Roberto Baggio

In 2002, Baggio was appointed Ambassador of goodwill of the United Nations Food Organization. In 2003, he was the inaugural winner of the Golden Foot award. In recognition of his human rights activism, he received the Peace Man's Prize from the Nobel Peace Awards in 2010. In 2011, he was the first footballer to be included in the Italian football hall, and in The Paseo de la Fame of Italian sport in 2015.

Biography

Roberto Baggio was born on February 18, 1967 at the via Marconi of Caldogno, in the province of Vicenza, Italy. He is the sixth of eight children from Florindo Baggio and Matilde Rizzotto: Gianna, Walter, Carla, Giorgio, Anna Maria, Roberto, Nadia and Eddy. He has no relationship with the former soccer player Dino Baggio.

is married to Andreína Fabbi, with whom he has three children: Valentina (2-12-1990), Mattia (12-5-1994) and Leonardo (3-3-2005).

On October 16, 2002, Roberto Baggio was appointed Ambassador of goodwill of the United Nations Food and Food Organization (FAO).

On February 14, 2013, he participated in one of the galas of the San Remo song festival. There he was interviewed by the Italian television presenter Fabio Fazio and also read a letter aimed at young people. During the interview a video was seen in which he was greeted by Licing San Suu Kyi.

TRAJECTORY

Vicenza and Fiorentina

Baggio began his sports career in Vicenza in 1982. Fiorentina signed him in 1985; In his years at the Club Viola , Baggio was considered by his Fanes as one of the best players who wore that shirt. Baggio debuted in Serie A in 1986 against Sampdoria, scoring his first goal in May 1987 against the Naples of Maradona, in the match in which precisely the Neapolitans won their first Scudetto .

Juventus FC

In 1990, Baggio was acquired by Juventus, unfortunately from Florentine followers, for 10 million euros, a record in transfer. After the transfer, there were even riots in the streets of Florence. When he played his first game as bianconero against Fiorentina, Baggio refused to launch a penalty, declaring: "I have trained a lot with Mareggini and knows very well how penalties shot." In 1993, Baggio conquered the UEFA Cup with Juventus, and also obtained that year the Golden Ball and the FIFA World Player . In 1995 he conquered his first and unique Scudetto as Juventino, in addition to the Italian Cup.

AC Milan, Bologna and Inter

In 1995, after being very pressed by the president of AC Milan, Silvio Berlusconi, Baggio signed for the Rossonero Club , after receiving offers also from Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers. In his two years as Milanista, Baggio conquered a Scudetto . There it coincided with other great players like George Weah or leave Savicevic.

In 1997, Baggio was transferred to Bologna; In that club he remained only one season, since after the 1998 World Cup he signed for Inter Milan. Baggio always considered this as a bad decision in his career, since he was separated from the ownership by coach Marcello Lippi. Baggio says it was to make negative comments about his person, he also pointed out that Lippi asked him to spy on his teammates to which he refused. The Inter of the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 seasons was a team of stars such as Ronaldo, Vieri, Zamorano, Zanetti, Peruzzi, however, on the court the results were not expected. After only two seasons as Nerazzurro and due to bad relations with Lippi, Baggio decided to leave the Lombardo club.

brescia

In 2000 Baggio signed with Brescia. At the beginning of the 2001-02 season he got 8 goals in 9 games, but he was injured from the meniscus and the cross-leg ligament; Due to this injury, Baggio spent 76 days away from the game. He returned in a match against one of his previous teams: the Bologna Football Club.

Baggio maintained an acceptable level in all his years in Brescia, until his retirement in 2004. He played his last game in San Siro against AC Milan; In the 88th minute, the Brescia coach decided to replace it to receive the public's ovation. Baggio retired having scored 205 goals throughout his career in Serie A, the sixth largest record after Silvio Piola, Gunnar Nordahl, Giuseppe Meazza, Francesco Totti and José Altafini. His shirt with number 10 was removed from Brescia.

National Team

Baggio made 27 goals in 56 games with the Italian soccer team, the fourth highest figure in the history of the Azzurra . He is also the only Italian player who has played and scored in three World Cups, with a total of 9 goals, along with Paolo Rossi. Despite its statistics, it could not conquer any official trophy with the national team.

Baggio played with Italy in the 1990 World Cup with the role of substitute marking the " World Cup goal " against Czechoslovakia in the group phase. With the championship, Baggio won the starting position and formed a very good couple with Salvatore Schillaci. He scored another goal in the Consolation Party against England.

Baggio arrived at the 1994 World Cup as the leader of the team Azzurra , after a disappointing start of the championship, Baggio scored the two goals with which Italy beat Nigeria in the round of 16, then scored one Of the goals with which they beat Spain in the quarterfinals (the other goal was scored by Dino Baggio) and also scored the two goals with which the Italians beat Bulgaria in the semifinals. In the grand final against Brazil he missed the launch of the final penalty with which the Brazilians won the World Cup.

In the first game of Italy in the 1998 World Cup against Chile, Vieri transformed a Baggio pass into a goal and marked the final 2-2 penalty. He also scored a goal in the classification match against Austria. This time, Italy was eliminated in the quarterfinals by France from the penalty throws, this time, Baggio transformed its penalty although in the end it would not help.

The Italian coach Dino Zoff did not convene Baggio, for the Eurocup 2000 Reach the first World Cup XXI </s Baggio hinted at his final withdrawal from the selection by saying: "After two years, I have decided to stay in Italy, choosing Brescia and Mazzone to try to try to win a position in the World Cup."

played with the Italian team from 1988 to 1999, being summoned one last time in 2004 to play a friendly match against the selection of Spain, on April 28, at the Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa.

PARTICIPATIONS IN WORLD Cups

World	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles
1990 World Cup Soccer/Football	ItalyItaly	Third place	5	2
1994 Football World Cup	United States	Subfield	7	5
1998 Football World Cup	France	Final rooms	4	2

statistics

Clubs

Club	Season	Div.	League		Cups		International		Total		Media Shotgun
			Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles
S. S. Lanerossi Vicenza ItalyItaly	1982-83	3. a	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0
	1983-84		6	1	6	1	-	-	12	2	0.17
	1984-85		29	12	5	2	-	-	34	14	0.41
	Total		36	13	11	3	0	0	47	16	0.34
A. C. Fiorentina ItalyItaly	1985-86	1. a	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	0	0
	1986-87		5	1	4	2	1	-	10	3	0.33
	1987-88		27	6	7	3	-	-	34	9	0.26
	1988-89		31	15	10	9	-	-	41	24	0.59
	1989-90		32	17	2	1	12	1	46	19	0.41
	Total		95	39	28	15	13	1	136	55	0.40
Juventus F. C. ItalyItaly	1990-91	1. a	33	14	6	4	8	9	47	27	0.61
	1991-92		32	18	8	4	-	-	40	22	0.55
	1992-93		27	21	7	3	9	6	43	30	0.70
	1993-94		32	17	2	2	7	3	41	22	0.54
	1994-95		17	8	4	2	8	4	29	14	0.48
	Total		141	78	27	15	32	22	200	115	0.58
Milan A. C. ItalyItaly	1995-96	1. a	28	7	1	-	5	3	34	10	0.29
	1996-97		23	5	5	3	5	1	33	9	0.27
	Total		51	12	6	3	10	4	67	19	0.28
Bologna F. C. ItalyItaly	1997-98	1. a	30	22	3	1	-	-	33	23	0.70
	Total		30	22	3	1	0	0	33	23	0.70
F. C. Internazionale ItalyItaly	1998-99	1. a	23	5	6	1	6	4	35	10	0.29
	1999-00		19	6	5	1	-	-	24	7	0.29
	Total		42	11	11	2	6	4	59	17	0.29
Brescia Calcio ItalyItaly	2000-01	1. a	25	10	3	-	-	-	28	10	0.36
	2001-02		12	11	1	-	2	1	15	12	0.80
	2002-03		32	12	-	-	-	-	32	12	0.38
	2003-04		26	12	-	-	-	-	26	12	0.46
	Total		95	45	4	0	2	1	101	46	0.46
Total career			490	220	90	39	63	32	643	291	0.45
↑ Includes data from the Italian Cup (1982-04) and the Italian Super Cup (1990-91) ↑ Includes data from the Champions League (1996-99); UEFA Cup (1986-96); European Cup (1990-91); Intertoto Cup (2001-02)

Honours of Prizes

National Championships

Title	Equipment	Headquarters	Year
Series A	Juventus F. C.	ItalyItaly	1994-95
Cup Italy			1994-95
Series A	A. C. Milan		1995-96

International Championships

Title	Equipment	Headquarters	Year
UEFA Cup	Juventus F. C.	Turin	1992-93

Individual awards