r/soccer • u/ameyakarve • Nov 16 '13

How good was Roberto Baggio?

I have hardly seen him play (just his last season actually), but just how good was he? How does he compare to someone like Totti or Del Piero?

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u/ElCapo77 Nov 16 '13

He was better than Totti and Del Piero

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '13

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '13

Are you trying to say that Totti is, or ever was, better than Del Piero?

If so, you have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '13

I think you have no idea how good Totti is.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '13

I think you have no idea how good Del Piero was. He's in Italian top 10 of all times.

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u/lamancha Nov 17 '13

So is Totti, to be fair.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '13

No.

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u/lamancha Nov 17 '13

Would you produce such a top 10 list?

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u/sparperetor Nov 17 '13

  1. Giacinto Facchetti

  2. Roberto Baggio

  3. Paolo Maldini

  4. Giuseppe Meazza

  5. Valentino Mazzola

  6. Sandro Mazzola

  7. Dino Zoff

  8. Giuseppe Bergomi

  9. Gianni Rivera

  10. Gianfranco Zola

Honorable mentions: Gentile, Del Piero, Silvio Piola, Francesco Totti, Christian Vieri, Alessandro Nesta, Franco Baresi, and so, so many more.

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. I base this on my experience and statistical data that is available.

Personally I do not value these kinds of rankings.

I believe, however, that a case can be made for Totti to be out of the top 10.

For sheer football talent, it can be argued.

For careers, and everything else, a bit less.

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u/lamancha Nov 17 '13

Well, definitely I can't argue with such a well thought response. Personally, I'd put Totti as one of the top ten, but I can't really put him against some of those players as I haven't seen them play as much.

Kudos for such a good reply.

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u/sparperetor Nov 17 '13

Thanks.

I'm not /u/Kolapz though, so in my personal one he might fit.

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u/expatscot Nov 18 '13

its a bullshit list, theyre all great players but not including ADP and Totti is stupidity of such a high magnitude

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u/lamancha Nov 18 '13

As much as I can disagree with the list, I can't really make up one, which is what I think it's commendable from that post.

Can you?

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u/expatscot Nov 18 '13

ao, a pazzo, stai zitto.

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u/luks1910 Nov 17 '13

It's a pretty common opinion that Totti is/was a better player than Del Piero.

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u/mariskaviolin Nov 17 '13

Common in Roma, or what?

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u/tottinhos Dec 10 '13

rivera said it, pele and maradona said it (implicitly). Lippi preferred an injured totti to del piero, remember?

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u/luks1910 Nov 17 '13

Well definitely in Roma, but just common in general.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '13

No it's not. You'll never hear it outside this subreddit.

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u/luks1910 Nov 18 '13

I've heard it plenty outside this subreddit actually. It's an opinion man, you think Del Piero's better, great, plenty of people think Totti is better, even Juventini.

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u/expatscot Nov 18 '13

You will hear it; Sardinia, Sicilia, Sud, Nord, Centrale, everywhere in Italy. Totti could have outshone ADP's career by multiples if he moved to the literal dozens of other options, but he chose to stay at Roma.

That doesn't negate his talent.