Roberto Baggio

Roberto Baggio is a former Italian world-class footballer. He was positioned either as a second striker or an attacking midfielder in the team. However, the footballer was capable of playing in multiple offensive positions. He is said to be a technically gifted player and a creative playmaker with a set-piece specialist. The player is renowned for his dribbling skills, goalscoring, and curling free-kick. He won multiple awards in his entire career and thus was inducted into Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2011.    

Here are some of his career achievements:

• Entitled as the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993
• Won the Ballon d'Or in 1993
• Led his team, Italy to the finals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, held in the United States and won the World Cup Silver Ball
• Chosen to be on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002; the team was chosen by an internet poll conducted by FIFA 
• Received the ‘Golden Foot’ award in 2003
• Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame, in 2011