Filippo Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi was one of the major names of Italian football during the nineties and noughties. Particularly with Juventus and AC Milan, he swept the board, winning La Liga, the Coppa Italia, Supercoppa Italia, and UEFA Champions League. He won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 and scored more than 300 goals in nearly 700 appearances for club and country. Still a fixture of the Italian footballing landscape, he currently manages Benevento. In his first season there, they won promotion to Serie A for only the second time in their 90-year history.

Born in the Northern Italian city of Piacenza, began his professional career with the local club. He played for several Italian clubs before coming to prominence with Atalanta, with whom he became Serie A’s top goalscorer of 1996/97. Awarded the Serie A Young Player of the Year Award, he was signed by Juventus, becoming part of a legendary three-man strike-force alongside Zinadine Zidane and Alessandro Del Piero. He spent four seasons at Juventus, scoring 89 goals in 165 appearances. He moved to Milan in 2001 in a multi-million deal and soon formed a new strike partnership with Andriy Shevchenko. In 2002, he won the first of his two Champions League medals — he remains the club’s top goalscorer in European competitions.

Whilst with AC Milan, Inzaghi played in the 2006 World Cup, becoming the oldest Italian player to score in the competition. Italy won the competition and Inzaghi was awarded an Order of Merit by his country. His success as Benevento manager proves he is one of Italian football’s great all-rounders.