Italian Series A

Italian Series A is the best league in the world of many eras as it has long been a community of world-class players especially in the 1980s to early 1990s. This squad consists of two main part, world legendary Italian defenders and world legendary foreign attackers.

Year of Establishment : 1929

European Cup/UEFA Champion League Winners : 12 

Most Champions Won : Giovanni Ferrari, Giuseppe Furino (8 Times)

Most Appearances : Paolo Maldini (647 Games)

All-Time Top Scorer : Silvio Piola (247 Goals)

The Greatest Player Ever : Diego Maradona

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All-Time Italian Series A Squad

1. Dino Zoff

Date Of Birth  :  28 February 1942

Position : Goalkeeper

Nation : Italy

Height:  183 cm,

Club   :  Juventus

Series A Appearance : 570 Games

Series A Champion   : 6 Times

Class :  King Silver

2. Giacinto Facchetti

Date Of Birth  : 18 July 1942
Position  :  Left-Back
Nation : Italy
Height :  191 cm
Club  :  Inter Milan
Series A Appearance : 475 Games
Series A Champion    :   4 Times
Class  :  King Bronze

3. Paolo Maldini

Date Of Birth  :  29 June 1968 Position  :  Left-Full-Back/ Center-Back Nation : Italy Height  :  187 cm Club   :  AC Milan Series A Appearance : 647 Games Series A Champion  :  7 Times International Honours  : 1994 FIFA World Cup Runner-Up 2000 European Championship Runner-Up Class   :  King Gold

4. Gaetano Scirea

Date Of Birth  :  25 May 1953

Position    :  Sweeper

Nation : Italy

Height    :  178 cm

Club   :   Juventus

Series A Appearance : 397 Games

Series A Champion      :   7 Times
Class  :   King Bronze

5. Franco Baresi

Date Of Birth  : 8 May 1960

Position  : Sweeper/Center-Back

Nation : Italy

Height    :  176 cm

Club   : AC Milan

Series A Appearance : 471 Games

Series A Champion   :   6 Times

Class  :   King Silver

6. Lothar Matthaus

Date Of Birth  :  21 March 1961 Position    :   Box-To-Box Midfielder Nation   : Germany Height   :  175 cm Series A Appearance : 115 Games (40 Goals) Series A Champion    :  1 Time

Class : King Silver

7. Ruud Gullit

Date Of Birth  :   1 September 1962

Position  :  Attacking Midfielder 

Nation  : Holland

Height  :   186 cm

Club  :  AC Milan

Series A Appearance : 178 Games (62 Goals)

Series A Champion   :   3 Times

Class    :    King Bronze

8. Michel Platini

Date Of Birth  :   21 June 1955 Position   :   Playmaking-Attacking Midfielder Nation   :  France, Height   :   178 cm Club   :   Juventus Series A Appearance : 147 Games (68 Goals) Series A Champion   :  2 Times

Individual Achievement :

1984 Guerin Italian Series A Player of The Year

Juventus Greatest Player Ever

Class     :    King Silver

9. Marco Van Basten

Date Of Birth  :  31 October 1964

Position   :   Target Striker

Nation  : Holland

Height  :  188 cm

Club   :  AC Milan

Series A Appearance : 147 Games (90 Goals)

Series A Champion     :   3 Times

Individual Achievement

2 Times Italian Series A Top Scorer (1990, 1992)

Class    :   King Silver

10. Diego Maradona

Date Of Birth  :   30 October 1960

Position   :   Playmaking-Attacking Midfielder

Nation   :   Argentina, Height :  167 cm , Club    :   Napoli

Series A Appearance : 188 Games (81 Goals)

Series A Champion   :    2 Times

Individual Achievement :

1985 Guerin Italian Series A Footballer of The Year

1988 Italian Series A Top Scorer

Napoli's Greatest Player Ever

Italian Series A Greatest Player Ever

Class : Crown

11. Giuseppe Meazza

Date Of Birth  :  23 August 1910

Position   :  Forward

Nation : Italy

Height    :  176 cm

Club   :  Inter Milan

Professional Score Record  : 305 Goals/ 477 Games

Series A Appearance : 367 Games (216 Goals)

Series A Champion     :  3 Times

Individual Achievement  :   3 Times Italian Series A Top Scorer

Inter Milan All-Time Top Scorer - Greatest Player Ever          

Class   :   King Bronze

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Substitution

12. Gianluigi Buffon

Date Of Birth  :  28 January 1978
Position : Goalkeeper
Nation : Italy
Height   :  191 cm
Club   :  Juventus
Series A Appearance : 625 Games
Series A Champion     :  8 Times
Individual Achievement  :
11 Times Series A Goalkeeper Of The Year
Series A Goalkeeper of The Decade
Class :  King Silver

13. Javier Zanetti

Date Of Birth  : 10 August 1973

Position   :  Right-Back/ Defensive Midfielder

Nation : Argentina

Height      : 178 cm

Club :  Inter Milan

Series A Appearance : 603 Games

Series A Champion  :   5 Times

Individual Achievement  :   1996 Inter Milan Player Of The Year

Class     :  Queen Silver

14. Giuseppe Bergomi

Date Of Birth  :  22 December 1963

Position   :  Stopper

Nation  : Italy

Height   :  180 cm

Club  :   Inter Milan

Series A Appearance : 519 Games

Series A   Champion :   1 Time

Class   :   Queen Gold

15. Alessandro Nesta

Date Of Birth  :  19 March 1976
Position    :   Center-Back
Nation : Italy
Height    :  187 cm
Club   :  Lazio, AC Milan
Series A Appearance : 417 Games
Series A Champion     :    2 Times
5 Times Series A Defender Of The Year (2000,2001,2002,2003,2005)
Class   :  Queen Gold

16. Frank Rijkaard

Date Of Birth  :  30 September 1962

Position   :  Defensive Holding Midfielder

Nation : Holland

Height :  190 cm

Club  :  AC Milan

Series A Appearance : 142 Games

Series A Champion     :2 Times

Individual Achievement : 1992 Guerin Series A Footballer of The Year

Class     :   King Bronze

17. Luis Suarez Miramontes

Date Of Birth  :  2 May 1935 Position    :   Box-To-Box Midfielder Nation   : Spain Height   :  175 cm Series A Appearance : 320 Games (51 Goals) Series A Champion    :  3 Times

Class :   Queen Gold

18. Gianni Rivera

Date Of Birth  :   18 August 1943

Position   :   Playmaker

Nation : Italy

Height :  175 m          

Club   :   AC Milan

Series A Appearance : 527 Games (122 Goals)

Series A Champion     :    3 Italian Series A

Individual Achievement  : 

1973 Italian Series A Top Scorer

Class   :   King Bronze

19. Valentino Mazzola

Date Of Birth  :   26 January 1919

Position   :   Playmaking-Attacking Midfielder

Nation : Italy

Height   :   177 cm

Club  :   Torino

Series A Appearance : 258 Games (138 Goals)

Series A Champion     :    5 Times

International Honours  :  None

Class   :    Queen Gold

20. Francesco Totti

Date Of Birth  :  27 September 1976

Position   :  Second Striker, Nation  : Italy

Height : 180 cm, Club   :  AS Roma

Series A Appearance : 619 Games (250 Goals)

Series A Champion     :  1 Time

Individual Achievement : 

5 Times Italian Footballer of The Year (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007)

2 Times Guerin Italian Series A Footballer of The Year (1998, 2004)

2007 Italian Series A Top Scorer

AS Roma All-Time Top Scorer  - Greatest Player Ever

Class   :   Queen Bronze

21. Omar Sivori

Date Of Birth  :  2 October 1935

Position         : Second Striker

Nation   :   Argentina

Height    :  170 cm

Club     :  Juventus

Series A Appearance : 278 Games (127 Goals)

Series A Champion   : 3 Times

Individual Achievement  : 1960 Italian Series A Top Scorer          

Class     : Queen Gold

22. Gunnar Nordahl

Date Of Birth  :  19 October 1921

Position   :   Target Striker

Nation  : Sweden

Height  :  185 cm

Club  :  AC Milan

Series A Appearance : 291 Games (225 Goals)

Series A Champion     :  2 Times

Individual Achievement  : Series A Most Goal in a Single Season

5 Times Italian Series A Top Scorer

AC Milan All-Time Topscorer

Class  :  Queen Gold

Manager

Giovanni Trapattoni

Date Of Birth :  17 March 1939

Nation :  Italy

Club :  Juventus (10 Seasons), Inter Milan (5 seasons)

Series A Champion :   7 Times

Individual Achievement :   Juventus’s Greatest Manager Ever

Italian Series A Greatest Manager Ever

Style : Equivalent
Class : Queen Gold

Conclusion of Squad

GK : Dino Zoff, Gianluigi Buffon

DF : Giacinto Facchetti, Javier Zanetti, Paolo Maldini, Giuseppe Bergomi, Gaetano Scirea, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Nesta

MF : Frank Rijkaard, Lothar Matthaeus, Luis Suarez Miramontes, Valentino Mazzola, Gianni Rivera, Michel Platini, Ruud Gullit, Diego Maradona

FW : Francesco Totti, Omar Sivori, Giuseppe Meazza, Marco Van Basten, Gunnar Nordahl

Manager : Giovanni Trapattoni

Formation XI (4-1-3-2)

Explanation of Formation

As the peak career of Zoff during 1970s should beat the 2000s of Buffon. Facchetti is applied to perform as right-back as it is much possible to play well as he is a natural right-foot player. Scirea will play as sweeper so Baresi has to apply himself as a stopper, should be no problem. Matthaeus is set as a DM. Maradona and Platini are untouchable first choice. Rivera is higher status of legends than Gullit who is selected to fulfill equivalent of formation as he could go right-wing very well. Meazza support Van Basten to make scores. 

Stadium

Stadio Olimpico

Start Year :  1937 (Newest Renovated in 1990)

City   : Rome

Capacity :  70,634 Seats

Field Dimension : 105x68

Statistics

By Decade	By Nation	By Club
1930s : 1 1940s : 1 1950s : 1 1960s : 4 1970s : 1 1980s : 7 1990s : 4 2000s : 3 2010s : -	Italy : 12 Holland : 3 Argentina : 3 Germany : 1 France : 1 Spain : 1 Sweden : 1	AC Milan : 8 Inter Milan : 6 Juventus : 5 Torino : 1 Napoli : 1 Roma : 1

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The Greatest Series A Footballer of All-Time

1.    Diego Maradona

2.    Giuseppe Meazza

3.    Michel Platini

4.    Ruud Gullit

5.    Gianni Rivera
6.    Franco Baresi
7.    Nils Liedholm
8.    Paolo Maldini

9.    Gianluigi Buffon
10.  Marco Van Basten
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Italian Series A Footballer of The Year (Seasonal Year)

1930 Giuseppe Meazza

1931 Raimundo Orsi

1932 Giovanni Ferrari

1933 Luis Monti

1934 Giuseppe Meazza

1935 Enrique Guaita

1936 Giuseppe Meazza

1937 Silvio Piola

1938 Giuseppe Meazza

1939 Michele Andreolo

1940 Ugo Locatelli

1941 Romeo Menti

1942 Unknown

1943 Silvio Piola

1946 – 1949 Valentino Mazzola

1950 Nils Liedholm

1951 Gunnar Nordahl

1952 Istvan Nyers

1953 Gunnar Nordahl

1954 Lennart Skoglund

1955 Juan Schiaffino

1956 Juan Schiaffino

1957 Julinho Botelho

1958 John Charles

1959 Kurt Hamrin

1960 Omar Sivori

1961 Omar Sivori

1962 Luis Suarez

1963 Gianni Rivera

1964 Helmut Haller

1965 Luis Suarez

1966 Giacinto Facchetti

1967 Sandro Mazzola

1968 Gianni Rivera

1969 Luigi Riva

1970 Luigi Riva

1971 Sandro Mazzola

1972 Giacinto Facchetti

1973 Gianni Rivera

1974 Dino Zoff

1975 Unknown

1976 Claudio Sala

1977 Roberto Bettega

1978 Paolo Rossi

1979 Gaetabo Scirea

1980 Giancarlo Antognoni

1981 Ruud Krol

1982 Franco Causio

1983 Michel Platini

1984 Zico

1985 - 1987 Diego Maradona

1988 Ruud Gullit

1989 Andres Brehme

1990 Lothar Matthaeus

1991 Lothar Matthaeus

1992 Frank Rijkaard

1993 Roberto Baggio

1994 Ruud Gullit

1995 Paolo Maldini

1996 George Weah

1997 Lilian Thuram

1998 Ronaldo

1999 Christian Vieri

2000 Andriy Shevchenko

2001 Rui Costa

2002 David Trezeguet

2003 Pavel Nedved

2004 Francesco Totti

2005 Fabio Cannavaro

2006 Kaka

2007 Javier Zanetti Javier Zanetti

2008 Kaka

2009 Zlaton Ibrahimovic

2010 Wesley Sneijder

2011 Antonio Di Natale

2012 Zlaton Ibrahimovic

By Players

Giuseppe Meazza :: 4

Valentino Mazzola : 4

Diego Maradona : 3

Gianni Rivera : 3

By Clubs

Inter Milan : 19

AC Milan : 17

Juventus : 15

Torino : 6

Fiorentina : 4

Roma : 2

Lazio : 2

Cagliari : 2