Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
had a mixed season, in which it struggled to replace world-class striker
Diego Milito
Diego Alberto Milito (born 12 June 1979) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed ''El Principe'' ("The Prince" in Spanish) because of his physical resemblance with former Uruguayan footballer En ...
, who moved on to
Internazionale
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...
, where he was key in winning the
treble in 2010. Such a player was difficult to find, and his Argentinian replacements
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
and
Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
lacked the final punch. Crespo had it in his younger years, of course, but despite four goals in the autumn, he was offloaded to
Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...
, as Genoa put its faith in
David Suazo
Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979) is a Honduran retired professional footballer turned coach who played as a striker. Suazo played more than 300 league games and scored over 90 league goals in Italy during a span of 12 season ...
for the goalscoring.
Sergio Floccari
Sergio Floccari (; born 12 November 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Early career
Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth syste ...
also departed, and the
Lazio
Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
signing scored more goals for the Roman club in half the year than what any player did for Genoa the whole season, while Suazo became a flop. The defence did not perform at expected level either, and even though the team scored several goals by many players, the defensive holes ensured the team did not repeat the fifth position from the year before.
Squad
Goalkeepers
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Alberto Frison
Alberto Frison (born 22 January 1988) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Treviso
Born in Mirano, Veneto. Frison started his professional career at Veneto side Treviso. He played for Treviso's yo ...
*
Marco Amelia
Marco Amelia (; born 2 April 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and current coach in charge of Serie D amateurs Nuova Sondrio.
A Roma youth product, Amelia spent most of his professional club career ...
*
Alessio Scarpi
Defenders
*
Giuseppe Biava
Giuseppe Biava (born 8 May 1977) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a centre back. Throughout his career he played for Italian clubs Albinese, AlbinoLeffe, Biellese, Palermo, Genoa, Lazio, and Atalanta; he won a Copp ...
*
Dario Dainelli
Dario Dainelli (; born 9 June 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Early career
Born in Pontedera, Province of Pisa, Dainelli started his professional career at Empoli. He spent his early y ...
*
Domenico Criscito
Domenico "Mimmo" Criscito (; born 30 December 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. A versatile player, Criscito was effective both offensively and defensively and was also capable of playing as a wing-bac ...
*
Ivan Fatić
Ivan Fatić (, ; born 21 August 1988) is a Montenegrin retired football player who played as a defender or midfielder. He Is manager in youth categories of Rudar Pljevlja.
Club career Italy
Fatić was signed by Italian Serie A side Internazio ...
*
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (; born 9 June 1988), also known mononymously as Sokratis, is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a centre-back.
Club career AEK Athens
Papastathopoulos joined AEK Athens from Apo ...
*
Emiliano Moretti
Emiliano Moretti (; born 11 June 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
He began his career at Lodigiani and was signed by Fiorentina in 1998. In March 2001 he made his debut in Serie A under Roberto Ma ...
*
Salvatore Bocchetti
*
Nenad Tomović
Nenad Tomović (; born 30 August 1987) is a Serbian professional association football, footballer who plays as a defender (association football), defender for FK Čukarički, Čukarički.
A former Serbian Olympian and Serbia national under-21 fo ...
*
Andrea Esposito
Midfielders
*
Houssine Kharja
*
Marco Rossi
*
Giandomenico Mesto
Giandomenico Mesto (; born 25 May 1982) is a former Italian footballer. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.
Club career
After making his professional d ...
*
Alberto Zapater
Alberto Zapater Arjol (born 13 June 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a defensive midfielder for Canadian Premier League club Atlético Ottawa.
He spent most of his career with Zaragoza, appearing in 422 official ga ...
*
Robert Gucher
*
Ivan Jurić
Ivan Jurić (; born 25 August 1975) is a Croatian professional association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of Serie A, Italian Serie A club Atalanta BC, Atalanta.
...
*
Omar Milanetto
Omar Milanetto (born 30 November 1975 in Venaria Reale) is an Italian former footballer, who last played for Serie B side Padova as a midfielder as of 2012. A physical, experienced, hard-working, and tactically intelligent player, Milanetto was us ...
*
Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
Silvano Raggio Garibaldi (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Sestri Levante. Born in Chiavari, he has represented Italy at Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 levels.
Club career
Raggio Garibaldi made ...
*
Francesco Modesto
Francesco Modesto (born 16 February 1982) is an Italian football coach and a former player.
As a player, he was a wing-back or winger on the left flank.
Playing career Cosenza
Modesto began his career at fellow Calabrian club Cosenza.
Palerm ...
*
Matteo Paro
Matteo Paro (born 17 March 1983) is an Italian Association football, football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
Juventus
Paro made his Serie A debut on 17 May 2003, in a 2–1 loss to Reggina Calcio, Reggina.
...
Forwards
*
Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
*
Robert Acquafresca
*
Raffaele Palladino
Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of club Fiorentina.
Club career
Palladino started his senior career at Sporting Benevento, before joinin ...
*
Stephan El Shaarawy
Stephan Kareem El Shaarawy (; born 27 October 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for club Roma and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone (The Pharaoh), as his father is Egyptian.
El Shaarawy ...
*
Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981) is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a right-side ...
*
Boško Janković
Boško Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Бошко Јанковић; born 1 March 1984) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a winger for the Serbia national football team. He is an attacking minded player, with the tendency to take long shots and ...
*
David Suazo
Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979) is a Honduran retired professional footballer turned coach who played as a striker. Suazo played more than 300 league games and scored over 90 league goals in Italy during a span of 12 season ...
*
Sergio Floccari
Sergio Floccari (; born 12 November 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Early career
Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth syste ...
*
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
*
Luciano Figueroa
Luciano Gabriel "Lucho" Figueroa Herrera (; born 19 May 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker.
Club career
Figueroa was born in Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe. He be ...
*
Richmond Boakye
Serie A
League table
Matches
*
Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
3–2
* 1–0
Domenico Criscito
Domenico "Mimmo" Criscito (; born 30 December 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. A versatile player, Criscito was effective both offensively and defensively and was also capable of playing as a wing-bac ...
(49)
* 1–1
Rodrigo Taddei (54)
* 1–2
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti (; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played solely for AS Roma, Roma and the Italy national football team, Italy national team. He was a technically gifted and creati ...
(64)
* 2–2
Alberto Zapater
Alberto Zapater Arjol (born 13 June 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a defensive midfielder for Canadian Premier League club Atlético Ottawa.
He spent most of his career with Zaragoza, appearing in 422 official ga ...
(69)
* 3–2
Giuseppe Biava
Giuseppe Biava (born 8 May 1977) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a centre back. Throughout his career he played for Italian clubs Albinese, AlbinoLeffe, Biellese, Palermo, Genoa, Lazio, and Atalanta; he won a Copp ...
(83)
*
Atalanta
Atalanta (; ) is a heroine in Greek mythology.
There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology), Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Caly ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
0–1
* 0–1
Emiliano Moretti
Emiliano Moretti (; born 11 June 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
He began his career at Lodigiani and was signed by Fiorentina in 1998. In March 2001 he made his debut in Serie A under Roberto Ma ...
(45 + 1)
*
Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Napoli
Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...
4–1
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Marek Hamšík
Marek Hamšík (; born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the team manager and assistant coach for the Slovakia national team.
After beginning his club career with Slovan B ...
(41)
* 1–1
Sergio Floccari
Sergio Floccari (; born 12 November 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Early career
Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth syste ...
(45 + 6 (pen.))
* 2–1
Giandomenico Mesto
Giandomenico Mesto (; born 25 May 1982) is a former Italian footballer. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.
Club career
After making his professional d ...
(55)
* 3–1
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
(75)
* 4–1
Houssine Kharja (88)
*
Chievo
Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige.
It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona.
History
The name came from t ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
3–1
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Michele Marcolini (5 (pen.))
* 2–0
Erjon Bogdani
Erjon Bogdani (born 14 April 1977) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player. He is nicknamed "Bogu" or "Er-Bomber".
Regarded as one of the most successful Albanian players of all time, Bogdani began his career at Partizani T ...
(7)
* 2–1
Sergio Floccari
Sergio Floccari (; born 12 November 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Early career
Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth syste ...
(65 (pen.))
* 3–1
Sergio Pellissier
Sergio Pellissier (, ; born 12 April 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently working as owner and chairman of AC ChievoVerona, after FC Clivense (a club he founded in 2021) was reestablished ...
(76)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Juventus
Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...
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Vincenzo Iaquinta
Vincenzo Iaquinta (; born 21 November 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Prior to joining Juventus in 2007, he initially played for several smaller Italian clubs, and subsequently moved to Udinese in 2 ...
(6)
* 1–1
Giandomenico Mesto
Giandomenico Mesto (; born 25 May 1982) is a former Italian footballer. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.
Club career
After making his professional d ...
(31)
* 2–1
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
(75)
* 2–2
David Trezeguet
David Sergio Trezeguet (, ; born 15 October 1977) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker.
Trezeguet began his career in Argentina with Club Atlético Platense at ...
(86)
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Udinese
Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
2–0
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Antonio Di Natale
Antonio Di Natale (; born 13 October 1977) is an Italian football coach and former professional player who played as a striker.
After being a member of the Empoli youth side since 1994, Di Natale started his professional career with the Empo ...
(81)
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Simone Pepe
Simone Pepe (; born 30 August 1983) is an Italian former footballer who played as a winger, on either side of the pitch.
After starting out at Roma, he went on to compete in Serie A for 12 seasons, spending most of his time at Udinese and Juven ...
(88)
*
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
1–3
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Houssine Kharja (11 (pen.))
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Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981) is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a right-side ...
(35)
* 1–2
Marco Di Vaio (85 (pen.))
* 1–3
Alberto Zapater
Alberto Zapater Arjol (born 13 June 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a defensive midfielder for Canadian Premier League club Atlético Ottawa.
He spent most of his career with Zaragoza, appearing in 422 official ga ...
(90)
*
Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Internazionale
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...
0–5
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Esteban Cambiasso
Esteban Matías Cambiasso Deleau (; born 18 August 1980), nicknamed ''"Cuchu"'', is an Argentine former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder.
During his career, Cambiasso won 21 official titles, the majority ...
(6)
* 0–2
Mario Balotelli
Mario Balotelli Barwuah (; ''Birth name, né'' Barwuah; born 12 August 1990) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for club Genoa CFC, Genoa.
Balotelli started his ...
(31)
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Dejan Stanković
Dejan Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Станковић, , born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 2011, when he announced his retirement from ...
(45 + 4)
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Patrick Vieira
Patrick Paul Vieira (; born 23 June 1976) is a French professional association football, football manager and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Genoa CFC, Genoa. He was named in the FIFA 100 of the greatest living footballers i ...
(66)
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Maicon Maicon is a Brazilian variant of the given name Michael. It may refer to:
Brazilian footballers
* Maicon (footballer, born 1981), Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian football right-back
* Maicon dos Santos (born 1981), Brazilian football midfielde ...
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*
Cagliari
Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Giandomenico Mesto
Giandomenico Mesto (; born 25 May 1982) is a former Italian footballer. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.
Club career
After making his professional d ...
(20)
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Davide Biondini
Davide Biondini (; born 24 January 1983) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career Cesena
Biondini started his career at Cesena, near his birthplace. After playing more than 40 Serie C1 games, he left ...
(55)
* 1–2
Sergio Floccari
Sergio Floccari (; born 12 November 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Early career
Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth syste ...
(55)
* 2–2
Nenê
Nenê (; born Maybyner Rodney Hilário, September 13, 1982) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. Known previously as Nenê Hilario, he legally changed his name to simply Nenê in 2003.
Early life
Born Maybyner Rodney Hilário i ...
(78 pen)
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Andrea Lazzari (87)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...
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Raffaele Palladino
Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of club Fiorentina.
Club career
Palladino started his senior career at Sporting Benevento, before joinin ...
(43)
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Marco Marchionni (63)
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Giandomenico Mesto
Giandomenico Mesto (; born 25 May 1982) is a former Italian footballer. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.
Club career
After making his professional d ...
(73)
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Palermo
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Siena
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Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
(2)
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Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
(17)
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Raffaele Palladino
Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of club Fiorentina.
Club career
Palladino started his senior career at Sporting Benevento, before joinin ...
(34)
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Michele Paolucci (80)
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Massimo Maccarone
Massimo Maccarone (; born 6 September 1979) is an Italian football coach and former player, who played as a striker. He was nicknamed ''Big Mac'' during his playing days.
Club career Early career
Maccarone started his career at A.C. Milan's y ...
(82)
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Sergio Floccari
Sergio Floccari (; born 12 November 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Early career
Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth syste ...
(90)
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Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Cristiano Lucarelli
Cristiano Lucarelli (; born 4 October 1975) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a forward.
Club career
Lucarelli was born in Livorno, Italy.
A journeyman striker, he had stints with eight different teams (includ ...
(21)
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Domenico Criscito
Domenico "Mimmo" Criscito (; born 30 December 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. A versatile player, Criscito was effective both offensively and defensively and was also capable of playing as a wing-bac ...
(62)
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Nico Pulzetti (90 + 2)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria.
Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the ...
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Omar Milanetto
Omar Milanetto (born 30 November 1975 in Venaria Reale) is an Italian former footballer, who last played for Serie B side Padova as a midfielder as of 2012. A physical, experienced, hard-working, and tactically intelligent player, Milanetto was us ...
(10 (pen.))
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Marco Rossi (53)
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Raffaele Palladino
Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of club Fiorentina.
Club career
Palladino started his senior career at Sporting Benevento, before joinin ...
(75)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...
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Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
(14)
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Jonathan Biabiany
Jonathan Ludovic Biabiany (born 28 April 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Antequera. Between 2008 and 2014, he was regarded as the fastest footballer in the world.
Early life
Biabiany, of Guadelou ...
(36)
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Jonathan Biabiany
Jonathan Ludovic Biabiany (born 28 April 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Antequera. Between 2008 and 2014, he was regarded as the fastest footballer in the world.
Early life
Biabiany, of Guadelou ...
(59)
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Raffaele Palladino
Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of club Fiorentina.
Club career
Palladino started his senior career at Sporting Benevento, before joinin ...
(67)
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Lazio
Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Aleksandar Kolarov
Aleksandar Kolarov (, ; born 10 November 1985) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a left back. He is the current assistant coach of Serie A club Inter Milan.
Kolarov began his career at Red Star Belgrade, but he did not br ...
(39)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...
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Barreto (4)
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Omar Milanetto
Omar Milanetto (born 30 November 1975 in Venaria Reale) is an Italian former footballer, who last played for Serie B side Padova as a midfielder as of 2012. A physical, experienced, hard-working, and tactically intelligent player, Milanetto was us ...
(52)
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Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
5–2
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Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981) is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a right-side ...
(25)
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Ronaldinho
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho () or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian former professional Association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or left winger. Widely reg ...
(32 (pen.))
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Thiago Silva
Thiago Emiliano da Silva (born 22 September 1984) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fluminense. Regarded as one of the best defenders of all time, he is known ...
(38)
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Marco Borriello (48)
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Marco Borriello (60)
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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar (born 12 August 1983), known professionally as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (), is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker.
Huntelaar played for PSV Ein ...
(74 (pen.))
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David Suazo
Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979) is a Honduran retired professional footballer turned coach who played as a striker. Suazo played more than 300 league games and scored over 90 league goals in Italy during a span of 12 season ...
(79)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Catania
Catania (, , , Sicilian and ) is the second-largest municipality on Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, wh ...
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Giandomenico Mesto
Giandomenico Mesto (; born 25 May 1982) is a former Italian footballer. Known for his pace, work-rate, and versatility, Mesto usually played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the right flank.
Club career
After making his professional d ...
(36)
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Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981) is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a right-side ...
(71)
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Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta (; born 17 September 1977) is an Italian-British former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Throughout his career, he stood out for his work-rate, energy, and box-to-box play as a ball-winner in the midfield area ...
(17)
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Luca Toni
Luca Toni (; born 26 May 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five highest scoring Italians in all competition ...
(45)
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Luca Toni
Luca Toni (; born 26 May 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five highest scoring Italians in all competition ...
(60)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Atalanta
Atalanta (; ) is a heroine in Greek mythology.
There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology), Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Caly ...
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Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
(18)
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Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
(42)
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Napoli
Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Chievo
Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige.
It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona.
History
The name came from t ...
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Marco Rossi (63)
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Juventus
Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Marco Rossi (16)
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Amauri
Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira (born 3 June 1980), known as Amauri, is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker.
His previous clubs include Bellinzona, Parma, Napoli, Piacenza, Empoli, Messina, Chievo, Palermo, Juventus, Fiorentin ...
(42)
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Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for ...
(61)
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Marco Rossi (63)
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Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for ...
(78 (pen.))
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Udinese
Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...
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Robert Acquafresca (30)
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Robert Acquafresca (53 (pen.))
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Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
(64)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
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David Suazo
Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979) is a Honduran retired professional footballer turned coach who played as a striker. Suazo played more than 300 league games and scored over 90 league goals in Italy during a span of 12 season ...
(8)
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Antonio Buscè (11)
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Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981) is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a right-side ...
(18)
* 2–2
Adaílton (28)
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David Suazo
Óscar David Suazo Velázquez (born 5 November 1979) is a Honduran retired professional footballer turned coach who played as a striker. Suazo played more than 300 league games and scored over 90 league goals in Italy during a span of 12 season ...
(38)
* 3–3
Adaílton (56)
* 3–4 Adaílton (79 (pen.))
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Internazionale
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Cagliari
Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...
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Daniele Dessena (16)
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Alberto Zapater
Alberto Zapater Arjol (born 13 June 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a defensive midfielder for Canadian Premier League club Atlético Ottawa.
He spent most of his career with Zaragoza, appearing in 422 official ga ...
(36 (pen.))
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Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
(39)
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Daniele Conti (41)
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Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981) is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a right-side ...
(42)
* 4–2
Marco Rossi (45)
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Alessandro Matri
Alessandro Matri (; born 19 August 1984) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Early career
Born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, a ''comune'' 30 km away from the city of Milan, Matri started ...
(55 (pen.))
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Omar Milanetto
Omar Milanetto (born 30 November 1975 in Venaria Reale) is an Italian former footballer, who last played for Serie B side Padova as a midfielder as of 2012. A physical, experienced, hard-working, and tactically intelligent player, Milanetto was us ...
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Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Mario Santana (4)
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Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino (; born 5 July 1982) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player who played as a striker. He was most recently the manager of club Genoa.
A prolific goalscorer, in Gilardino's early career he was compared ...
(73 (pen.))
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Khouma Babacar
Elhadji Babacar Khouma (born 17 March 1993), known as Khouma Babacar, is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Boluspor.
Club career
Born in Thiès, Babacar began his career in the academy of US Rail in h ...
(86)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Palermo
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Abel Hernández (35)
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Salvatore Bocchetti (75)
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Javier Pastore
Javier Matías Pastore (; born 20 June 1989) is an Argentine professional association football, footballer who is currently a free agent.
An attacking midfielder, Pastore began his club career with Talleres de Córdoba, Talleres and then Club ...
(78)
* 2–2
Houssine Kharja (90 + 8 (pen.))
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Siena
Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn ...
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Richmond Boakye (51)
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Francesco Tavano (88)
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Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria.
Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Antonio Cassano
Antonio Cassano (; born 12 July 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A talented and technically gifted player, he was usually deployed as a supporting forward, but could also play as an attacking midfielde ...
(23)
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Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
2–3
* 0–1
Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
(33)
* 0–2
Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
(51)
* 1–2
Cristian Zaccardo
Cristian Zaccardo (; born 21 December 1981) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. He mainly played as a centre back, although he was also capable of playing as a full-back or in midfield.
He began his club career with Ita ...
(59)
* 2–2 ''
Salvatore Bocchetti'' (62 (o.g.))
* 2–3
Ivan Fatić
Ivan Fatić (, ; born 21 August 1988) is a Montenegrin retired football player who played as a defender or midfielder. He Is manager in youth categories of Rudar Pljevlja.
Club career Italy
Fatić was signed by Italian Serie A side Internazio ...
(72)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Lazio
Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
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Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
(8)
* 1–1
André Dias (25)
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Sergio Floccari
Sergio Floccari (; born 12 November 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Early career
Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth syste ...
(32)
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Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
3–0
* 1–0
Riccardo Meggiorini
Riccardo Meggiorini (born 4 September 1985) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
Club career
Early career
Meggiorini took his first steps as a footballer at ...
(57)
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José Ignacio Castillo (85)
* 3–0
Barreto (89)
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
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Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
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Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981) is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a right-side ...
(57)
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Catania
Catania (, , , Sicilian and ) is the second-largest municipality on Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, wh ...
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Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
1–0
* 1–0
Maxi López
Maximiliano Gastón López (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He holds both an Argentine and an Italian passport. He is known as ''El Rubio'' ("The Blonde"), and ''La Gallina de Oro'' ( ...
(65)
Topscorers
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Rodrigo Palacio
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former association football, footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of C ...
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Marco Rossi – 5
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Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
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Raffaele Palladino
Raffaele Palladino (; born 17 April 1984) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of club Fiorentina.
Club career
Palladino started his senior career at Sporting Benevento, before joinin ...
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Sergio Floccari
Sergio Floccari (; born 12 November 1981) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Early career
Floccari began playing football as a junior with the local side of his town, Nicotera, before moving into the youth syste ...
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UEFA Europa League
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Group stage
References
External links
2009–10 Genoa C.F.C. season at ESPN
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Genoa CFC seasons
Genoa CFC
Genoa Cricket and Football Club () is an Italian professional Association football, football club based in Genoa, Liguria. The team competes in the Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system.
Established in 1893, Genoa is ...
Genoa CFC
Genoa Cricket and Football Club () is an Italian professional Association football, football club based in Genoa, Liguria. The team competes in the Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system.
Established in 1893, Genoa is ...