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.

Career statistics

Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeIncludes the European Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup, and European Super CupOtherIncludes the Intercontinental Cup, Coppa dell'Amicizia, and Cup of the AlpsTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAlessandria1958–5910––––––101959–60256––––––256Total266––––––266AC Milan1960–6130610––203361961–6227101020––30101962–63279––72––34111963–642771021203281964–65292––––––2921965–663171041––3681966–67341267201043191967–68291153101––44151968–692834172––3961969–7025831322133121970–71266107––––36131971–722336284––3791972–7328176390––43201973–742665180––3971974–7527340––––3131975–761415130––2221976–772747050––3941977–783065110––3671978–791314150––222Total5011227428761371658164Career total5271287428761371684170

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsItaly196242196352196442196561196662196740196840196930197072197130197230197372197441Total6014

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: 1967FIFA XI´s Matches – Full Info 
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

Notes

References

Other websites

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

Category:1943 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Alessandria
Category:Footballers from Piedmont
Category:A.C. Milan players
Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players
Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players
Category:1970 FIFA World Cup players
Category:1974 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Ballon d'Or winners