Roberto Baggio

Roberto Baggio
	Baggio with Italy in 1990
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Baggio
Date of birth	18 February 1967 (age 59)
Place of birth	Caldogno, Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward; Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1974–1980	Caldogno
1980–1982	L.R. Vicenza
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1985	L.R. Vicenza
1985–1990	Fiorentina
1990–1995	Juventus
1995–1997	Milan
1997–1998	Bologna
1998–2000	Internazionale
2000–2004	Brescia
International career
1984	Italy U16
1988–2004	Italy
Medal record
Italy
Association football
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Baggio (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto ˈbaddʒo]; born 18 February 1967) is an Italian former footballer. He played for Italy national team.

Baggio is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. He is known for being technically gifted, a creative playmaker, and for his accurate free kicks and dribbling skills.

In 1993, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 world's greatest living players.

Early life

Roberto Baggio was born in Caldogno, Veneto. He is the son of Matilda and Fiorindo Baggio, the sixth of eight siblings. His younger brother, Eddy Baggio, was also a professional footballer who played in Serie B.

Club career statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vicenza	1982–83	Serie C1	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	1983–84		6	1	6	1	–		–		12	2
	1984–85		29	12	5	2	–		–		34	14
	Vicenza total		36	13	11	3	–		–		47	16
Fiorentina	1985–86	Serie A	0	0	5	0	–		–		5	0
	1986–87		5	1	4	2	1	0	–		10	3
	1987–88		27	6	7	3	–		–		34	9
	1988–89		31	15	10	9	–		–		41	24
	1989–90		32	17	2	1	12	1	–		46	19
	Fiorentina total		95	39	28	15	13	1	–		136	55
Juventus	1990–91	Serie A	33	14	5	3	8	9	1	1	47	27
	1991–92		32	18	8	4	–		–		40	22
	1992–93		27	21	7	3	9	6	–		43	30
	1993–94		32	17	2	2	7	3	–		41	22
	1994–95		17	8	4	2	8	4	–		29	14
	Juventus total		141	78	26	14	32	22	1	1	200	115
Milan	1995–96	Serie A	28	7	1	0	5	3	–		34	10
	1996–97	Serie A	23	5	5	3	5	1	0	0	33	9
	Milan total		51	12	6	3	10	4	0	0	67	19
Bologna	1997–98	Serie A	30	22	3	1	–		–		33	23
Internazionale	1998–99	Serie A	23	5	6	1	6	4	–		35	10
	1999–2000	Serie A	19	6	5	1	–		–		24	7
	Internazionale total		42	11	11	2	6	4	–		59	17
Brescia	2000–01	Serie A	25	10	3	0	–		–		28	10
	2001–02		12	11	1	0	2	1	–		15	12
	2002–03		32	12	0	0	–		–		32	12
	2003–04		26	12	0	0	0	0	–		26	12
	Brescia total		95	45	4	0	2	1	–		101	46
Career total			490	220	89	38	63	32	1	1	643	291

↑ Includes Serie A and Serie C1 matches.
↑ Includes Coppa Italia and Coppa Italia Serie C matches.
↑ Includes UEFA Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Intertoto Cup matches.
↑ Supercoppa Italiana
1 2 Includes two appearances and one goal in the 1983–84 Coppa Italia Serie C.
1 2 3 4 5 6 All appearances in the UEFA Cup.
↑ Includes appearance in the 1988–89 Serie A seventh-place tiebreaker match against Roma to qualify for the 1989–90 UEFA Cup.
↑ All appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
↑ All appearances in the UEFA Champions League.
1 2 Includes two appearances and one goal in the two-legged 1998–99 Coppa Italia third-place tiebreaker round against Bologna to qualify for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup.
1 2 All appearances in the UEFA Champions League; includes two appearances and one goal in the second qualifying round.
1 2 Includes appearance and two goals in the 1999–2000 Serie A fourth-place tiebreaker match against Parma to qualify for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League.
1 2 All appearances in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

International

Italy national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	1	0
1989	6	3
1990	9	4
1991	2	1
1992	7	6
1993	7	5
1994	12	5
1995	1	0
1996	–	–
1997	2	1
1998	6	2
1999	2	0
2000	–	–
2001	–	–
2002	–	–
2003	–	–
2004	1	0
Total	56	27

World Cup goals

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	World Cup	Round
1.	19 June 1990	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy	Czechoslovakia	2 – 0	2–0	1990	Group Stage
2.	7 July 1990	Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy	England	1 – 0	2–1	1990	Third place match
3.	5 July 1994	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, United States	Nigeria	1 – 1	2–1	1994	Round of 16
4.	5 July 1994	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, United States	Nigeria	2 – 1	2–1	1994	Round of 16
5.	9 July 1994	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, United States	Spain	2 – 1	2–1	1994	Quarter-Final
6.	13 July 1994	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Bulgaria	1 – 0	2–1	1994	Semi-Final
7.	13 July 1994	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Bulgaria	2 – 0	2–1	1994	Semi-Final
8.	11 June 1998	Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, France	Chile	2 – 2	2–2	1998	Group Stage
9.	23 June 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Austria	2 – 0	2–1	1998	Group Stage

References

1 2 3 4 Adriano Stabile (2 January 2005). "Roberto Baggio - Goals in Serie A". RSSF. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
↑ Roberto Baggio. 2004. pp. 49–59.
1 2 3 "Nazionale in cifre - FIGC: Baggio, Roberto" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
↑ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 2004-03-04. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
↑ "Roberto Baggio: Statistiche". robertobaggio.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑ "Roberto Baggio". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
↑ "Roberto Baggio: History". soccer-europe.com. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
↑ "Serie A Archives: Statistics 1998/99 Season". soccer-europe.com. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
↑ Rota, Davide; Miladinovich, Misha (17 August 1999). "Italy Cup 1998/99". Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
↑ Di Maggio, Roberto (11 May 2005). "Roberto Baggio - Goals in International Matches". Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.