Gigi Riva

Gigi Riva was an Italian footballer (7 November 1944 – 22 January 2024). Riva played as a striker for Cagliari and Legnano. Riva scored 248 goals in 439 games for club and country and won 2 trophies, including 1 league title.

Riva's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions397213
Italy4235
Total439248

Goals per game: 0.56.

Riva's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 2
  • League titles: 1
  • Trophies with Italy: 1
  • Individual awards: 15

Cagliari

  • Serie A: 1 (1969–70)

Italy

  • UEFA European Championship: 1 (1968)

Individual

  • Serie A top scorer: 3 (1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70)
  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1 (1968)
  • FUWO European Team of the Season: 2 (1969, 1970)
  • World XI: 1 (1971)
  • Sport Ideal European XI: 1 (1973)
  • World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 1 (1999)
  • Golden Foot "Football Legends": 1 (2005)
  • Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame: 1 (2011)
  • Inducted into the Walk of Fame of Italian sport: 1 (2015)
  • Inducted into the Cagliari Hall of Fame: 1
  • Cagliari Greatest All-time Starting XI: 1
  • Cagliari's number 11 jersey retired in February: 1 (2005)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1962–1963: Legnano, 23 games, 6 goals
  2. 1963–1976: Cagliari, 315 games, 164 goals

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