Roberto Baggio

Baggio is, to me, the most poetic figure football ever produced. The 1993 Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player honors confirm his genius, but what lingers is the image of him standing alone after that 1994 World Cup final penalty. He carried beauty and melancholy in equal measure, and that fragility is precisely what made him immortal. From Caldogno in the province of Vicenza he became the definition of the fantasista, a player who treated the pitch like a canvas. I admire athletes who win, but I love the ones who make you feel something, and Baggio does that every time I picture him.

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Name (English)

Roberto Baggio

Name (Japanese)

ロベルト・バッジョ

Reading

ろべると・ばっじょ

Born

February 18, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Caldogno, Province of Vicenza, Italy

Height

174 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

Awards & achievements

• 1993 Ballon d'Or
• 1990 Bravo Award
• 1991 Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 1993 FIFA World Player of the Year
• 2003 Golden Foot
• Mundial

• Official sitehttp://www.robertobaggio.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto%20Baggio
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67964

Tags

• Province of Vicenza
• association football player

Last updated

September 29, 2026

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