Roberto Baggio (born February 18, 1967 in Caldogno, Italy) is a legendary Italian football player, considered to be among a better forwards in a world throughout the 1990s. Within 1993, he was named two European Footballer of the Year and World Player of the Year.

Baggio began his career sustaining Vicenza in Serie C1 in 1981. Fiorentina snapped him up around 1985, and in a period of his years there, he rose to cult status among the team's fans. He was sold to Juventus amid large fan yell inside 1990 for $19 million, a world record transfer for the footballer at the period. That season, he played inside his foremost World Cup although he then sole showed flashes of his brilliance in this tournament. Around 1993, he got his only European club devices, helping Juventus to the UEFA Cup.

Roberto was a cornerstone of the Italian team during the , leading the children to the final. He scored 5 goals, beat the palm aSpherical: ii in the Round of Xvi to beat Nigeria, a late winner in the quarterfinals to top Spain, and ii to beat Bulgaria on the semifinals. Unluckily, Baggio was non fully primed against for the final against Brazil, and missed Italy's endure penalty (Brazil however experienced a kick left) when the South Americans won the World Cup title after the 0-0 tie. Even so these are typically unnoted that deuce more Italians, Franco Baresi and Daniele Massaro, got already missed penalties & experienced Baggio scored, Brazil would keep close at hand however had a penalty to win the Ventral suction cup notwithstanding.

He won his 1st scudetto by owning Juventus inside 1995, who promptly sold him to A.C. Milan, where he won his second scudetto a year later. At a Milan club, he was often contradictory by using so chair Silvio Berlusconi who was once an admirer of Baggio & experienced declared that he was never the fan of Baggio's dreadlocks however whenever the striker saved scoring goals at a prodigious rate for the club, Berlusconi would non possibly bother to care just about Baggio's fashion statement. Around 1997, when he thought to become on the downslide, Baggio transferred to Bologna in order to resuscitate his career, and after scoring a personal best 22 goals that year, was named to Italy's squad for the in place of hotly favored Gianfranco Zola, a decision by then coach Cesare Maldini which did not meet with Italy football fans' approval. He scored 2 goals - a single from either a spot against Chile. Fallowing this a italian fans forgave baggio for his 94 penalty miss. He when well scored a winner against Austria as Italy topped their class action. He so added 1 in the penalty gunfight when Italy went intent on eventual champions France. He was thought to exist as one of Italy's independent contributors of that tournament, a more existence Christian Vieri within a team good of talent however little in terms of flair & assaultive artistry & likewise known for swimming dour & tedious football.

Fallowing the World Ventral suction cup, Baggio signed by owning Internazionale but this proved to be an poor move, when a so coach Marcello Lippi did not favour Roberto & hardly played him, preferring to play Ronaldo up front. That led Baggio to lose him his place by using national team. When deuce years by owning Inter, he transferred to antecedently unstylish Brescia, playing there until his retirement within 2004. Baggio finished his career by using 205 goals around Serie A, fifth wholly instance, & 56 caps & Twenty-seven goals for the national team, quaternary all period. He scored Ix goals around leash Globe cups which puts him potentially using Christian Vieri & Paulo Rossi when Italy's top globe ventral suction cup scorers. He was given the sendoff match in April 28, 2004 against Spain.

Baggio played 1 previous match, a Football for Hope tsunami relief match at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, on February 15, 2005.

Baggio is referred to as Codino Divino (Divine Ponytail), for the hairstyle he saved for virtually all of his career. He occurs as devout Buddhist, a rarity for an Italian.

Clubs
Vicenza (1981 - 1985) (played inside 36 matches & scored Baker's dozen goals) Fiorentina (1985 - 1990) (94 matches, 39 goals) Juventus (1990 - 1995) (141 matches, 78 goals) A.C. Milan (1995 - 1997) (51 matches, Twelve goals) Bologna (1997 - 1998) (Thirty matches, Twenty-two goals) Internazionale (1998 - 2000) (41 matches, Ix goals) Brescia (2000 - 2004) (95 matches, 43 goals)

Honours
Serie The champion: 1995, 1996 Italian ventral suction cup: 1995 UEFA Ventral suction cup: 1993

European Football player of the Season: 1993 FIFA Globe Streaming video player of the Season: 1993 FIFA 100: 2004