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season since 1958–59), which also earned him the

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, becoming the first Italian player ever to win the award; he was also the league's joint top scorer in the 2014–15 Serie A season, in which he became the oldest player to win the award at the age of 38, with 22 goals. Toni also finished as top scorer in the

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, with 24 goals, and in the

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, with 10 goals.

Club career

Early career

Toni started his professional career at

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. This was followed by a number of seasons spent around

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and

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with teams such as

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, Fiorenzuola, and Lodigiani. After a Serie B season with

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in 1999, he moved to

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, playing in

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for the first time. He then moved to

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, playing for two seasons under manager

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, alongside

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and

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.

Palermo

In 2003, he agreed to join ambitious Serie B club

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, being one of the main factors behind the winning team campaign that brought the ''Rosanero'' back to Serie A after over 30 years, thanks to a record 30 goals scored during the season. He consequently gained his first

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for the

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in a friendly match 18 August 2004 lost 2–0 to

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in

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, which also marked Marcello Lippi's debut at the helm of the ''Azzurri''. In the following season, Toni confirmed his prolificity by scoring 20 goals in Palermo's first Serie A campaign, leading the Sicilian club to a historical first qualification to the

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.

Fiorentina

Toni's move to

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was marked by controversy as Palermo fans dubbed him a traitor for his departure. ''I Viola'' paid €10 million to sign him. During his first season in

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he scored 31 goals, only five shy of the single season record by one player. This was the first time in 50 years that a Serie A player had scored 30 or more goals in the league, a feat which cemented his status as one of the most prolific Serie A strikers in history. Toni was awarded the

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for his achievement and is first Italian player to win this award. His goal scoring ability brought Fiorentina to heights never seen since

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's days in the late 1990s. They finished the season fourth in the league and qualified for the Champions League. This league position, however, was revoked in the courts during the ''Calciopoli'' scandal. Fiorentina was found guilty of influencing the Italian Referee's Association and as a result had to start the 2006–07 season with a 19-point deduction. Toni expressed his desire to leave the team several times during the summer to the press, but was eventually convinced by club President Andrea Della Valle to stay. The following season was plagued by injury, limiting Toni's contributions to 16 goals. He would leave during the summer after promising Della Valle not to sign for any Italian rivals.

Bayern Munich

On 30 May 2007,

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chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed that Toni had signed a four-year contract with the club after agreeing to a deal worth €11.58 million with Fiorentina. On 7 June, Toni was presented at a Bayern press conference along with fellow new signing

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. Toni was given the number 9 shirt. Toni scored four goals in a 19 December 6–0 home win against

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of Greece to help Bayern win their

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group. On 17 February 2008, he scored his first

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(a "perfect hat-trick": a goal with each foot and a header, all coming in one half) against

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, which was the first hat-trick for a Bayern player in the Bundesliga since

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in 1989. Bayern won the away fixture 3–0. In a quarter-final second leg match in the UEFA Cup, Toni scored two dramatic goals in the 115th and 120th minutes of extra time, in a game which finished 3–3 and lifted Bayern Munich past

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of Spain on away goals. Bayern eventually lost to

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in the semi-final. At the

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, he shared the first place with

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from Zenit at the top scorers list with 10 goals. He scored two goals in the

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final against

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in a 2–1 win; his second goal was the winner in extra time to give Bayern Munich another cup victory. Toni finished as top scorer in the 2007–08 Bundesliga season with 24 goals. Overall, Toni finished the season with 39 goals and 12 assists in 46 matches. Toni und Klose

In the 2008–09 season, Toni maintained his high-standard of form for Bayern. In the Bundesliga, he started 13 games from January, in which he scored nine goals, a notable one being a late stoppage-time winner he scored against

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. In the

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, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win over Steaua București in the group stages, then a brace in a 5–0 away win over

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in the round of 16. Toni battled an

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injury for most of the second half of the 2008–09 season, but still finished as Bayern's leading scorer in league play, tallying 14 goals in 25 Bundesliga appearances. Recovering from his injury he appeared in two matches of the second team

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in the 3. Liga in September 2009. On 7 November 2009, he was fined for leaving the stadium during the match after being substituted at half-time. Following his fall out with Bayern manager

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, Bayern's president,

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, stated on ''DSF Doppelpass'' that Toni would be allowed to leave the club on a free transfer. Eventually, Toni, by mutual agreement with Bayern, was loaned out to Italian club

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.

Roma (loan)

On 31 December 2009, Bayern Munich confirmed the transfer of the Italian striker on a six-month loan basis to

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, which offered him pre-tax basic salary of €3.1 million. He debuted for Roma against

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on 6 January 2010. He scored his first two goals for Roma against

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on 17 January 2010 (for 2–0 and 3–0). Toni would go on to score five goals in total for the ''Giallorossi'' during the remainder of the 2009–10 season, including the winner against

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to cut the Milanese club's lead in ''Serie A'' to a single point ahead of Roma.

Genoa

On 16 June 2010, Bayern announced the termination of Toni's contract. In the same month, after some days of speculation, it was confirmed that Luca Toni had found an agreement with

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for a two-year contract, reportedly at a net salary of €4 million per season, as subsequently confirmed by club Chairman

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. The player, who was presented to the press on 1 July, took on the number 9 jersey.

Juventus

On 7 January 2011, a statement in the

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official website announced that Luca Toni would be joining Juventus on a free transfer deal, until 30 June 2012. Toni scored his 100th goal in Serie A with a header from 16 meters against Cagliari, which was also his debut goal for Juventus. Toni also scored the first goal at the new

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against

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on 8 September 2011.

Al Nasr

On 30 January 2012, Juventus confirmed that they have agreed a deal for Luca Toni with Emirati club Al Nasr.

Return to Fiorentina

On 31 August 2012, in the closing hour of the transfer market,

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announced that they completed the signing of Luca Toni, after he had been previously linked with a move to

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. Toni made it a goal-scoring return for ''La Viola'' when, after coming on as a 64th-minute substitute for

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, he scored with his first touch the second goal in a 2–0 win over

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in the

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on 16 September 2012.

Verona

On 5 July 2013, Toni signed a one-year contract with newly promoted to Serie A club

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. On 17 August, Toni scored his first goal for Verona in a 1–0 victory over

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in the

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. In his Serie A debut for the club on 24 August, Toni scored twice as Verona recorded a 2–1 home win over

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on the opening day of the season. Toni displayed fine form for Verona and after scoring two as well as assisting a goal in successive games there were calls for him to return to the national squad with Toni stating "I am thinking about doing well. Then it is for

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to decide. For me, it would be a pleasure and an honour to go to the

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, but whatever happens there would be no issue". He ended the 2013–14 season with 20 goals, making him the second-top goalscorer in Serie A at the age of 37. During the 2014–15 season, he maintained a high standard of performance, scoring his 300th career goal in a 2–1 win over

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on 14 December 2014. He finished the season with 22 goals, which took him to the top of the Serie A goalscoring charts, along with

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, at the age of 38 becoming the oldest

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rated him as one of the 10 best footballers in the world who are over the age of 36. Toni's third season with the club was less successful, as injuries and clashes with the club's manager

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saw him struggle to gain form and playing time. After Verona was seen relegated from the 2015–16 Serie A season, Toni confirmed his retirement from football on 4 May 2016. He scored his last ever career goal on his final match from the penalty spot in a 2–1 home win over Serie A champions

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, with a Panenka style penalty, and later also started the play which led to Verona's second goal; this was his 23rd appearance and sixth goal of the league season. In the 85th minute, a visibly emotional Toni was substituted and received a standing ovation from the fans. In total, he had managed 48 league goals for Verona during his three seasons in the Italian top division with the club, 157 career Serie A goals in 344 league appearances, and a career total of 324 goals in all competitions (with 659 appearances and 306 goals at club level, and 47 appearances and 16 goals with the Italian national team). Toni explained his decision to retire after the match, stating that he would not be playing in Verona's final match of the season, in an away fixture against his former club Palermo, as he wanted to play his final career match in his team's home stadium.

International career

Toni scored 16 goals in 47 appearances for the

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. He received his first international call-up in August 2004 under manager Marcello Lippi, and subsequently made his debut for the Italian national team as a substitute on 18 August 2004, in a 2–0 friendly defeat against

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. He scored his first international goal on 4 September 2004, after coming off the bench in a 2–1 home win against

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, in a World Cup Qualifying match. On 17 November, Toni made his first international start in a 1–0 friendly home win over

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. On 11 June 2005, he captained the Italian squad for the first time in his career in a friendly match in New York against

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, due to the absence of

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and other experienced players; he scored Italy's only goal in the eventual 1–1 draw. On 7 September, Toni scored his first international

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in a 4–1 victory against

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in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match, becoming the first Fiorentina player ever to do so. Italy vs France - FIFA World Cup 2006 final - Luca Toni

Toni was selected to Italy's 23-man

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squad, and was given the number 9 shirt. In Italy's opening match against

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, he hit the crossbar as Italy won 2–0, and he later scored two goals in the quarter-finals against

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on 30 June, his only goals of the tournament, as Italy won 3–0 to advance to the semi-finals against the hosts

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. In the

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against

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, he hit the crossbar with a powerful header and later netted another header, although the goal was disallowed as the attempt was controversially ruled offside. Italy eventually defeated France 5–3 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw following extra-time, to win their fourth World Cup title; Toni finished the tournament as Italy's top goal-scorer, alongside

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, with 2 goals, also producing 20 shots and hitting the crossbar twice. He was also fouled 28 times throughout the tournament, more than any other player. For his performances, Toni was named to the 2006 World Cup Team of the Tournament. On 28 March 2007, Toni scored two goals in Italy's 2–0 home win over

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in a Euro 2008 qualifier. After undergoing surgery due to an injury to his left foot which he had struggled to overcome since the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he missed Italy's next two qualifiers against the

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and

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. He returned to action for his nation's qualification game against

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in Genoa on 13 October, and assisted

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, who scored Italy's second goal in a 2–0 win. On 17 November 2007, Toni struck in the first minute of a 2–1 win in a qualifying match against

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at

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, which secured Italy's place at the final stages of the competition. Four days later, he scored the second goal against the Faroe Islands, as Italy closed off their qualifying campaign with a 3–1 home win. He finished the qualifying round as Italy's top-scorer with 5 goals in six appearances. Toni was called up to the 23-man Italian squad for

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by manager

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, but his form in the tournament was disappointing, as he failed to score; he managed a goal in Italy's second group match against

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, but it was controversially disallowed for offside, as Italy drew the match 1–1. Toni's main contribution for the team was winning a decisive penalty kick in the final group match against France, which ended 2–0, and allowed the Italians to progress to the knock-out round. Italy then bowed out of the tournament on penalties to eventual champions

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in the quarter-final, following a 0–0 draw after extra-time. Despite disappointing at Euro 2008, Toni was called up by returning coach Marcello Lippi for Italy's first two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Toni also scored an equaliser in a 1–1 draw against

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, in an international friendly on 19 November 2008, which was his final international goal. He was subsequently named to Lippi's 23-man Italy squad that took part at the

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in South Africa, and appeared in all three of his nation's group matches, although Italy disappointed, suffering a first-round elimination. Following the tournament, he was no longer called up to the national team, and he was not included in Lippi's provisional 30-man Italian squad for the

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final tournament. Toni's goalscoring form with Verona in 2014 saw him become a popular potential candidate for a place as a reserve in Italy's 23-man

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squad, although he was later excluded from

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's final team for the tournament. Following Toni's retirement from professional football at the end of the 2015–16 season with Verona, the

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paid tribute to him before Italy's friendly match against Finland at the Stadio Bentegodi in Verona on 6 June 2016; he was presented with a commemorative shirt by FIGC President

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, and was awarded a city plaque by Verona's mayor, Flavio Tosi, and the town's sports councillor, Alberto Bozza.

Post-retirement

Following his retirement, Toni undertook a course to become a director of sport with his former club Verona. However, Verona announced that he would leave the club after his contract expired on 30 June 2017. On 15 December 2017, Toni received his coaching licence. In August 2019, he enrolled in the

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courses at Coverciano. Toni received his UEFA Pro Licence on 16 September 2020.

Style of play

A prolific goal-scorer, Toni was a traditional

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, who excelled in the air and acrobatically; although in his youth he was known for his attacking movement, which allowed him to play anywhere along the front-line or off of his teammates, he mainly operated in the penalty area in his later career, as he lost his pace and his work-rate decreased. Although naturally right footed, he was an accurate finisher with both feet, and an excellent penalty taker. Although his physical, opportunistic, "goal-poaching" style of play was at times criticized as unrefined and unorthodox, due to his lack of notable technical skills, he also drew praise throughout his career for his leadership and ability to utilise his height, solid first touch, and strong physique to win aerial challenges, hold up the ball for his teammates, and provide them with assists when playing with his back to goal, in addition to his ability to score goals himself. His strength, aerial prowess, and power saw him become one of the best ever headers of the ball in the Italian League. Writing for ''

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'', Tom Mason has said of his play, "His retirement marks the end of not only a remarkable career, but of a whole breed of striker...he seems to be a relic of an out-dated and discredited ideology. In a world where forwards are the first line of defense, where high-intensity pressing and sharp bursts of energy are a prerequisite for strikers, there seems to be little room for players in the mold of Luca Toni. Ill-equipped for a fast-paced counter-attack, unlikely to trouble defenders in behind, his domain is the 18-yard box and little outside it." In the final season of his career, Toni was described as "the last great Italian centre-forward" by Italian sports newspaper ''

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''.

Goal celebrations

Throughout his career, Toni was known for celebrating his goals by looking at his teammates and rotating his right hand next to his ear, as if to say, "do you realize what it is I have just done?"

Personal life

In 2010, Toni stated that he was a Catholic. Toni is married to Italian model

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. Their son was

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on 1 June 2012. Their daughter Bianca was born in June 2013. On 30 July 2014, a second son, Leonardo, was born in Florence. In March 2015, German authorities sued Toni for €1.7 million in unpaid taxes to the Catholic Church. That July, he sued his former tax adviser for the same amount, claiming that he had been registered without prior knowledge as a Roman Catholic in Germany and thus had paid taxes to the Church in conflict with his own beliefs. In December, he received a payout of €1.25 million when the court found in his favour. In 2019, he stated that he has center-right political views and that he is a supporter of anti-immigrant politician

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, joining him on stage during a rally in

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.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year International goals :''Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Palermo *

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: 2003–04 ;Bayern Munich *

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08 *

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Individual * Serie B Top Scorer: 2003–04 *

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: 2005–06 * Serie A Top Scorer: 2005–06, 2014–15 * Oscar AIC-Serie A Top scorer: 2006 *

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: 2006 *

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: 2005–06 *

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: 2005–06 * ''

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Team of the Season: 2007–08 * Bundesliga Top Scorer: 2007–08 * UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2007–08 * FIFPro World XI Nominee 2006, 2007, 2008 *

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: 2014–15 *

Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea" The ''Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea"'' (""Gaetano Scirea" Exemplary Career National Award") is a recognition dedicated to footballers over the age of 30 playing in Italy's Serie A. Established in 1992, the prize is awarded an ...

: 2015 * Fiorentina Hall of Fame: 2016 Orders :*

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: ''Golden Collar of Sports Merit'': 2006 :* ITA OMRI 2001 Uff BAR

4th Class/Officer: '' Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana'': 2006

References

External links

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Profile at AIC

Profile at Lega Serie A

National Team statistics at FIGC official site
(archived)
Profile at Italia 1910
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