50 Glenn Stromberg
SWEDEN
Swedish midfield organiser who became a fan favourite at Atalanta. He joined the Bergamaschi in 1984, at the age of 24, and would stay there until his retirement in 1992. A pivotal member of the side which reached the 1988 Cup-Winners Cup semi-final, he totalled 185 games in Serie A with 15 goals and also stayed loyal during a term in Serie B.
49 Matias Almeyda
ARGENTINA
The heart and lungs of the great Lazio side that Sergio Cragnotti built. A combative midfielder, he provided the much-needed balance as the capital club won the Scudetto, the Cup-Winners Cup and the European Super Cup. He later joined Parma and Inter before ending his Italian stint with a problematic spell at Brescia.
48 Walter Casagrande
BRAZIL
Signed from European champions Porto in 1987, Casagrande wrote himself into Ascoli folklore thanks to his four seasons with the Bianconeri. The Brazilian, similar in some ways to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, netted 38 goals in 96 games for the minnows. He led the club back to Serie A in 1991 before joining Torino, whom he helped to the UEFA Cup Final against Ajax. Who can forget his white tape strapped wrists?
47 Enzo Francescoli
URUGUAY
El Principe was the archetypal No 10 who perhaps didn’t play for the kind of top European club that his talent deserved. Undoubtedly one of the best players South American football has ever produced, the Uruguayan joined Claudio Raneiri’s Cagliari in 1990 after a year at Marseille. Still fondly remembered in Sardinia, he moved to Torino for a season in 1993.
46 Andreas Möller
GERMANY
Juventus sent scouts to Eintracht Frankfurt for Lajos Detari, they returned with glowing reports of Möller. Signed in 1992, the German international was the perfect mix of technique and power. Add in the fact that he could run 100 metres in just a fraction over 10 seconds and he was an immense weapon for Trap’s Old Lady. They won the UEFA Cup with him, before the arrival of the Triade saw him join Borussia Dortmund.
45 Carlos Aguilera
URUGUAY
Pocket sized Uruguayan striker who struck up an ideal little and large partnership at Genoa and Torino with Tomas Skuhravy and Walter Casagrande. Class, speed and inventiveness, he lit up Serie A on a weekly basis. Instrumental in not only getting the Marassi outfit into Europe, Pato also netted eight goals in nine games – including a brace at Anfield – as the Rossoblu reached the last four of the UEFA Cup.
44 Abel Balbo
ARGENTINA
Forget his spells at Parma and Fiorentina, Balbo was a force to be reckoned with at Udinese and then Roma. For the Friulani, whom he joined in 1989 from River Plate, he was runner-up in the Capocannoniere race – something he would later repeat in the capital. He delivered over 70 goals for Roma, even if his potentially explosive partnership with Daniel Fonseca didn’t quite work out.
43 Karl-Heinz Riedle
GERMANY
One of the most talented players in the air that the Italian game has ever seen. Standing at just 1.77m, the German continually defied the laws of gravity to out-leap bigger and more powerful opponents. He spent three years at Lazio after his move from Werder in 1990 and ended the 1991-92 Serie A campaign with 13 goals – six more than Roma’s Rudi Völler that term.
42 Ramon Diaz
ARGENTINA
He flopped in his maiden Italian campaign at Napoli where after only three goals in 25 games he was sold to Avellino. It was there where the Argentine attacker rebuilt his reputation before moves to Fiorentina and Inter. Part of the Inter dei record side which won the title in 1989 – he netted 12 League goals – Diaz was only signed after Madjer failed his medical. Sold to accommodate Jurgen Klinsmann during the three-foreigner rule era.
41 Diego Simeone
ARGENTINA
El Cholo didn’t look cut out for Italian football after an average spell at Pisa at the start of the 1990s, but he returned five years later when Inter swooped on Atletico Madrid. A midfield enforcer, the Argentine went close to winning the Scudetto with the Nerazzurri before being sold to Lazio. It was a costly mistake as Simeone did get his hands on the title in his first Olimpico campaign.
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