# The 27 Greatest Sampdoria Players of All Time

> Genoa's blue-circled side once won a Scudetto and reached a European Cup final. The names here span that golden era and the cult favourites around it.

*By YPB Team · Published October 31, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-27-greatest-sampdoria-players-of-all-time*

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1. **Roberto Mancini** — score 1000/1000
   Sampdoria's all-time leader in appearances and goals and the creative star of the 1991 Scudetto side.
2. **Gianluca Vialli** — score 845/1000
   Striker who formed the 'goal twins' with Mancini and was Serie A top scorer in the 1990-91 title season.
3. **Antonio Cassano** — score 595/1000
   Forward who led Sampdoria to Champions League qualification in 2010 alongside Giampaolo Pazzini.
4. **Juan Sebastián Verón** — score 595/1000
   Argentine playmaker who made his name in Italy at Sampdoria from 1996 to 1998.
5. **Fausto Salsano** — score 534/1000
   Midfielder who played three spells and nearly 380 games for Sampdoria.
6. **Vincenzo Montella** — score 534/1000
   Prolific striker nicknamed 'Aeroplanino' who scored freely for Sampdoria from 1996 to 1999.
7. **Attilio Lombardo** — score 534/1000
   Winger nicknamed 'Popeye', a key figure of the Scudetto and European Cup final runs.
8. **Gaudenzio Bernasconi** — score 534/1000
   Defender who made over 350 appearances for Sampdoria from 1954 to 1965.
9. **Giuseppe Dossena** — score 463/1000
   Midfielder who brought experience and passing to the 1991 Scudetto team.
10. **Ernst Ocwirk** — score 463/1000
   Austrian great who brought his midfield class to Sampdoria from 1956 to 1961.
11. **Vladimir Jugović** — score 463/1000
   Serbian midfielder who won the 1994 Coppa Italia with Sampdoria.
12. **Graeme Souness** — score 463/1000
   Scottish midfielder who won the 1985 Coppa Italia with Sampdoria.
13. **Marcello Lippi** — score 463/1000
   Sweeper who spent most of his playing career at Sampdoria, from 1969 to 1979.
14. **Lucas Torreira** — score 463/1000
   Uruguayan midfielder who shone at Sampdoria from 2016 to 2018 before joining Arsenal.
15. **Fabio Quagliarella** — score 379/1000
   Striker who was Serie A top scorer for Sampdoria in 2018-19 and scored over 100 goals for the club.
16. **Christian Karembeu** — score 379/1000
   French midfielder who played for Sampdoria from 1995 to 1997 before joining Real Madrid.
17. **Eddie Firmani** — score 379/1000
   South African-born forward who scored prolifically for Sampdoria in the late 1950s.
18. **Liam Brady** — score 379/1000
   Irish playmaker who led Sampdoria's midfield after their 1982 return to Serie A.
19. **Srečko Katanec** — score 278/1000
   Slovenian midfielder who anchored the 1991 Scudetto team.
20. **Angelo Palombo** — score 278/1000
   Midfielder and long-time captain with more than 450 appearances for Sampdoria.
21. **Marco Lanna** — score 278/1000
   Defender of the Scudetto side who later became Sampdoria's club president.
22. **Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko** — score 278/1000
   Soviet midfielder who won the Scudetto in his only season at Sampdoria in 1990-91.
23. **Siniša Mihajlović** — score 278/1000
   Defender famed for his free kicks during four seasons at Sampdoria in the 1990s.
24. **Trevor Francis** — score 0/1000
   England forward who won the 1985 Coppa Italia, Sampdoria's first major trophy.
25. **Giampaolo Pazzini** — score 0/1000
   Striker whose goals with Cassano took Sampdoria to fourth place in 2009-10.
26. **Ruud Gullit** — score 0/1000
   Dutch star who helped Sampdoria win the 1994 Coppa Italia during an outstanding 1993-94 season.
27. **David Platt** — score 0/1000
   England midfielder who won the 1994 Coppa Italia with Sampdoria.

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