The best Italian players of all time

It is impossible to talk about international football without mentioning Italy. In fact, his way of seeing football was for a long time criticized and admired in equal parts. In addition to winning four World Cups, some of its stars are part of football Olympus. These are the best Italian players of all time. A team that would like to have more than one coach.

Roberto Baggio

Present in all the lists of the best players in the world Baggio was a striker who liked to touch the ball and show his technique. He scored more than 300 goals in official competition, almost 30 with the national team. He is one of the top scorers in Italy. His entire sports career took place in clubs in his country. The Brescia, his last team, withdrew the number 10 in his honor.

Dino Zoff

More than a hundred games defending the goal of their national team, a World Cup and a time during which Italy almost did not receive goals marked the legend of this goalkeeper. He had a season in which his door was unbeaten for more than a thousand minutes, almost 11 games to 0.

Paolo Maldini

Known as Il Bello and followed not only by his football skills, Maldini is in the best football lineup in history. In his record he has several leagues, cups and supercups in Europe, Intercontinental and a host of other trophies, all of them with a single club. Milan owes a lot to this player, who was there all his career.

In addition, it is considered one of the best defenses that have existed, further increasing its name as Italian star.

Giuseppe Meazza

A world champion with Italy in the 30s, Meazza is still remembered for being one of the best strikers Italy has ever had. In fact, at a time when he practically did not play out, he was considered one of the best in the world. After his death, Milan teams that share the field despite being great rivals, decided to put his name in honor of this genius.

Paolo Rossi

Another of the players who have experienced the excitement of winning a World Cup. It was in 1982 in Spain, after a complicated start in which he was criticized a lot. At the end of the championship, he was even awarded the Golden Ball. He is included in the FIFA list of the hundred best players of the twentieth century.

Andrea Pirlo

Despite being also world champion, Pirlo is one of those who make up the list of great players who did not win the golden ball. Still, it is considered one of the best midfielders that have existed, with a vision of play and an innate talent for free throws.

Gianluigi Buffon

Still active during the compilation of this list, Buffon is for the Italians the goalkeeper ideal. A tall player (over three feet tall) and corpulent that makes it very difficult for anyone to score a goal. In fact, his talent and similarity make Buffon and Zoff among the best goalkeepers in history.

Francesco Totti

Another great striker, proof that Italy has been characterized above all by closing ranks in the goal and breaking the lines of the opposing team. Winner of a world cup, gold boot and other titles, is among the greatest scorers in history.

Gianfranco Zola

One of the players that the Naples remembers with more affection, since next to Maradona he won a scudetto. He won the 1994 World Cup and his time in teams from outside of Italy helped Italy to become one of the leagues with the best reputation during the 90s, where it was considered one of the most powerful at the time.

Alessandro del Piero

Again a striker to close this list. Already as a young man, he stood out for his quality, winning the European Championship twice before he was 21 years old. With the "majors" he lifted the world cup in 2006 and on a personal level he has many recognitions, such as being on the FIFA list of the 100 best footballers of the last century. Even today and although he is no longer active, his name is still linked to football.

These are the 10 best soccer players that Italy has had. As you see, especially they are offensive soccer players, with a clear scoring mentality. It is not surprising that this is one of the selections with more world titles in history, because they have been playing with big stars for more than a century. One of the reasons why football and Italy are synonymous for many fans.

Have you missed any name on this list? Would you prefer that others were in place of any of them?