Gianni Rivera

**Giovanni** "**Gianni**" **Rivera** (; born 18 August 1943) is an Italian politician and former footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career as a footballer he was mostly used as an attacking midfielder.

### Club

|rowspan="2" width="100"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Alessandria||1958–59|1|0|–|–|–|–|–|–|1|0|
|1959–60|25|6|–|–|–|–|–|–|25|6||||
|rowspan="20"|AC Milan||1960–61|30|6|1|0|–|–|2|0|33|6|
|1961–62|27|10|1|0|2|0|–|–|30|10||||
|1962–63|27|9|–|–|7|2|–|–|34|11||||
|1963–64|27|7|1|0|2|1|2|0|32|8||||
|1964–65|29|2|–|–|–|–|–|–|29|2||||
|1965–66|31|7|1|0|4|1|–|–|36|8||||
|1966–67|34|12|6|7|2|0|1|0|43|19||||
|1967–68|29|11|5|3|10|1|–|–|44|15||||
|1968–69|28|3|4|1|7|2|–|–|39|6||||
|1969–70|25|8|3|1|3|2|2|1|33|12||||
|1970–71|26|6|10|7|–|–|–|–|36|13||||
|1971–72|23|3|6|2|8|4|–|–|37|9||||
|1972–73|28|17|6|3|9|0|–|–|43|20||||
|1973–74|26|6|5|1|8|0|–|–|39|7||||
|1974–75|27|3|4|0|–|–|–|–|31|3||||
|1975–76|14|1|5|1|3|0|–|–|22|2||||
|1976–77|27|4|7|0|5|0|–|–|39|4||||
|1977–78|30|6|5|1|1|0|–|–|36|7||||
|1978–79|13|1|4|1|5|0|–|–|22|2||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Italy|1962|4|2|
|1963|5|2|||
|1964|4|2|||
|1965|6|1|||
|1966|6|2|||
|1967|4|0|||
|1968|4|0|||
|1969|3|0|||
|1970|7|2|||
|1971|3|0|||
|1972|3|0|||
|1973|7|2|||
|1974|4|1|||

## Honours

**AC Milan**
- Serie A: 1961–62, 1967–68, 1978–79
- Coppa Italia: 1966–67, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77
- European Cup: 1962–63, 1968–69
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1967–68, 1972–73
- Intercontinental Cup: 1969

**Italy**
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1970
- UEFA European Championship: 1968

**Individual**
- Coppa Italia top scorer: 1966–67, 1970–71
- Ballon d'Or: 1969, runner-up 1963
- FIFA XI: 1967
- Serie A Top-scorer: 1972–73 (shared with Giuseppe Savoldi and Paolino Pulici)
- IFFHS Italian Player of the 20th Century: 1999
- IFFHS European Player of the 20th Century (12th): 1999
- IFFHS World Player of the 20th Century: (19th)
- AC Milan Player of the 20th Century: 1999
- Golden Foot "Football Legends": 2003
- FIFA 100
- UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #35
- AC Milan Hall of Fame
- UEFA President's Award: 2011
- Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2013
- Inducted into the Walk of Fame of Italian sport: 2015

## Other websites

- Profile and Statistics on the FIGC website
- Profile on Italia1910.com
- Profile on TuttoCalciatori.net

## Infobox (football biography)

- **embed**: yes
- **header-color**: lavender
- **years1**: 1959–1960
- **clubs1**: U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912, US Alessandria
- **caps1**: 26
- **goals1**: 6
- **years2**: 1960–1979
- **clubs2**: A.C. Milan, AC Milan
- **caps2**: 501
- **goals2**: 122
- **totalcaps**: 527
- **totalgoals**: 128
- **nationalyears1**: 1962–1974
- **nationalteam1**: Italy national football team, Italy
- **nationalcaps1**: 60
- **nationalgoals1**: 14


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Giovanni Rivera
- **image**: Rivera.jpg
- **office1**: Member of European Parliament
- **term start1**: 25 May 2005
- **term end1**: 13 July 2009
- **constituency1**: North-West Italy (European Parliament constituency), North-West Italy
- **office2**: Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Member of the Chamber of Deputies
- **term start2**: 2 July 1987
- **term end2**: 29 May 2001
- **constituency2**: Milan
- **birth place**: Alessandria, Kingdom of Italy, Italy
- **party**: Democratic Centre (Italy), CD <small>(2013)</small>
The Daisy, DL <small>(2002–2007)</small>
The Democrats (Italy), Dem <small>(1999–2002)</small>
Segni Pact <small>(1994–1996)</small>
Christian Democracy (Italy), DC <small>(1987–1994)</small>
- **height**: 5 ft 9 in