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Roberto Baggio

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Roberto Baggio

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Italian association football player (born 1967)

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Roberto Baggio is an Italian soccer player who played as a forward. His professional career spanned from 1982 to 2004. He has been recognized in the Ballon Dor collection. Baggio stands 174 centimeters tall and weighs 73 kilograms. He has three children.

The player has authored works including *Imposta sul reddito delle persone giuridiche*, *Il sogno dopo*, *Bollicine di futuro*, and *Una porta nel cielo*. He has stated that he lost three World Cups on penalties and described a moment where he tried to hit the ball too hard due to fatigue.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Imposta sul reddito delle persone giuridiche
  • Il sogno dopo
  • Bollicine di futuro
  • Una porta nel cielo

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Origin
London

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
26
Total plays
47

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Roberto+Baggio">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Roberto Baggio

Quotes

  • I knew what I had to do and my concentration was perfect. But I was so tired that I tried to hit the ball too hard.
  • Penalties are only missed by those who have the courage to take them.(Italian: I rigori li sbaglia solo chi ha il coraggio di tirarli.)
  • I have lost three World Cups, all on penalties. [...] If you'll allow me this, it really gets on my nerves.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Forward
Nationality
Italy

via TheSportsDB

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Baggio ( Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto ˈbaddʒo]; born 18 February 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. He is the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation. A technically gifted creative playmaker and set piece specialist, renowned for his curling free-kicks, dribbling skills, and goalscoring, Baggio is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roberto Baggio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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