Edited sentence: 8 years later in 2002 just prior to the world cup reports confirmed that Baggio was Italy's most popular player.Baggio is not the typical goalscorer.Baggio scored 27 goals for his country.Baggio scored his 24 goals in less then 8 years with the national team.But actually he has scored his 24 th goal long before the mid point of his carear.But he has some interesting goalscoring records.But still, Baggio is famous...or rather popular.Due to his popularity in Italy he has always been close to the word Italy :Often it is said one of the best in Italy despite the fact that he was considerd as one of the best in the world.During those 8 years none of the  players leveld Baggio.Few people know about his records.Former Barcelona captain,Pep Guardiola  made clear that he was describing Baggio as one of the best in the world (not to be confused with Italy).He also did hold the same  spot in Italian Seri A.He held the record of the current top scorer in the national team until he retired.He needed 8 more goals to level with Italy's top goalscorer.He scored his 24 th goal in the world cup semi finals in 1994.Thus with an equally bigger yet , yet even in 2002 he was still the current top scorer.With 24 goals he was the then current top scorer in national team of Italy and the 4 th top goalscorer of all time.Yet in those 8 years ,it was almost impossible to see Baggio in the national team