DO YOU KNOW WHO WAS THE ONLY BRITISH PLAYER TO BE AN ITALIAN SERIE A TOP GOALSCORER?

 

John Charles of Wales was the only British player to be Italian Serie A highest goalscorer also known as the Capocannoniere. He did this while at Juventus FC in the 1957/1958 season scoring 28 goals and was voted player of the season as the Bianconeri won the Scudetto. 

He was never cautioned or sent off during his entire career, due to his philosophy of never kicking or intentionally hurting opposing players. Standing at 6 feet 2 inches, he was nicknamed Il Gigante Buono – The Gentle Giant.

DO YOU KNOW THE INTER MILAN LEGEND THAT HIS NUMBER 3 JERSEY WAS RETIRED FOR HIS EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE CLUB?

Giacinto Facchetti

Giacinto Facchetti who played his whole football career for Inter Milan as one of the first truly great attacking-full backs, and one of the best ever in his position from 1960 to 1978, played 634 official games and scored 75 goals.  

Facchetti won 4 Italian Serie A Scudetto in 1962/1963, 1964/1965, 1965/1966 and 1970/1971 seasons; one Coppa Italia in 1978; two European Cups (now UEFA Champions League) in 1963/1964 and 1964/1965; and two Intercontinental Cups in 1964 and 1965.

His number 3 jersey he wore for Inter Milan all through his career was retired posthumously in his honour after he died of pancreatic cancer in Milan on September 4, 2006 as the club President.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT NUMBER OF SCUDETTO FABIO CAPELLO WON FOR AS ROMA IN THE 2000/2001 ITALIAN SERIE A SEASON?

Under Fabio Capello in the 2000/2001 season, AS Roma won their third Italian Serie A title called the Scudetto on the last day of the season by beating Parma 3–1, edging out Juventus by two points.  

Francesco Totti was a large reason for the title victory and he would become one of the main heroes in the club's history, going on to break several club records. 

Other important players during this period included Gabriel Batistuta (who was the league Top Scorer with 20 goals), Aldair, Cafu, Vincenzo Montella, Antonio Casanno, Emerson, Walter Samuel, Vincent Candela, Hidetoshi Nakata, Damiano Tommasi and Marco Delvecchio.

DO YOU KNOW THE MANAGER THAT WON AC MILAN THEIR 16TH SCUDETTO IN 1999?

Alberto Zaccheroni

At first attempt, Alberto Zaccheroni led AC Milan to their 16th Scudetto in the 1998/1999 Italian Serie A season where they pipped Sven Goran Eriksson led SS Lazio to the title with just one point. He was appointed from Udinese Calcio where he brought in lethal striker Oliver Bierhoff and the defensive right winger Thomas Helveg to help win the title.

He introduced ACMilan to his unorthodox 3-4-3 formation, in which Bierhoff was a perfect center forward, scoring 20 goals in the league.

AC Milan had a marvelous second half of the season, in which it kept pace with Serie A championship leaders SS Lazio, then passing the Romans when they had a couple of slips. In the end, a win in the final day was more than enough to clinch AC Milan's first league title in three years.