Name

Luigi Riva

Date of Birth

07.11.1944 (Leggiuno, Italy)

Height

1.80m

Position

Forward

Nationality

Italian

1 x Italian Championship : 1969-1970
1 x European Championship :
1968
3 x Italian League Top Scorer :
1966-1967, 1968-1969,
1969-1970

Season

Team

Games

Goals

Position

1962-1963

Legnano (C)

23

6

-

1963-1964

Cagliari (B)

26

8

2nd

1964-1965

Cagliari

32

9

6th

1965-1966

Cagliari

34

11

11th

1966-1967

Cagliari

23

18

6th

1967-1968

Cagliari

26

13

9th

1968-1969

Cagliari

29

20

3rd

1969-1970

Cagliari

28

21

1st

1970-1971

Cagliari

13

8

7th

1971-1972

Cagliari

30

21

4th

1972-1973

Cagliari

26

12

8th

1973-1974

Cagliari

25

15

10th

1974-1975

Cagliari

8

2

10th

1975-1976

Cagliari

15

6

16th

 

Legnano

23

6

0.26 GPG

 

Cagliari

315

170

0.54 GPG

 

Italy

42

35

0.83 GPG

 

Totals

380

211

0.56 GPG

 
Italy's all time leading goalscorer shot the tiny club from Sardinia to their first and only
championship in the 1969-1970 season. Juventus bid a World Record £3.5 million for
him in 1970 but he rejected the move and remained faithful to Cagliari.

He retired in 1978 after losing a two year battle with injury.