ITALIAN SERIE A
1) Christian
Vieri
Date of Birth: 12
July, 1973
Club:
Internazionale
Nationality:
Italy
Notes: Was raised
in Australia where his father played professionally. Played for eight clubs in
eight years including Pisa, Ravenna, Venezia, Atalanta, Juventus, Atletico
Madrid, Lazio and Inter. Helped Lazio to the 1999 European Cup Winners Cup. Came
to the attention of the world at the 1998 World Cup where he scored five goals
in five games for Italy after a good season in Spain with Atletico where he
scored 24 goals. Target man with good size who joined Inter for a then record
transfer fee. He has had injury problems but when healthy is a consistent
goalscorer.
2) David
Trezeguet
Date of Birth: 15
October, 1977
Club: Juventus
Nationality:
France
Notes: Grew up in
Argentina but chose to represent France including being second top goalscorer at
the 1997 World Youth Cup with five goals. He played for Platense in Argentina at
sixteen and came to France for trials with Paris St-Germain but instead signed
for Monaco. He helped Monaco win the league in 1996/97 and continued his
progress in1997/98 with eighteen goals and came through their youth ranks at the
same time as Thierry Henry. He is a full French international who helped France
win the 1998 World Cup and scored the game winning golden goal in the final of
Euro 2000. Eventually left Monaco for Juventus in June 2000 for
£14m after helping Monaco to another league title.
3) Dario
Hubner
Date of Birth: 28
April, 1967
Club: Piacenza
Nationality:
Italy
Notes: Spent
the majority of his career at unfashionable teams in the lower divisions. He has
scored more than 200 goals during spells at Pergocrema, Fano and Cesena. At
Cesena from 1992 to 1997 he scored 74 times in 166 games. Inter were interested
but no big club ever swooped for the Serie B player until Brescia bought him for
just £2 million. He scored sixteen goals in the top flight in 1997/98 where
Brescia was relegated. He returned to Serie A in 2000/01 where he scored
seventeen goals and along with Roberto Baggio helped Brescia secure a top-half
finish. After four years at Brescia however he decided to move to Piacenza in
the middle of 2001 and has continued to score goals in Serie A leading to a
potential national team call-up.
4) Andrii
Shevchenko
Date of Birth: 29
September, 1976
Club: Milan
Nationality:
Ukraine
Notes: Was at
Dynamo Kyiv for thirteen years before joining Milan in the middle of 1999 for £15m.
He helped Dynamo to five league titles in a row from 1995 to 1999 and three cups
after making his debut in the 1994/95 season. He teamed very successfully with
Serhii Rebrov up front as Dynamo impressed in the European Champion’s League.
Has continued to score goals since moving to Milan with 24 league goals in each
of his first two seasons in Italy. Has inspired Ukraine to play-offs for Euro
2000 and the World Cup in 2002 but they could not qualify.
5) Cristiano
Doni
Date of Birth: 1
April, 1973
Club: Atalanta
Nationality:
Italy
Notes: He
helped Bologna get from Serie C1 to Serie A in two seasons, and won promotion
with Brescia from Serie B in 1997 and Atalanta, who he joined in 1998-99, in
2000. Atalanta bought Doni from Brescia for £2 million and his good form in the
2001/02 season has led to him being now valued at around £10 million with clubs
such as Inter, Roma and Juventus all interested. Five goals from the first nine
Serie A games, although Atalanta
only won two of these matches, earned Doni his first international call-up where
he scored Italy's only goal in a 1-1 draw with Japan after coming on as a
second-half substitute.
6) Mohammed
Kallon
Date of Birth: 6
October, 1979
Club: Inter
Nationality:
Sierra Leone
Notes: Arrived at
Inter in 1997 but has been sent on loan for most of his time since. He has spent
time at Reggina, Cagliari and Vicenza. He has also spent time at Bologna and
Swiss side Lugano. In 1996 he became the then youngest ever player at the
African Nations Cup with Sierra Leone. He became an important player for Inter
at the start of the 2001/02 season with Recoba, Ronaldo and Vieri all missing,
and he responded with important goals.
7) Francesco
Totti
Date of Birth: 27
September, 1976
Club: Roma
Nationality:
Italy
Notes: Made his
debut for Roma aged seventeen in 1993. Is a playmaker who has good close control
and dribbling, can take good free kicks and is also a goalscorer. Made his
international debut in October 1998 but did not become a key player until just
before Euro 2000. At Euro 2000 his impressive performances were a key reason as
to why Italy reached the final. He has only improved since having also helped
Italy qualify for the 2002 World Cup and helped Roma win the Serie A title in
2000/01.
8) Ronaldo
Date of Birth: 22
September, 1976
Club: Inter
Nationality:
Brazil
Notes: Has
averaged almost a goal a game throughout his career. He joined PSV Eindhoven
from Cruzeiro and scored 30 goals in 33 games in 1994/95. Ronaldo then joined
Barcelona in 1996 with 34 goals in 37 games. He then moved to Inter for the next
season and scored 25 goals in 32 games. Ronaldo was an important player in
Brazil reaching the France 98 World Cup final but disappointed in the final as
Brazil lost 3-0 to France. He has had injury problems since and has only
recently been able to play at all. He finally scored again in Serie A in
December 2001 and hopes to be able to stay injury free and become a good player
again in the future.
9) Roberto
Muzzi
Date of Birth: 29
January, 1971
Club: Udinese
Nationality:
Italy
Notes: Came from
the Roma youth system but could not win a permanent start and joined Cagliari in
1994. He established himself as the
key goalscorer for Cagliari and scored sixteen goals in Serie A in 1998/99. He
then moved to Udinese and has continued to impress since. He will probably move
on again soon to an even larger club.
10) Massimo
Marazzina
Date of Birth: 16
July, 1974
Club: Chievo
Nationality:
Italy
Notes: Came from the Inter youth system and played three games for the club in 1993/94 before joining Foggia. He also played for four seasons for Chievo before joining Reggina in 2000. Five goals in 29 games in the top flight was unable to prevent Reggina’s relegation in 2000/01 and he left to join Chievo who had been promoted to Serie A in his absence in 2001. He finally made an impact in Serie A in 2001/02 where his goalscoring form led Chievo to the top of the table with eight goals in his first fourteen games.
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