Top 45 Argentine Players in Serie A History

From Napoli's mythologised number 10 to modern title-winning strikers, Argentina has gifted Italian football some of its most defining figures. Where do you stand?

1. 1
   Diego Maradona

   Napoli's eternal idol who delivered two Scudetti, a UEFA Cup, and the most romantic Serie A story ever told.
   1000pts

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2. 2
   Gabriel Batistuta

   Fiorentina goal machine and Roma Scudetto winner with 184 Serie A goals across a decade.
   620pts
3. 3
   Néstor Sensini

   Defender who spent a decade at Udinese, Parma and Lazio, winning two UEFA Cups with Parma and the 2000 Scudetto with Lazio.
   614pts
4. 4
   Ezequiel Lavezzi

   Dynamic forward who formed a thrilling attack with Hamšík and Cavani at Napoli from 2007 and won the 2012 Coppa Italia before joining PSG.
   574pts
5. 5
   Pedro Manfredini

   Roma centre-forward nicknamed 'Piedone' who top-scored as the club won the 1961 Fairs Cup and shared the Serie A scoring title in 1962–63.
   556pts
6. 6
   Enrique Guaita

   Roma forward who scored 28 goals in the 1934–35 Serie A season, a league record at the time, after winning the 1934 World Cup with Italy.
   556pts
7. 7
   Omar Sivori

   Juventus inside forward and 1961 Ballon d'Or winner, a defining Argentine import of the postwar era.
   542pts
8. 8
   Mauro Camoranesi

   Italo-Argentine winger who spent eight seasons at Juventus, stayed with the club in Serie B and won the 2006 World Cup with Italy.
   542pts
9. 9
   Walter Samuel

   Inter Milan centre-back Il Muro whose treble-winning 2009-10 season is iconic.
   511pts
10. 10
    Claudio Caniggia

    Long-haired forward whose pace lit up Verona, Atalanta and Roma between 1988 and 1994, the years in which he starred at two World Cups.
    444pts
11. 11
    Francisco Lojacono

    Gifted inside forward of the late 1950s and 60s who played for Fiorentina, Vicenza and Roma, winning the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in Rome.
    444pts
12. 12
    Juan Sebastián Verón

    Playmaker who won the UEFA Cup with Parma in 1999 and the 2000 Scudetto with Lazio, later adding two Coppa Italias during a second spell at Inter.
    444pts
13. 13
    Diego Simeone

    Pisa, Inter and Lazio midfielder who won the 2000 Serie A title with the Aquile.
    439pts
14. 14
    Daniel Bertoni

    Napoli and Fiorentina winger of the late 1970s and 80s, a 1978 World Cup winner.
    397pts
15. 15
    Matías Almeyda

    Tough midfielder who won the 2000 Scudetto and the 1999 Cup Winners' Cup with Lazio, then the 2002 Coppa Italia with Parma.
    397pts
16. 16
    Humberto Maschio

    Inside forward who starred for Bologna, Atalanta and Inter, winning the 1962–63 Scudetto, and later the 1966 Coppa Italia with Fiorentina.
    397pts
17. 17
    Mauro Icardi

    Inter Milan captain and two-time Capocannoniere in 2014-15 and 2017-18.
    397pts
18. 18
    Gonzalo Higuain

    Napoli striker whose 36-goal 2015-16 season broke the Serie A single-season record.
    397pts
19. 19
    Nicolás Burdisso

    Defender who won four Scudetti with Inter, then spent five seasons at Roma and later captained Genoa during a long Serie A career.
    397pts
20. 20
    Diego Milito

    Striker who scored both goals in the 2010 Champions League final and the winners in the Coppa Italia final and title decider as Inter completed the treble.
    397pts
21. 21
    Javier Zanetti

    Inter Milan one-club captain whose 615 Serie A appearances are a club record.
    351pts
22. 22
    Bruno Pesaola

    Left winger nicknamed 'Il Petisso' who spent eight seasons at Napoli in the 1950s before becoming one of the club's best-loved coaches.
    344pts
23. 23
    José Chamot

    Defender who spent over a decade in Italy with Pisa, Foggia, Lazio and Milan, winning the 2003 Champions League and Coppa Italia at San Siro.
    344pts
24. 24
    Germán Denis

    Striker nicknamed 'El Tanque' who scored more than 50 Serie A goals for Atalanta after spells at Napoli and Udinese.
    344pts
25. 25
    Abel Balbo

    Striker who scored freely for Udinese and Roma through the 1990s and returned to the Giallorossi to share in the 2000–01 Scudetto.
    344pts
26. 26
    Antonio Valentín Angelillo

    Inter striker who scored 33 goals in the 1958–59 season, a record for an 18-team Serie A, before winning the 1964 Coppa Italia with Roma.
    344pts
27. 27
    Rodrigo De Paul

    Midfielder who spent five seasons at Udinese from 2016, became club captain and was one of Serie A's leading creators before joining Atlético.
    344pts
28. 28
    Luis Monti

    Juventus centre-half who won four Scudetti in the 1930s and remains the only man to play World Cup finals for two countries, Argentina and Italy.
    344pts
29. 29
    Lautaro Martinez

    Inter Milan striker, 2023-24 Capocannoniere and Scudetto winner.
    298pts
30. 30
    Daniel Passarella

    Centre-back who captained Argentina to the 1978 World Cup and then played four seasons at Fiorentina and two at Inter, scoring freely from defence.
    298pts
31. 31
    Rodrigo Palacio

    Forward with the trademark braided rat-tail who scored prolifically for Genoa and then spent five seasons at Inter before finishing at Bologna.
    284pts
32. 32
    Raimundo Orsi

    Left winger who won five consecutive Scudetti with Juventus from 1931 and scored Italy's equaliser in the 1934 World Cup final.
    284pts
33. 33
    Miguel Montuori

    Forward and captain of the Fiorentina side that won the club's first Scudetto in 1955–56 and reached the following year's European Cup final.
    284pts
34. 34
    Paulo Dybala

    Argentine playmaker whose Juventus years brought five consecutive Serie A titles.
    238pts
35. 35
    Carlos Tevez

    Juventus striker who won the Scudetto in both of his seasons in Turin and led the club to the 2015 Champions League final.
    238pts
36. 36
    Claudio López

    Quick forward known as 'El Piojo' who joined Lazio in 2000 and helped the club win the Supercoppa Italiana that year and the 2004 Coppa Italia.
    214pts
37. 37
    Roberto Ayala

    Centre-back who made his name at Napoli from 1995 and then won the 1998–99 Scudetto with Milan before leaving for Valencia.
    214pts
38. 38
    Julio Libonatti

    Torino centre-forward of the 1920s who scored heavily for the 1927–28 champions and became the first South American oriundo to play for Italy.
    214pts
39. 39
    Hernan Crespo

    Parma, Lazio and Inter striker, a serial Serie A scorer and one-time Capocannoniere.
    170pts
40. 40
    Renato Cesarini

    Juventus inside forward of the 1930s who won five straight Scudetti and gave his name to the 'Zona Cesarini', Italian for a last-minute goal.
    132pts
41. 41
    Ramón Díaz

    Striker who played for Napoli, Avellino and Fiorentina before scoring 12 goals for Inter's record-breaking 1988–89 Scudetto team.
    132pts
42. 42
    Papu Gómez

    Atalanta captain who led Gian Piero Gasperini's side into the Champions League for the first time and was named Serie A's best midfielder in 2019–20.
    132pts
43. 43
    Esteban Cambiasso

    Inter Milan midfielder who won five consecutive Serie A titles and the 2010 treble.
    92pts
44. 44
    Ariel Ortega

    Sampdoria and Parma playmaker whose dribbling enchanted Serie A in the late 1990s.
    92pts
45. 45
    Javier Pastore

    Playmaker whose two dazzling seasons at Palermo, including the 2011 Coppa Italia final, earned a record move to PSG; he later returned to Roma.
    0pts

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