Paolo Rossi

**Paolo Rossi** (23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian footballer. He played for Juventus, Milan, and the Italy national team.

Rossi died from cardiopulmonary arrest caused by lung cancer in Rome on 9 December 2020 at the age of 64.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Coppa Italia|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Juventus|1973–74|Serie A|0|0|1|0|0|0|–|1|0||
|1974–75|Serie A|0|0|2|0|0|0|–|2|0||||
|Como|1975–76|Serie A|6|0|0|0|–|–|6|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Lanerossi Vicenza|1976–77|Serie B|36|21|6|2|–|–|42|23|||
|1977–78|Serie A|30|24|4|2|–|–|34|26|||||
|1978–79|Serie A|28|15|3|2|1|0|–|32|17||||
|rowspan="3"|Perugia|1979–80|Serie A|28|13|4|0|4|1|–|36|14||
|1980–81|Serie A|0|0|0|0|–|–|0|0|||||
|rowspan="5"|Juventus|1981–82|Serie A|3|1|0|0|0|0|–|3|1||
|1982–83|Serie A|23|7|11|5|9|6|–|43|18||||
|1983–84|Serie A|30|13|7|0|9|2|–|46|15||||
|1984–85|Serie A|27|3|6|2|9|5|1|0|43|10|||
|Milan|1985–86|Serie A|20|2|3|1|3|0|–|26|3|||
|Hellas Verona|1986–87|Serie A|20|4|7|3|–|–|27|7||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Italy|1977|1|0|
|1978|10|4|||
|1979|5|3|||
|1980|3|0|||
|1981|0|0|||
|1982|11|6|||
|1983|7|2|||
|1984|6|3|||
|1985|3|2|||
|1986|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rossi goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|2 June 1978|Estadio Mundialista, Mar del Plata||1–1|2–1|1978 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|2|6 June 1978|Estadio Mundialista, Mar del Plata||1–0|3–1|1978 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|3|18 June 1978|Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires||1–0|1–0|1978 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|4|21 December 1978|Stadio Olimpico, Rome||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|5|24 February 1979|San Siro, Milan||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|6|26 May 1979|Stadio Olimpico, Rome||2–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|7|13 June 1979|Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb||1–0|1–4|Friendly||||||||
|8|5 July 1982|Estadio Sarriá, Barcelona||1–0|3–2|1982 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|9|2–1|||||||||||||
|10|3–2|||||||||||||
|11|8 July 1982|Camp Nou, Barcelona||1–0|2–0|1982 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|12|2–0|||||||||||||
|13|11 July 1982|Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid||1–0|3–1|1982 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|14|5 October 1983|Stadio della Vittoria, Bari||3–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|15|22 December 1983|Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia||3–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier||||||||
|16|4 February 1984|Stadio Olimpico, Rome||2–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||
|17|3–0|||||||||||||
|18|4–0|||||||||||||
|19|5 February 1985|Dalymount Park, Dublin||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|20|3 April 1985|Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Vicenza**
- Serie B: 1976–77
- Serie A runner-up: 1977–78
**Juventus**
- Serie A: 1981–82, 1983–84
- Coppa Italia: 1982–83
- European Cup: 1984–85; runner-up: 1982–83
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1983–84
- UEFA Super Cup: 1984

**Italy**
- FIFA World Cup: 1982

**Individual**
- _Capocannoniere_: 1977–78 (24 goals)
- Serie B top scorer: 1976–77 (21 goals)
- FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1978
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1978, 1982
- Gazzetta Sports Awards Man of the Year: 1978
- _Sport Ideal European XI_: 1978
- FIFA XI: 1979, 1986
- FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1982
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1982
- Onze d'Or: 1982
- Ballon d'Or: 1982
- _World Soccer_ Men's World Player of the Year: 1982
- _L'Équipe_ Champion of Champions: 1982
- _Guerin Sportivo_ Player of the Year: 1982
- _Guerin Sportivo_ All-Star Team: 1982
- European Cup top scorer: 1982–83
- _World Soccer_ Greatest Players of the 20th century: 41st
- FIFA 100
- UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: 12th
- Golden Foot "Football Legends": 2007
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2016
- Juventus FC Hall of Fame: 2025