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The Top Ranked Soccer Players of All-Time from Italy
Notes: Players are ranked on the list of the country they were born in.
Where a player grew up, went to school, or who they represented internationally is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Roberto Baggio | FW | 1982 | 20 |
| 2 | Paolo Maldini | DF | 1985 | 24 |
| 3 | Gianni Rivera | MF | 1959 | 26 |
| 4 | Dino Zoff | GK | 1961 | 29 |
| 5 | Giacinto Facchetti | DF | 1960 | 30 |
| 6 | Franco Baresi | DF | 1977 | 32 |
| 7 | Paolo Rossi | FW | 1973 | 36 |
| 8 | Alessandro Del Piero | FW | 1991 | 44 |
| 9 | Gianluigi Buffon | GK | 1995 | 54 |
| 10 | Andrea Pirlo | MF | 1995 | 76 |
| 11 | Francesco Totti | MF | 1992 | 77 |
| 12 | Christian Vieri | FW | 1991 | 84 |
| 13 | Gianluca Vialli | FW | 1980 | 137 |
| 14 | Fabio Cannavaro | DF | 1992 | 153 |
| 15 | Franco Causio | MF | 1964 | 162 |
| 16 | Sandro Mazzola | FW | 1960 | 163 |
| 17 | Alessandro Nesta | DF | 1993 | 170 |
| 18 | Alessandro Altobelli | FW | 1973 | 183 |
| 19 | Filippo Inzaghi | FW | 1991 | 192 |
| 20 | Antonio Cabrini | DF | 1973 | 193 |
| 21 | Gianluca Zambrotta | DF | 1994 | 199 |
| 22 | Luigi Riva | FW | 1962 | 229 |
| 23 | Luca Toni | FW | 1994 | 240 |
| 24 | Roberto Bettega | FW | 1969 | 243 |
| 25 | Giancarlo Antognoni | MF | 1970 | 246 |
| 26 | Gennaro Gattuso | MF | 1995 | 266 |
| 27 | Giuseppe Meazza | FW | 1927 | 268 |
| 28 | Gianluca Pagliuca | GK | 1987 | 291 |
| 29 | Enrico Albertosi | GK | 1958 | 306 |
| 30 | Alessandro Mazzola | FW | 1960 | 317 |
| 31 | Walter Zenga | GK | 1978 | 345 |
| 32 | Bruno Conti | MF | 1973 | 357 |
| 33 | Marco Tardelli | MF | 1972 | 391 |
| 34 | Salvatore Schillaci | FW | 1982 | 463 |
| 35 | Angelo Domenghini | FW | 1960 | 494 |
| 36 | Leonardo Bonucci | DF | 2005 | 501 |
| 37 | Francesco Toldo | GK | 1990 | 509 |
| 38 | Dino Baggio | MF | 1989 | 537 |
| 39 | Francesco Graziani | FW | 1970 | 564 |
| 40 | Giampiero Boniperti | FW | 1946 | 572 |
| 41 | Gaetano Scirea | DF | 1972 | 582 |
| 42 | Vincenzo Iaquinta | FW | 1996 | 653 |
| 43 | Romeo Benetti | MF | 1963 | 663 |
| 44 | Egisto Pandolfini | MF | 1945 | 665 |
| 45 | Daniele De Rossi | MF | 2001 | 685 |
| 46 | Tarcisio Burgnich | DF | 1958 | 714 |
| 47 | Giuseppe Bergomi | DF | 1979 | 730 |
| 48 | Mario Corso | MF | 1957 | 744 |
| 49 | Gianfranco Zola | FW | 1984 | 758 |
| 50 | Giuseppe Signori | FW | 1984 | 759 |
| 51 | Roberto Mancini | FW | 1981 | 760 |
| 52 | Cesare Maldini | DF | 1952 | 777 |
| 53 | Silvio Piola | FW | 1929 | 787 |
| 54 | Gino Colaussi | FW | 1930 | 794 |
| 55 | Mario Balotelli | FW | 2006 | 819 |
| 56 | Fabio Grosso | DF | 1995 | 824 |
| 57 | Giorgio Chiellini | DF | 2000 | 857 |
| 58 | Ezio Pascutti | FW | 1955 | 875 |
| 59 | Fulvio Collovati | DF | 1976 | 894 |
| 60 | Eraldo Monzeglio | DF | 1923 | 901 |
| 61 | Marco Materazzi | DF | 1990 | 932 |
| 62 | Roberto Boninsegna | FW | 1963 | 946 |
| 63 | Giacomo Bulgarelli | MF | 1959 | 947 |
| 64 | Giovanni Ferrari | FW | 1923 | 956 |
| 65 | Claudio Marchisio | MF | 2005 | 1002 |
| 66 | Alberto Gilardino | FW | 1999 | 1032 |
| 67 | Luigi Di Biagio | MF | 1988 | 1082 |
| 68 | Daniele Massaro | FW | 1979 | 1106 |
| 69 | Aldo Serena | FW | 1977 | 1113 |
| 70 | Benito Lorenzi | FW | 1946 | 1159 |
| 71 | Ermes Muccinelli | FW | 1945 | 1162 |
| 72 | Pietro Vierchowod | DF | 1976 | 1277 |
| 73 | Antonio Juliano | FW | 1962 | 1289 |
| 74 | Nicolo Barella | MF | 2015 | 1315 |
| 75 | Fabrizio Ravanelli | FW | 1986 | 1324 |
| 76 | Thiago Alcantara | MF | 2008 | 1351 |
| 77 | Damiano Tommasi | MF | 1993 | 1364 |
| 78 | Angelo Peruzzi | GK | 1986 | 1375 |
| 79 | Ciro Ferrara | DF | 1984 | 1378 |
| 80 | Pierino Prati | FW | 1965 | 1408 |
| 81 | Giorgio Chinaglia | FW | 1964 | 1412 |
| 82 | Giovanni Trapattoni | DF | 1959 | 1417 |
| 83 | Pietro Rava | DF | 1935 | 1442 |
| 84 | Ugo Locatelli | MF | 1932 | 1444 |
| 85 | Attilio Ferraris | MF | 1922 | 1448 |
| 86 | Angelo Schiavio | FW | 1922 | 1473 |
| 87 | Lorenzo Buffon | GK | 1948 | 1598 |
| 88 | Riccardo Carapellese | FW | 1942 | 1604 |
| 89 | Gianpiero Combi | GK | 1921 | 1627 |
| 90 | Fabio Quagliarella | FW | 1999 | 1744 |
| 91 | Antonio Di Natale | FW | 1995 | 1778 |
| 92 | Giuseppe Giannini | MF | 1981 | 1873 |
| 93 | Renato Zaccarelli | MF | 1968 | 1961 |
| 94 | Pietro Anastasi | FW | 1966 | 1968 |
| 95 | Fabio Capello | MF | 1964 | 1979 |
| 96 | Bruno Mora | FW | 1957 | 2013 |
| 97 | Paolo Barison | MF | 1954 | 2030 |
| 98 | Petar Radakovic | MF | 1954 | 2031 |
| 99 | Amleto Frignani | FW | 1949 | 2044 |
| 100 | Carlo Galli | FW | 1949 | 2046 |
| 101 | Fulvio Nesti | MF | 1946 | 2065 |
| 102 | Giuseppe Moro | GK | 1937 | 2086 |
| 103 | Pietro Ferraris | FW | 1929 | 2108 |
| 104 | Andrea Barzagli | DF | 1998 | 2409 |
| 105 | Demetrio Albertini | MF | 1988 | 2590 |
| 106 | Alessandro Costacurta | DF | 1986 | 2612 |
| 107 | Angelo Di Livio | MF | 1984 | 2641 |
| 108 | Nicola Berti | MF | 1983 | 2660 |
| 109 | Fernando De Napoli | MF | 1982 | 2667 |
| 110 | Roberto Donadoni | MF | 1982 | 2672 |
| 111 | Giovanni Galli | GK | 1977 | 2716 |
| 112 | Carlo Ancelotti | MF | 1976 | 2722 |
| 113 | Ivano Bordon | GK | 1970 | 2769 |
| 114 | Mauro Bellugi | DF | 1969 | 2772 |
| 115 | Paolo Pulici | FW | 1966 | 2795 |
| 116 | Gigi Riva | FW | 1962 | 2812 |
| 117 | Roberto Rosato | DF | 1960 | 2827 |
| 118 | Sandro Salvadore | DF | 1958 | 2846 |
| 119 | Francesco Janich | DF | 1956 | 2866 |
| 120 | Omero Tognon | MF | 1945 | 2938 |
| 121 | Giacomo Mari | MF | 1942 | 2945 |
| 122 | Gino Cappello | FW | 1939 | 2951 |
| 123 | Guido Masetti | GK | 1926 | 2996 |
| 124 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | GK | 2015 | 3021 |
| 125 | Bruno Nicole | FW | 1956 | 3110 |
| 126 | Miguel Montuori | MF | 1953 | 3117 |
| 127 | Nicola Zalewski | DF | 2021 | 3144 |
| 128 | Walid Cheddira | FW | 2015 | 3427 |
| 129 | Marcus Thuram | FW | 2014 | 3464 |
| 130 | Mattia De Sciglio | DF | 2011 | 3656 |
| 131 | Lorenzo Insigne | MF | 2010 | 3723 |
| 132 | Mattia Perin | GK | 2010 | 3732 |
| 133 | Marco Verratti | MF | 2008 | 3886 |
| 134 | Ciro Immobile | FW | 2007 | 3935 |
| 135 | Matteo Darmian | DF | 2006 | 4066 |
| 136 | Salvatore Sirigu | GK | 2006 | 4080 |
| 137 | Salvatore Bocchetti | DF | 2005 | 4151 |
| 138 | Antonio Candreva | MF | 2004 | 4179 |
| 139 | Marco Parolo | MF | 2004 | 4223 |
| 140 | Alessio Cerci | MF | 2003 | 4275 |
| 141 | Domenico Criscito | DF | 2003 | 4297 |
| 142 | Giampaolo Pazzini | FW | 2003 | 4312 |
| 143 | Ignazio Abate | DF | 2003 | 4316 |
| 144 | Riccardo Montolivo | MF | 2003 | 4363 |
| 145 | Alberto Aquilani | MF | 2002 | 4381 |
| 146 | Federico Marchetti | GK | 2002 | 4403 |
| 147 | Angelo Palombo | MF | 2001 | 4465 |
| 148 | Marco Amelia | GK | 2001 | 4518 |
| 149 | Simone Pepe | MF | 2001 | 4539 |
| 150 | Christian Maggio | DF | 2000 | 4564 |
| 151 | Cristian Zaccardo | DF | 2000 | 4566 |
| 152 | Antonio Cassano | FW | 1999 | 4637 |
| 153 | Simone Barone | MF | 1997 | 4880 |
| 154 | Francesco Coco | DF | 1995 | 4980 |
| 155 | Christian Abbiati | GK | 1994 | 5045 |
| 156 | Morgan De Sanctis | GK | 1994 | 5089 |
| 157 | Cristiano Zanetti | MF | 1993 | 5123 |
| 158 | Massimo Oddo | DF | 1992 | 5222 |
| 159 | Cristiano Doni | MF | 1991 | 5270 |
| 160 | Marco Delvecchio | FW | 1991 | 5294 |
| 161 | Christian Panucci | DF | 1990 | 5337 |
| 162 | Mark Iuliano | DF | 1990 | 5361 |
| 163 | Moreno Torricelli | DF | 1990 | 5369 |
| 164 | Vincenzo Montella | FW | 1990 | 5389 |
| 165 | Gianluca Pessotto | DF | 1989 | 5419 |
| 166 | Enrico Chiesa | FW | 1988 | 5485 |
| 167 | Sandro Cois | MF | 1988 | 5539 |
| 168 | Antonio Benarrivo | DF | 1986 | 5619 |
| 169 | Francesco Moriero | MF | 1986 | 5635 |
| 170 | Luca Bucci | GK | 1986 | 5655 |
| 171 | Antonio Conte | MF | 1985 | 5696 |
| 172 | Lorenzo Minotti | DF | 1985 | 5723 |
| 173 | Pierluigi Casiraghi | FW | 1985 | 5736 |
| 174 | Luca Marchegiani | GK | 1984 | 5781 |
| 175 | Luigi Apolloni | DF | 1984 | 5782 |
| 176 | Giancarlo Marocchi | MF | 1982 | 5908 |
| 177 | Riccardo Ferri | DF | 1981 | 5994 |
| 178 | Roberto Mussi | DF | 1981 | 5995 |
| 179 | Alberico Evani | MF | 1980 | 6008 |
| 180 | Giuseppe Galderisi | FW | 1980 | 6028 |
| 181 | Andrea Carnevale | FW | 1978 | 6143 |
| 182 | Luigi De Agostini | DF | 1978 | 6178 |
| 183 | Mauro Tassotti | DF | 1978 | 6183 |
| 184 | Sebastiano Nela | DF | 1978 | 6193 |
| 185 | Roberto Tricella | DF | 1977 | 6258 |
| 186 | Antonio Di Gennaro | MF | 1976 | 6278 |
| 187 | Giuseppe Baresi | MF | 1976 | 6294 |
| 188 | Giuseppe Dossena | MF | 1976 | 6295 |
| 189 | Tino Lettieri | GK | 1976 | 6328 |
| 190 | Lionello Manfredonia | DF | 1975 | 6372 |
| 191 | Salvatore Bagni | MF | 1975 | 6395 |
| 192 | Stefano Tacconi | GK | 1974 | 6468 |
| 193 | Eraldo Pecci | MF | 1973 | 6490 |
| 194 | Patrizio Sala | MF | 1973 | 6518 |
| 195 | Franco Selvaggi | FW | 1972 | 6546 |
| 196 | Franco Tancredi | GK | 1972 | 6547 |
| 197 | Aldo Maldera | DF | 1971 | 6583 |
| 198 | Gabriele Oriali | MF | 1970 | 6647 |
| 199 | Mavuba Mafuila | DF | 1969 | 6720 |
| 200 | Giampiero Marini | MF | 1968 | 6755 |
| 201 | Paolo Conti | GK | 1968 | 6772 |
| 202 | Luciano Re Cecconi | MF | 1967 | 6826 |
| 203 | Antonello Cuccureddu | DF | 1966 | 6847 |
| 204 | Giuseppe Furino | MF | 1966 | 6854 |
| 205 | Luciano Spinosi | DF | 1966 | 6873 |
| 206 | Claudio Sala | MF | 1965 | 6901 |
| 207 | George Borba | MF | 1965 | 6910 |
| 208 | Giuseppe Sabadini | DF | 1965 | 6913 |
| 209 | Luciano Castellini | GK | 1965 | 6934 |
| 210 | Sergio Gori | MF | 1964 | 7009 |
| 211 | Comunardo Niccolai | DF | 1963 | 7030 |
| 212 | Francesco Morini | DF | 1963 | 7037 |
| 213 | Ugo Ferrante | DF | 1963 | 7070 |
| 214 | Mario Bertini | MF | 1962 | 7110 |
| 215 | Spartaco Landini | DF | 1962 | 7132 |
| 216 | Fabrizio Poletti | DF | 1961 | 7144 |
| 217 | Giovanni Lodetti | MF | 1961 | 7148 |
| 218 | Francesco Rizzo | FW | 1960 | 7192 |
| 219 | Giancarlo De Sisti | MF | 1960 | 7197 |
| 220 | Luigi Meroni | FW | 1960 | 7210 |
| 221 | Paride Tumburus | DF | 1959 | 7260 |
| 222 | Roberto Anzolin | GK | 1959 | 7263 |
| 223 | Gianfranco Leoncini | MF | 1958 | 7281 |
| 224 | Giorgio Ferrini | MF | 1958 | 7282 |
| 225 | Giorgio Puia | DF | 1958 | 7283 |
| 226 | Pierluigi Pizzaballa | GK | 1958 | 7306 |
| 227 | Giampaolo Menichelli | FW | 1957 | 7330 |
| 228 | Lido Vieri | GK | 1957 | 7346 |
| 229 | Pierluigi Cera | MF | 1957 | 7349 |
| 230 | Aristide Guarneri | DF | 1956 | 7361 |
| 231 | Marino Perani | MF | 1956 | 7373 |
| 232 | Carlo Mattrel | GK | 1955 | 7393 |
| 233 | Enzo Robotti | DF | 1955 | 7400 |
| 234 | Giacomo Losi | DF | 1955 | 7404 |
| 235 | Luigi Radice | DF | 1955 | 7411 |
| 236 | Romano Fogli | MF | 1955 | 7419 |
| 237 | Guido Vincenzi | DF | 1950 | 7591 |
| 238 | Mario David | DF | 1950 | 7600 |
| 239 | Gino Pivatelli | FW | 1949 | 7632 |
| 240 | Guido Gratton | MF | 1949 | 7633 |
| 241 | Armando Segato | MF | 1948 | 7672 |
| 242 | Giovanni Giacomazzi | DF | 1948 | 7686 |
| 243 | Ardico Magnini | DF | 1947 | 7704 |
| 244 | Giorgio Ghezzi | GK | 1947 | 7720 |
| 245 | Rino Ferrario | MF | 1947 | 7739 |
| 246 | Sergio Cervato | DF | 1947 | 7744 |
| 247 | Carlo Annovazzi | MF | 1945 | 7810 |
| 248 | Emilio Caprile | FW | 1945 | 7812 |
| 249 | Giovanni Viola | GK | 1945 | 7814 |
| 250 | Giuseppe Casari | GK | 1944 | 7853 |
| 251 | Attilio Giovannini | DF | 1941 | 7930 |
| 252 | Maino Neri | MF | 1941 | 7942 |
| 253 | Lucidio Sentimenti | GK | 1940 | 7962 |
| 254 | Augusto Magli | MF | 1939 | 7972 |
| 255 | Carlo Parola | DF | 1939 | 7974 |
| 256 | Ivano Blason | DF | 1939 | 7981 |
| 257 | Osvaldo Fattori | DF | 1939 | 7990 |
| 258 | Zeffiro Furiassi | DF | 1939 | 7998 |
| 259 | Leonardo Costagliola | GK | 1938 | 8008 |
| 260 | Aldo Campatelli | MF | 1936 | 8032 |
| 261 | Amedeo Amadei | FW | 1936 | 8033 |
| 262 | Leandro Remondini | MF | 1935 | 8062 |
| 263 | Sergio Bertoni | FW | 1935 | 8065 |
| 264 | Amedeo Biavati | FW | 1934 | 8068 |
| 265 | Bruno Chizzo | MF | 1933 | 8113 |
| 266 | Renato Olmi | MF | 1933 | 8135 |
| 267 | Mario Genta | MF | 1932 | 8164 |
| 268 | Aldo Donati | MF | 1929 | 8271 |
| 269 | Aldo Olivieri | GK | 1929 | 8272 |
| 270 | Carlo Ceresoli | GK | 1929 | 8279 |
| 271 | Mario Perazzolo | MF | 1928 | 8349 |
| 272 | Piero Pasinati | FW | 1928 | 8355 |
| 273 | Pietro Arcari | FW | 1926 | 8448 |
| 274 | Giuseppe Cavanna | GK | 1925 | 8469 |
| 275 | Mario Pizziolo | MF | 1925 | 8481 |
| 276 | Pietro Serantoni | MF | 1925 | 8486 |
| 277 | Armando Castellazzi | MF | 1924 | 8503 |
| 278 | Luigi Bertolini | MF | 1924 | 8524 |
| 279 | Luigi Allemandi | DF | 1919 | 8620 |
| 280 | Umberto Caligaris | DF | 1919 | 8624 |
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