DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST JAPANESE PLAYER TO PLAY IN ITALY?

Kazu Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura became the first Japanese footballer to play in Italy, joining Genoa F.C. in the 1994–1995 Italian Serie A season. In his Italian stint, he played 21 times and scored just 1 goal, during the Genoa derby against USC Sampdoria. was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993, an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY EUROPEAN COUNTRY THAT HELD ALL THREE EUROPEAN CLUB TROPHIES IN ONE SEASON?



Marco van Basten

 Italy is the only country to have won all three European club diadems in the 1989/1990 season. AC Milan won the UEFA Champions Cup (now UEFA Champions League), the UEFA Cup Winners Cup was clinched by Sampdoria and the UEFA Cup was captured by Juventus FC. Interestingly, all three teams were beaten by AS Roma in the 1990/1991 Coppa Italia campaign.