He played at 1994 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualification that lost to Russia U18 at qualification playoffs. Vincenzo Chianese Vincenzo Chianese (born 14 January 1976) is an Italian footballer who plays for Arezzo at Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He spent most of his career at Serie B and Lega Pro Prima Divisione (ex-Serie C1). Chianese has a scoring ratio of 0.4 goals per games in Prima Divisione which he scored more than 90 goals but handful in Serie B.

neg: Marco Pacione and Serie A promotion, scoring 7 goals in 32 appearances. He made his last Serie A appearance during the 1993–94 season, later moving to Serie C1 side Mantova in January 1994, where he scored 2 goals in 15 appearances; he retired at the end of the season, at the age of 31. In total, he scored over 70 goals throughout his career; he scored 21 goals in 151 Serie A appearances, and 35 goals in 118 Serie B appearances. Following his retirement, Pacione worked as a team manager for Chievo Verona. A talented striker in his youth, Pacione was mainly

neg: Hernán Barcos after their leading goalscorer transferred out. He established himself as a capable striker for the squad, starting a five-game run where he scored one goal a game. Barcos, or "El Pirata" as he was nicknamed by the Liga fans, scored two vital goals against Estudiantes de La Plata in LDU's 2–1 first-leg win, winning the 2010 Recopa Sudamericana. Barcos' ended his illustrious 2010 season as Ecuadorian Serie A champion, having scored 22 league goals in 32 games, second best in the league, behind Jaime Ayoví who scored 23 goals. In the 2011 Ecuadorian Serie A season, Barcos scored 25 goals

neg: Salvatore Mastronunzio back to Serie C1 for Foggia with option to purchase. In July 2007, he was signed by Serie C1 side Ancona for undisclosed fee, signed a 3-year contract. In the first season, he scored a career high of 15 league goals. He also scored 3 of the 5 goals of Ancona in promotion playoffs. In the next season, he scored 17 goals, his career high in Serie B. He also scored 2 goals in relegation playout against Rimini, made Ancona 2–1 won Rimini in aggregate and stayed in Serie B. Mastronunzio also scored a goal in the last round (4–3

neg: Luca Toni in Reykjavík, which also marked Marcello Lippi's debut at the helm of the "Azzurri". In the following season, Toni confirmed his prolificity by scoring 20 goals in Palermo's first Serie A campaign, leading the Sicilian club to a historical first qualification to the UEFA Cup. Toni's move to Fiorentina was marked by controversy as the fans dubbed him a traitor for his departure. "La Viola" paid €10 million to sign him. During his first season in Florence, he scored 31 goals, making him one of the most prolific Serie A strikers of all-time (the most goals ever scored in a

neg: Michele Cossato the team moved down to Serie C2. He was then sold to Valdagno, to get experience in playing for the Interregional Championship (the current Serie D). With the team of the Province of Vicenza he scored 4 goals in 19 matches. In the 1988–1989 Championship he returned to Chievo, and was part of the team's most triumphant season (which resulted in their promotion to Serie C1). In the summer of 1990 he was lent to Oltrepò and then to A.C. Perugia, in Serie C1. In the 8 matches he played, no goals were scored. In the season 1991–1992 the Chievo

neg: Francesco Totti all-time top scorer in the Rome Derby in official club competitions, alongside Dino Da Costa, with 11 goals, as well as the Serie A top scorer in the Rome Derby. On 9 May, Totti scored from a penalty in a 2–1 away defeat to Milan, equalling Roberto Baggio for the record of the most goals scored in Serie A from penalties (68). On 31 May, in the final match-day of the 2014–15 season, he scored his 299th goal for Roma in a 2–1 home defeat to Palermo. Totti finished the season as Roma's leading scorer with ten goals in all

neg: Federico Melchiorri a result. He resumed active football later in 2010 with former club Tolentino (Eccellenza), scoring 30 goals in 54 matches. In 2012–13 Melchiorri was sold to Maceratese (Serie D) and he scored 22 goals in 30 matches. His impressive performances caught the attention of Serie B club Padova, who signed him in the summer of 2013. He scored six goals in a rather unfortunate season for Padova, which ended with relegation and then the club being declared bankrupt. He successively joined Pescara, another Serie B club, in the summer of 2014 on a free transfer. On 8 January 2018, he

neg: William Bronzoni 1962, having scored 28 career goals in 106 Serie B matches and 107 in 252 in Serie C. William Bronzoni William Bronzoni (27 July 1927 – 1 September 1987) was an Italian football player, who operated as a forward. He was born in Bibbiano, Italy. Bronzoni started career his in 1945 with Parma, where he played in Serie B and Serie C. He played 201 matches and scored 78 league goals, which remains a club record to this day. He also captained the club. He failed to live re-create his early years at Parma at any other club on a

neg: Jeda (footballer) to A.C. Siena on loan. he then played regularly for Vicenza, but transferred to Palermo in January 2004. He won the Serie B Champions in summer 2004, but transferred to Piacenza of Serie B after became surplus of Palermo Serie A campaign. In January 2005, he moved, this time on loan to league rival Catania. In summer 2005, he joined F.C. Crotone, where he scored 15 goals. In summer 2006, he was signed by Rimini, where he scored 13 goals in 19 games in 2007–08 season. In January 2008, he joined Serie A club Cagliari, who was then struggling to

neg: José Altafini and Mendrisiostar. A highly prolific goalscorer, Altafini also held the record for the most goals scored in a single European Cup campaign for over 50 years; he is also one of only eight players to have scored five goals in a single European Cup match. He is the joint-fourth highest scorer in Italian Serie A history (along with Giuseppe Meazza) with 216 goals, and also holds the record for being the fifth-youngest player in Serie A history to score 100 goals, a feat which he managed at the age of 24 years and 239 days. At international level, he represented

neg: Luca Toni tournament's All-star team. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five highest scoring Italians in all competitions; with 322 career goals, he is currently the fourth-highest scoring Italian player of all time. In addition to the team medals he has collected, he also won several individual honours: during his first spell with Fiorentina, he won the "Capocannoniere" (Serie A top scorer) award during the 2005–06 season, in which he scored 31 goals (the most goals in a Serie A season since 1958–59), which also earned him the European Golden Shoe, becoming

neg: Francesco Totti Roma, winning a Serie A title, two Coppa Italia titles, and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. He is the second-highest scorer of all time in Italian league history with 250 goals, and is the sixth-highest scoring Italian in all competitions with 316 goals. Totti is the top goalscorer and the most capped player in the club's history, holds the record for the most goals scored in Serie A while playing for a single club, and also holds the record for the youngest club captain in the history of Serie A. A creative offensive playmaker renowned for his vision, technique, and goalscoring

neg: Federico Giunti he made 20 appearances, and during the 1992–93 season, he made 28 appearances and scored 4 goals. Perugia won the 1993–94 Serie C1/B title, earning promotion to Serie B, as Giunti managed 4 goals in 24 appearances. During his first season in Serie B, he scored 7 goals in 29 appearances, and the following season, he helped Perugia gain Serie A promotion, scoring 5 goals in 25 appearances. During the 1996–97 Serie A season, he made his Serie A debut on 8 September 1996, in a home 1–0 win against Sampdoria. Parma acquired Giunti for the 1997–98 season, although he

neg: Simone Motta He scored an average of 15 goals a season and left for Serie C1 side Teramo in 2002. He scored a career high of 23 goals and the team entered the promotion playoffs. He scored a goal in the playoff but the team was eliminated after 1–1 draw with Martina and had fewer points in regular season. His goal scoring ability made him earned a transfer to Serie B club Bari. In July 2003, he left for Serie B club Bari, in the first season he scored 3 goals only. In 2004–05 Serie B season he lost his starting place

neg: Mauro Icardi since Adriano in 2004–05 season to score in each of his first two Champions League matches. By scoring a brace in Inter's 2–1 win at SPAL, Icardi reached 103 Serie A goals by matching Christian Vieri tally as the seventh player with the most Serie A goals scored with Inter. In the first game following the international break, Icardi played and scored the game-winner against Milan to make it five league wins in a row for Inter, also scoring the club's 300th goal in the Derby della Madonnina. Icardi made his 200th Serie A appearance on 24 November by playing

neg: Luigi Cagni Luigi Cagni Luigi "Gigi" Cagni (born 14 June 1950 in Brescia) is an Italian former football player, who played as a defender. He most recently served head coach of Brescia in the Serie B league in the final weeks of the 2016–17 Serie B season. Cagni made his Serie A debut for Brescia in 1970, in a league match lost 4–0 to Cagliari. He played only eight Serie A matches, but gained a deep experience of Serie B, where he played 473 matches and scored 5 goals. After a season as youth team coach in his home team Brescia, Cagni

neg: Andy Selva In 1999, Selva played with another Serie C2 club, Catanzaro, making 40 appearances, scoring six goals. Selva went back to the Eccellenza with Tivoli in 1999, which he scored 15 goals in 21 matches, while for the following season, he moved to San Marino, where he scored four goals in 26 appearances. In the 2001–02 season playing in three different teams, he collected three appearances with San Marino, then five with Maceratese in Serie D, scoring a goal, and thus finishing the season in Serie D, with Grosseto (15 appearances and two goals). He scored 22 goals in 30 games

neg: Juventus F.C. who was the all-time topscorer since 1961 comes in second in all competitions with 182. In the 1933–34 season, Felice Borel scored 31 goals in 34 appearances, setting the club record for Serie A goals in a single season. Ferenc Hirzer is the club's highest scorer in a single season with 35 goals in 26 appearances in the 1925–26 season (record of Italian football). The most goals scored by a player in a single match is 6, which is also an Italian record. This was achieved by Omar Sívori in a game against Internazionale in the 1960–61 season. The first

neg: Mirco Antenucci on his debut for S.P.A.L. against Cagliari in a 5–1 defeat in the Coppa Italia Cup. He scored 18 goals in his first season at the club and finished the 3rd top scorer in Serie B behind top scorer Giampaolo Pazzini (23 goals) and runner up Fabio Ceravolo (21 goals). His goals proved to be crucial as S.P.A.L. gained promotion to Serie A for the first time in 49 years by winning Serie B despite only being promoted to Serie B for the first time since 1992–93. During the 2017-18 season in Serie A he scored 11 times in 33

neg: Antonino Bonvissuto on 1 September he was sold to Lanciano. He scored 7 goals in his second Serie C1 season. He signed a pre-contract with Serie B club Bari in April, and presented on 1 July. In August, he left for fellow second division club Cittadella. He scored 6 goals in his true maiden Serie B season. That season Bari won the "cadetto" (champion), Bonvissuto again was not inside the team plan. He left for newly promoted team Crotone and scored a career high of 9 goals. In July, he was signed by Ascoli, his fifth Serie B club. However, he only

neg: Christian Riganò Taranto, being instrumental in the "rossoblu"'s promotion in their first season, and an impressive Serie C1 campaign the following year, being crowned Serie C1's topscorer with 27 goals in the 2001–02 season, and narrowly missing out on promotion to Serie B. In 2002, Riganò joined Florentia Viola of Serie C2, and scored a personal record of 30 goals in 32 matches, earning the title of top-scorer in the league once again and helping Fiorentina to obtain promotion. During the 2003–04 season, he scored 23 Serie B goals in 44 matches, helping Fiorentina to win promotion to Serie A and earning

neg: Mario Fontanella with A.C. Bastia 1924. He scored 13 goals in 30 appearances in the 2013–14 Serie D. His most remarkable season in Italy was with Budoni-based, A.S.D. Pol. Calcio Budoni where he scored 27 goals in 30 appearances in the 2014–15 Serie D and was awarded the top scorer award for the season. He first moved out of Italy in 2015 to the neighboring Malta where he signed a long term contract with Maltese Premier League side, Floriana. He made his official debut for the club on 22 August 2015 in a 2–1 defeat against Mosta and scored his first goal

neg: Emanuele Ferraro season, he scored a career high of 19 league goals for Serie D team Corigliano. In June 2003, he was signed by Serie B team Ascoli. Ferraro was lack of chance to play and left for Serie C1 club Vis Pesaro in January 2004. In June 2004, he was signed by Serie C2 club Ancona. Once again he scored a double figure for the team and the whole team only scored 34 goals. At the start of 2005–06 Serie A season, Ferraro returned to Ascoli Piceno and played twice in 2005–06 Coppa Italia. However, he was not in Ascoli's Serie

neg: Fabio Bazzani to Venezia, but scored only five goals in 36 matches. In 2001, he rejoined his former coach Cosmi when he signed with Serie A side Perugia, where he scored ten goals. In 2002, he moved to Sampdoria, where he scored 16 goals in his first season with the "blucerchiati" in Serie B and 13 goals in his second campaign with Sampdoria, when in Serie A. During his second season with Sampdoria, he was capped three times in the Italian team. He was loaned to Lazio in exchange for Simone Inzaghi in January 2005, but failed to impress with the "biancazzurri"

neg: Filippo Inzaghi his start playing for hometown club Piacenza as a teenager in 1991, but made only two league appearances before being loaned to Serie C1 side AlbinoLeffe, with whom he scored an impressive 13 goals in 21 matches. In 1993, Inzaghi moved to Serie B club Hellas Verona and scored 13 goals in 36 league appearances. Upon his return to Piacenza, he scored 15 times in 37 games helping his team win Serie B and proving himself to be an exciting young prospect. Inzaghi made his Serie A debut when he transferred to Parma in 1995, but scored only twice in

neg: Gionatha Spinesi about his contract renewal. In 2004–05, Spinesi played for newly promoted Serie B team Arezzo, where he scored 22 goals and won the league top scorer title. In 2005–06, Spinesi followed Siena coach Pasquale Marino in joining Catania, where he scored 23 goals and helped the team to promote to Serie A. In 2006–07 Spinesi kept his excellent top flight record up by notching 17 goals and ensuring Catania remained in Serie A. During the 2007–08 season, however, Spinesi scored only 7 goals in the league, but was still an influential part of the first team, as Catania again managed

neg: Domenico Berardi September 2013. He scored his first Serie A goal from a penalty on 6 October 2013, in a 3–1 defeat to Parma. On 20 October, he scored a penalty as Sassuolo defeated Bologna 2–1 for their first Serie A win, moving them off bottom spot. He scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, in Sassuolo's first ever Serie A away win, 4–3 against Sampdoria on 3 November 2013. On 12 January 2014, Berardi scored all four goals in a 4–3 home win against Milan. In doing so, he became the second youngest player to score four goals in a single Serie

neg: Modena F.C. 2018 on the back of striker Enrico Pagliari (26 goals in 2 seasons) found Modena back in the top flight. The following year, thanks mainly to the Brazilian Chinesinho, Modena achieved safety in Serie A, but in 1963–64, despite the return of Sergio Brighenti (who scored goals), Modena went back to Serie B after a playoff defeat to Sampdoria played in Milan. For the remainder of the 1960s, the club played in Serie B. In 1971–72, after changing three coaches, Modena again fell down to Serie C. Following consecutive seventh-place finishes in Serie C, Modena finally was promoted back to Serie

neg: Angelo Schiavio with Schiavio averaging more than a goal per game with 30 goals in 26 games – his most prolific domestic campaign. The 1929–30 season saw the advent of the Serie A format. Schiavio played in his first Serie A game away against Lazio on 6 October 1929 – a 3–0 loss for Bologna. His first goal in Serie A came on 13 November later that year, in a 2–2 draw at home to Triestina. In the 1931–32 season he scored 25 goals which led to him winning the Capocannonieri award for top scorer in Serie A. Bologna won two more

neg: Carlo Soldo considered much by Inter's manager Helenio Herrera he was never used in the league, and on November 1967 he moved to Lazio in Serie B. There he contributed again to their promotion in 1968-69. An injury to his knee made his further career unnoticeable in minor series until 1974. Soldo scored a total of 67 appearances and 2 goals in Serie A and 86 appearances and 2 goals in Serie B. He then moved to a manager career. Among his most notable appearances, he gained a promotion in Serie C1 in 1988-89 with Fidelis Andria and a win of the

neg: Giovanni Fanello Napoli, and scored 17 goals in 80 Serie A appearances and 71 goals in 218 Serie B appearances. Giovanni Fanello Giovanni Fanello (born 21 February 1939 in Pizzo) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. Fanello began playing football with local side Polisportiva Pizzo. He turned professional with U.S. Catanzaro, and was the leading goalscorer of Serie C as he helped the club gain promotion to Serie B during the 1958–59 season. After playing for Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Fanello signed with Serie A side A.C. Milan. However, his opportunities with the first team were

neg: Aurelio Milani at the beginning of the 1950s, before being scouted by Atalanta, who loaned him to Fanfulla during the 1953–54 Serie B season and the 1954–55 Serie C season. Simmenthal's Monza purchased him, which allowed him to play in Serie B again. With the club, he scored 37 times over two Serie B seasons, winning the Serie B top scorer award during the 1955–56 Serie B season. His impressive performances caught the eye of the Triestina management, and during the following season, Milani scored 17 goals in 30 Serie B appearances for the Friuli club. The following season, Milani made his

neg: Vitali Kutuzov the Italian Serie B side Avellino. Kutuzov established himself as one of the most important players of the side and a fan-favourite. He played 43 games, scoring 15 goals. Despite his efforts, the team was relegated to Serie C1. After his successful season in Serie B, he was noticed by the Serie A side U.C. Sampdoria. The club bought half of the rights for the footballer from A.C. Milan in 2004 for €1.5 million and signed him until 2008. In the 2004–05 season he played in 32 games (14 times in starting line-up, totaling 1,604 minutes) and scored 4 goals.

neg: Ecuadorian Serie A each. All the clubs that have won multiple titles have won back-to-back titles at least once. El Nacional and C.S. Emelec are the only two clubs to have won three titles in a row, El Nacional has done twice from 1976–1978 and 1982–1984, and C.S. Emelec from 2013-2015. Ecuadorian Ermen Benítez is the league's all-time top-scorer, having scored 191 goals over 25 season. He is also holds the record for scoring the most goals for one team. The top active goalscorer is Ebelio Ordóñez. Ecuadorian Serie A The Primera Categoría Serie A, simply known as the Serie A or the

neg: Cosimo Sarli Cosimo Sarli Cosimo Sarli (born 13 March 1979) is a well-travelled Italian footballer who plays as a striker. He is nicknamed "Cobra". Born in Corigliano Calabro, Sarli began his professional career at Torino but failed to break into the first team. After spells outside Italy with Southampton (England), Eendracht Aalst (Belgium) and Nice (France), he returned to his home country, spending most of his career in the lower divisions. In 2000, he joined Crotone in Serie B, where he scored 3 goals in 23 appearances. His career continued in the lower divisions (Serie C2 and Serie D) with various clubs,

neg: Diego Milito celebrated his 100th Serie win out of 197 games played between both Genoa and the "Nerazzurri". With 28 goals scored, Milito also became the player with the most goals scored in the Serie A during the 2012 calendar year, ahead of Napoli's Edinson Cavani (27) and Udinese's Antonio Di Natale (23). Returning from an injury suffered in January on 10 February 2013, Milito marked his return in the home win against Chievo by scoring a goal and providing an assist on Esteban Cambiasso's strike. Milito's season injuries woes continued, however, as on 14 February, in a UEFA Europa League match

neg: Roberto Colacone Roberto Colacone Roberto Colacone (born 26 April 1974) is an Italian footballer He spent most of his career at Serie B and Serie C1. he played once in Serie A. Colacone started his career at Parma. He made his Serie A debut on 9 April 1994, against A.S. Roma. He then played for two Serie C1 clubs and Serie B club Foggia, and joined Lucchese of Serie B in summer 1997. Lucchese relegated to Serie C1 in summer 1999, but gave a chance for Colacone. He scored 14 goals in Serie C1 that season. In summer 2000, he was signed

neg: Eddy Baggio a penalty; his brother Roberto scored his 300th professional goal on the same day (their father's birthday), also from a penalty. On January 2008 he was sold to Serie C2 club Portosummaga, but managed to play only five times. On August 2008 he accepted an offer from Sangiovannese. In total, he played 86 Serie B games, scoring 18 goals; throughout his career, he scored 130 goals in all competitions, including Serie B, Serie C1 & C2, the Coppa Italia, and the Coppa Italia Serie C, although he never played in Serie A. Baggio was called up to the Italy Under-17

neg: Felice Evacuo on loan, where he played 20 league matches for "La Viola" in Serie C2. In 2003-04 season, he played for Serie C1 side Viterbese. In summer 2004, he left for Serie C1 side Avellino, he scored 8 league goals and won promotion playoffs to Serie B. He played once at Serie B before left for Serie C1 side Torres. In 2006-07 season, he returned to Avellino, which relegated back to Serie C1 in June 2006. He won promotion playoffs again and scored 15 goals. In July 2007, he signed a 3-year contract with Frosinone. He was the 2nd team-top-scorer behind

neg: Marco Sansovini netted 7 goals for the 2004–05 Serie C2 Group A champion. He also scored even more goals in 2005–06 Serie C1 (11 goals). Sansovini previously only had 3 Serie C1 goals in his accounts, with Torres. However Pro Sesto also had a second least goal scoring record and none of a players scored in the relegation "play-out". His striking partners, all failed to score. (Marcos de Paula, 4 goals in half season; Leandro Lázzaro, twice; Claudio Salvi, once) However Pro Sesto re-admitted to Italian third-tier as numbers of club was expelled from that division due to different reasons. Despite remaining

neg: Andrea Zanchetta club, making 57 league appearances in two seasons. After scoring 7 goals in his second season with the club, Inter bought back the full registration rights to Zanchetta and sold him permanently to Chievo shortly after. At Chievo he was one of the regular starter, and scored 8 goals in the first season. After almost relegated to Serie C1, Zanchetta secured a move to Serie A struggler Reggina in co-ownership deal. Zanchetta showed his talent in attack, scored 5 goals in his second Serie A season, in although Reggina was relegated. Co-currently, Chievo won Serie A promotion by finished third

neg: Pietro Iemmello On 19 March 2016, Iemmello scored four goals in a single match for Foggia, including a 90th-minute winner in his team's 4–2 win over Ischia Isolaverde. He was one of the main men in the 2015–16 Lega Pro Gruppo C season, scoring an impressive 24 goals in 32 matches and being the league top scorer. In August 2016 he was signed by Serie B side Spezia. He played just one Serie B match against Salernitana before moving to Serie A side Sassuolo. He scored 5 goals in 17 appearances in the 2016–17 Serie A season. On 31 August 2017, Iemmello

neg: Carlos França 2017–18 Serie D for Potenza. França played twice for Triestina in 2017–18 Coppa Italia and once at 2017–18 Coppa Italia Serie C. França was a player for Potenza since mid-2017. The team won promotion to Serie C as 2017–18 Serie D Group H winner. He also scored 25 league goals that season, as the second in the topscorer table of that group. Cassiano Bodini is his brother-in-law. Carlos França Carlos Clay de França (born 1 January 1980) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Serie C club Potenza. França played for Spanish side CE Europa. He scored a goal for

neg: Joe Jordan remained at Old Trafford until 1981, when he moved to Italy to Milan. Jordan spent two seasons playing for Milan, scoring 12 goals in 52 league games. This was the 1981–82 season in the Italian top division, Serie A, and the 1982–83 season in Italian second division, Serie B. In his first season, he scored 2 goals in 22 league games, but after a bad run of results, the club was relegated to Serie B as the third last finishers in Serie A, 1-point behind Genoa. In the second season he scored 10 goals in 30 league games, and the

neg: Davide Moscardelli sold him to Serie B side Triestina in a co-ownership deal for €250,000 fee, on a 4-year contract. With the Venezia Giulia based team, he partnered with Denis Godeas and they scored 26 goals in total, exceed half of the team scored. Moscardelli himself netted 16 times in 42 Serie B games. In June 2004 Triestina acquired the remaining 50% registration rights of Moscardelli, for an additional €500,000 fee. In the next season he played less regularly (36 games) and scored 7 Serie B goals, while his partner Godeas scored 14 times and substitute Alessandro Tulli scored 5 times. Triestina

neg: Eros Bagnara (18 goals in the league group stage), Riccardo Meggiorini (9 goals) and Federico Piovaccari (8 goals). Bagnara only scored 4 goals in the league group stage (ranked fifth in the team), but with only 6 league appearances, made Bagnara was one of the most effective scorer of the team along with Eliakwu. Bagnara played twice in the playoffs (round of 16 against Como) with 1 goal. Inter did not excised the option to buy Bagnara in 2004. Bagnara was loaned to a Serie D team from Santa Lucia di Piave, a nearby town from Treviso. In mid-2005 Serie C1 club

neg: Francesco Ruopolo tournament. Francesco Ruopolo Francesco Ruopolo (born 10 March 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for AC Rezzato. He spent most of his career in the 2nd highest division of Italian football, Serie B. Born in Aversa, Campania region, Ruopolo started his career at Emilia–Romagna side Parma. He was the member of Primavera under-20 team and in 2002 made his professional debut with Pro Patria of Serie C1, where he was sent on loan for a season. He was then loaned to Cittadella, again in Serie C1, where he scored six goals. On 1 July 2004, he

neg: Francesco Ruopolo Francesco Ruopolo Francesco Ruopolo (born 10 March 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for AC Rezzato. He spent most of his career in the 2nd highest division of Italian football, Serie B. Born in Aversa, Campania region, Ruopolo started his career at Emilia–Romagna side Parma. He was the member of Primavera under-20 team and in 2002 made his professional debut with Pro Patria of Serie C1, where he was sent on loan for a season. He was then loaned to Cittadella, again in Serie C1, where he scored six goals. On 1 July 2004, he returned

neg: Mirko Carretta Mirko Carretta Mirko Carretta (born 23 November 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for Cremonese as a midfielder. Born in Gallipoli, the Province of Lecce, Carretta started his career at Gallipoli Calcio. Despite the club promoted to Serie B in 2009, the club faced financial difficulties and most of the players left the club. Carretta joined Serie D team Matera and scored 9 league goals, winning the Serie D cup and promotion playoffs. On 4 July 2010 he was signed by Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Andria BAT in 3-year contract. He received a call-up from Lega Pro representative

neg: Giuseppe Bruscolotti in helping Napoli to their first ever Serie A title in 1987; he was also the team's captain from 1978 until 1984, when he handed over the armband to Diego Maradona. He retired at the age of 37 in 1988; he holds the record for most Serie A appearances for Napoli (387), and has made the second most appearances in all league competitions for the club. He also made 96 appearances for Napoli in the Coppa Italia, and 28 in European competitions. Bruscolotti also scored 11 goals for Napoli throughout his career; one of his most notable goals came in

neg: Alberto Gilardino 26 January against Fiorentina Gilardino scored the opening goal in a thrilling 3–3 draw. On 16 February, he scored his first brace against Udinese since he returned the I Rossoblu, which led his team a 3–3 draw. With this two goals, Gilardino reaches 11 season goals and 170 total goals in Serie A, thus exceeding Giuseppe Savoldi and then temporarily ranking 14th among the Serie A all-time scorers. He finished the 2013–14 Serie A season with 15 goals in 36 matches. On 5 July 2014, it was announced that Genoa had accepted a €5 million offer for Gilardino from Chinese

neg: Jonathan Biabiany the Serie B. The next season, he had an explosion of form at Modena, managing eight goals and eight assists in 40 appearances. In July 2009, Biabiany was loaned to Parma, who had recently been promoted back to Serie A. He featured in the first team for the first few league matches. After international duty for France's under-21 team, he did not play again for Parma due to minor injuries until late November. Notably, he scored both of Parma's goals in a 2–2 draw with Genoa in Round 15, his first two Serie A goals. On 1 February 2010, Parma

neg: Salvatore Mastronunzio mid-2002, he left for Serie C1 club Fermana and scored 12 league goals. In June 2003, he was signed by Serie B club Ascoli in co-ownership deal from Fermana. He mainly played as substitute player and only scored 2 goals in his first Serie B season. In June 2004 Fermana bought back Mastronunzio and re-sold to Serie C1 side Frosinone along with Guido Di Deo. He reached the promotion playoffs with club twice, and won the playoffs in 2006. However, he was excluded in Frosinone's Serie B plan, only made 4 Serie B appearances. In January 2007, he was loaned

neg: Alexis Sánchez of goals scored by a Chilean player (in a single match) in Serie A, beating the records set by countrymen Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano. During his successful season at Udinese, Sánchez and Italian striker Antonio Di Natale became one of the best scoring duos in Serie A; they tallied 39 goals between them, two goals short of the Alessandro Del Piero–David Trezeguet duo that completed 41 goals in the 2007–08 season. In recognition of his achievements, Sánchez was named the world's most promising youngster of the 2011 season by the users of FIFA.com, where users had to choose between

neg: Christian Vieri At the end of the 1991–92 season, Vieri would pick up a runners up medal as an unused substitute in the 1992 UEFA Cup final, lost on away goals to Ajax. In November 1992, Vieri was sold to Serie B club Pisa, scoring two goals in 18 appearances. He would only stay in Pisa for one season, moving to fellow Serie B side Ravenna for the 1993–94 season, where he scored 12 goals in 32 appearances. He was subsequently transferred to another Serie B club for the 1994–95 season, Venezia, where he scored 11 goals in 29 appearances. After three

neg: Silvio Piola a single match in Serie A, in a 7–2 win over Fiorentina. He went on to score 51 goals in 127 appearances in Serie A for Pro Vercelli. In 1934, he moved to Lazio, who had been on the receiving end of his first Serie A goal on 11 November 1930. He was to spend the next nine seasons there. Piola was the Serie A top scorer twice while at Lazio, in 1937 and 1943. After leaving Lazio, he spent war-torn 1944 at Torino, where he scored an amazing 27 goals in just 23 games. Toward the end of the

neg: Cristian Bertani of Serie C1 in mid-season and to Carrarese of Serie C1 after Venezia promoted to Serie A in 2001. Bertani returned to Venice in 2002 after the team relegated from Serie A. Due to the club owner Maurizio Zamparini took most of the squad to his new club Palermo, Bertani made 4 league appearances before loaned to Serie C2 for South Tyrol in January 2003. He scored 7 league goals in half season. In June 2003, Como bought him back which the team recently relegated from Serie A as well as the withdrew of Enrico Preziosi. He failed to play

neg: Antonio Di Natale nine consecutive league seasons. He won the Serie A top goalscorer award in 2010 and 2011, and was also awarded the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year award for his performances in 2010. A late bloomer, unlike most strikers, he enjoyed his most prolific seasons in front of goal well after age 30; between 2009 and 2011, Lionel Messi (82) and Cristiano Ronaldo (86) were the only two players to have scored more league goals than Di Natale (67). In 2015, "France Football" rated him as one of the ten-best footballers in the world who are over age 36.

neg: Giuseppe Meazza win against Milanese Unione Sportiva in the Coppa Volta di Como, on 12 September 1927. The following day, the Italian Sports Newspaper ""La Gazzetta dello Sport"" praised his game as "intelligent, fresh, quick". Meazza still holds the record for the most goals scored in a debut season in Serie A, with 31 goals in his first season (1929–30). The next season, he scored 5 goals in a single game, twice in one season: 6 January 1929 Inter against Pistoiese 9–1 and 17 March 1929 Inter v Verona 9–0. That same season (1928–29) on 12 May 1929, he scored six goals

neg: Federico Giampaolo he played another 3 Serie B season, including 1996–97 season which scored 16 goals. In summer 1997, Genoa which failed to return to Serie A in the previous season, signed Giampaolo. He scored 10 goals but once again missed to promotion. He played 4 Serie B games at the start of 1998–99 season before joined Salernitana, newcomer of Serie A in October 1998. But Giampaolo Serie A career faced another short end due to Salernitana 1 point below relegation line. After played 2 games for Salernitana, he returned to Pescara, league rival of Salernitana. Pescara finished the least in 2000–01

neg: Marco Simone top-flight Serie A, he was put on loan at Virescit Boccaleone in the secondary Serie C1 league. He scored 15 goals for Virescit in the 1987–88 season, and finished as top scorer of the Serie C1 league. He returned to Como for the 1988–89 Serie A season, in which he scored 6 goals. Como finished dead last in the tournament, and was relegated to Serie B. In the summer of 1989, Simone was brought into the squad of third-place finishers A.C. Milan by manager Arrigo Sacchi. His stay at Milan would be long and successful, as he won the 1990

neg: 1992–93 A.C. Milan season 1992–93 A.C. Milan season Associazione Calcio Milan won two trophies in the 1992–93 season, which was crowned when it reached the European Cup final and won the domestic league for the second year running. None of the other Serie A teams came close to challenging Milan in the league, with new signing Jean-Pierre Papin playing a vital role in the absence of lethal striker Marco van Basten, who albeit scored 13 goals in just 15 matches. Some defensive slips were redeemed by the 65 goals scored, which was the most of all teams in the league, and enough to clinch

neg: Daniele Ragatzu Daniele Ragatzu Daniele Ragatzu (born 21 September 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie C club Olbia on loan from Cagliari. A Sardinian native, Ragatzu was a youth product of Cagliari Calcio. He made his first senior appearance in Serie A on 1 March 2009 against Torino; on 10 April he scored his first Serie A goal against Fiorentina. In the 2009–10 season Ragatzu scored 2 goals in Serie A, one against Milan on 3 April 2010. On 8 January 2013 Ragatzu was signed by Verona in a 1½year contract. In the same transfer window

neg: Roberto Baggio Eriksson, scoring nine goals, as Fiorentina were eliminated by eventual champions Sampdoria. This season would be Baggio's breakthrough, as he scored 15 goals in Serie A, finishing third in the "capocannoniere" (top goalscorer) title. He also helped Fiorentina finish in seventh place in Serie A and win an UEFA Cup spot, assisting the only goal by Roberto Pruzzo in the tiebreak qualifier against Roma. He formed a notable attacking partnership with Stefano Borgonovo, and the pair scored 29 of Fiorentina's 44 Serie A goals, earning the nickname "B2". Baggio's performances elevated him to hero status among the fans, and he

neg: Paolo Facchinetti Paolo Facchinetti Paolo Facchinetti (born 6 March 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Calcinate, the Province of Bergamo, Facchinetti started his career with hometown club Atalanta. He graduated from the "Primavera" under-19 team in 2003. He then left Atalanta and started his professional career with Serie C2 side Montichiari in 2004. He scored 10 league goals in 2005–06 Serie C2 season, ⅓ of the team scored. He then signed by Serie B side Genoa in 5-year deal on free transfer but left for Serie C1 side Padova along with Michele Tarallo. He was ruled

neg: Marco Martini in 2006–07 Serie B. The team relegated with the fewest points, fewest goals (along with Crotone) and the most goals conceded. Martini was the team top-scorer with 8 goals, ahead Daniele Vantaggiato with 7. On 6 July 2007 he returned to Frosinone. He started 21 times. He had to compete with Éder and Massimo Margiotta in the second half of the season. That season he scored 5 goals, as the team fourth scorer behind Francesco Lodi, Éder and Felice Evacuo. Martini only made handful appearances in 2008–09 Serie B, and in January 2019 left for Reggiana. In August 2009 he

neg: José Ignacio Castillo For the following season he signed for newly promoted Serie B club Pisa and presented himself by scoring two winning goals to Bari in his debut match with the "nerazzurri". At the end of the season he had scored 21 goals, gaining fifth place in the scorers table. In August 2008 he was signed by newly promoted Serie A club U.S. Lecce, thus returning to Salento. With the "giallorossi" side he scored 7 goals in 29 matches, making his Serie A debut against Torino on 31 August 2008. On 20 July 2009 he was officially signed by Fiorentina for €1

neg: Silvio Piola goals (391 if his goals in the Divisione Nazionale and for the Italy B team are also included). After his death a pair of Italian stadiums were renamed after him: one in Novara in 1997 and another in Vercelli in 1998. In 2011, he was posthumously inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame. Piola began his career with Italian club side Pro Vercelli, making his Serie A debut against Bologna on 16 February 1930, scoring 13 goals in his first year, at the age of 17. On 29 October 1933, Piola scored 6 goals, the joint-most goals scored in

neg: 2002–03 Reggina Calcio season "Reggina qualified for the 2003-04 Serie A". 2002–03 Reggina Calcio season Reggina Calcio just renewed its Serie A contract, thanks to a late surge in the league competition and a successful "spareggio" against Atalanta. Reggina drew 0-0 at home, and then turned around a deficit to win 2-1 away from home, with Francesco Cozza and Emiliano Bonazzoli being the match-winners. The player who got the most headlines during the season was Japanese playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura, who scored seven goals and created several others. He also helped Reggina to get onto the Asian market, so the signing was largely hailed as

neg: Andrea Soncin at professional league, scored 21 goals. On 21 July 2005, newly relegated Atalanta signed him. He made 31 league games in his first full Serie B season, and saw he followed Atalanta returned to Serie A. He made his Serie A debut on 17 September 2006 against Catania. He just managed to play for Atalanta eight times that season, including one games scored against Triestina at Coppa Italia. On 27 January 2007, he was on loan to Ascoli, to help the club avoid relegation. He scored 6 goals for the club, just one goal behind team top scorer Saša Bjelanović,

neg: Emanuele Ferraro A plan. In the last day of 2005 summer transfer window, he was signed by Serie C1 club Salernitana Calcio 1919 along with Gaetano Vastola, which the club was newly found to replace the bankrupt Serie B team Salernitana Sport. Ferraro gained a regular place in 2006–07 Serie C1 and scored a double figure again: 15 goals or ⅖ of the team. However, he played less regularly in the next season and scored 7 goals with the Serie C1 champion. He was the second striker of the team, behind Arturo Di Napoli. On 1 September 2008, he was loaned to

neg: Alberto Gilardino him a contract extension until June 2007. In his third championship in Parma (2004–05), he repeated this feat, scoring another 23 goals in the league and finishing as the second-best scorer in Serie A once again, preceded by Cristiano Lucarelli's 24. He scored in a playoff match against Bologna, bringing his total haul to 24 goals. He also scored once in the UEFA Cup. He scored 51 goals for Parma in only 97 appearances in Serie A. On 17 July 2005, Gilardino made a €25 million transfer to Milan, acquiring the number 11 shirt. He scored his first goal for

neg: Alberto Gilardino to the substitutes' bench. Gilardino nonetheless made 24 league appearances and scored four goals, as well as one goal in the Coppa Italia. In the 2003–04 season, Gilardino scored 23 goals in Serie A, 17 of which came in the second half of the season, also thanks to the return of Adriano to Internazionale. Gilardino's 23 goals placed him second in Serie A for the season, behind Andriy Shevchenko's 24. Gilardino also scored three goals in the UEFA Cup. The player credited his manager Cesare Prandelli for helping him to grow technically. Gilardino's success at club and U-21 level earned

neg: David Suazo experience which would help ease his transition into more difficult competition at the top of the Italian Lega Calcio. In the 2004–05 Serie A season, Suazo scored seven goals in 22 matches in a 4–3–3 scheme in which he performed as a reserve behind Gianfranco Zola, Mauro Esposito and Antonio Langella. Suazo's scoring proved vital in helping Cagliari avoid relegation and impressed top clubs across Europe, despite only scoring six goals. In 2006, he became a starter for Cagliari and scored 22 goals in Serie A. For his play that season, Suazo was honoured with the Serie A Foreign Footballer

neg: Cristian Bucchi set an all-time low in Serie A, amassing just 13 points all season long. Bucchi signed by Ascoli in a co-ownership deal with Chievo in August 2004, although Ascoli would be the club he would play for. In 2004–05, Bucchi scored 17 goals for Ascoli (incredibly, he scored a 1/3 of the teams Serie B goal total that season, of 51 goals) and just missed one match. He became the club's top goalscorer; just 3 goals short of Serie B topscorer Gionatha Spinesi. His contribution was a key factor in Ascoli's impressive fourth-placed finish and a place in the seasons

neg: Antonio Di Natale with 17 goals, making him the fourth-top goalscorer in Serie A, at age 36. Despite previously announcing he would retire from professional football at the end of the 2013–14 Serie A season, he confirmed on 30 May 2014 he had decided he would not retire and would continue to play on into the 2014–15 season. Di Natale scored four goals in a 5–1 win over Ternana in the third round of the Coppa Italia on 23 August 2014. On 31 August, in Udinese's opening Serie A match of the 2014–15 season, he scored two second half goals in a home