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Who is the best number 10 in Italy national team history?

By YPB Team

Azzurri fantasisti who painted football in every shade of blue — from poetic interwar pioneers to modern Euro-winning conductors. Cast your vote!

  1. Roberto Baggio — ranked #11
    Roberto Baggio
    1993 Ballon d'Or winner and Italy's iconic 'Divine Ponytail', heartbreaker of USA '94.
  2. Francesco Totti — ranked #22
    Francesco Totti
    Roma legend and 2006 World Cup winner, an iconic Italian trequartista.
  3. Alessandro Del Piero — ranked #33
    Alessandro Del Piero
    2006 World Cup winner and Juventus icon known for his trademark curling finishes.
  4. Gianni Rivera — ranked #44
    Gianni Rivera
    1969 Ballon d'Or winner and AC Milan elegance personified, Italy's 'Golden Boy'.
  5. Sandro Mazzola — ranked #55
    Sandro Mazzola
    Inter Milan inside-forward and 1968 Euro winner, Rivera's perennial rival.
  6. Giuseppe Meazza — ranked #66
    Giuseppe Meazza
    Two-time World Cup winner in the 1930s and the player after whom Inter's stadium is named.
  7. Gianfranco Zola — ranked #77
    Gianfranco Zola
    Diminutive maestro who lit up Napoli, Parma and Chelsea with his magical left foot.
  8. Andrea Pirlo — ranked #88
    Andrea Pirlo
    World Cup winner and Euro 2012 maestro, the original deep-lying playmaker of his generation.
  9. Roberto Mancini — ranked #99
    Roberto Mancini
    Sampdoria and Lazio creative force, later the Euro 2020-winning Italy manager.
  10. Giancarlo Antognoni — ranked #1010
    Giancarlo Antognoni
    Fiorentina captain and 1982 World Cup winner, a refined Italian playmaker.
  11. Valentino Mazzola — ranked #1111
    Valentino Mazzola
    Captain of the legendary Grande Torino side lost in the 1949 Superga air disaster.
  12. Lorenzo Insigne — ranked #1212
    Lorenzo Insigne
    Napoli's diminutive star and Euro 2020 winner with a signature curling left-foot strike.
  13. Antonio Cassano — ranked #1313
    Antonio Cassano
    Mercurial talent who starred for Roma, Sampdoria and Milan with flair and controversy.

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