Paolo Rossi
Italian footballer (1956–2020) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Italy
- Born
- 23 September 1956
- Died
- 9 December 2020
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1973–1987
Clubs Juventus FC · Como 1907 · Vicenza Calcio · A.C. Perugia Calcio · AC Milan · Hellas Verona FC
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
251
Club league goals
103
International caps
48
International goals
20
League goals / match
0.41
International goals / cap
0.42
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juventus FCClub | 1973–1985 | League | 83 | 24 |
| Como 1907Club | 1975–1976 | League | 6 | 0 |
| Vicenza CalcioClub | 1976–1980 | League | 94 | 60 |
| Italy men's national association football teamNational team | 1977–1986 | Full caps | 48 | 20 |
| A.C. Perugia CalcioClub | 1979–1980 | League | 28 | 13 |
| AC MilanClub | 1985–1986 | League | 20 | 2 |
| Hellas Verona FCClub | 1986–1987 | League | 20 | 4 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×3
Serie A
Domestic
- 1974–75 · Juventus FC
- 1981–82 · Juventus FC
- 1983–84 · Juventus FC
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1984–85 · Juventus FC
- ×1
FIFA World Cup
International
- 1982 · Italy men's national association football team
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 1985 · Juventus FC
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1982
- ×1
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
Performance award · FIFA
- 1982
Career timeline
1973
- Joins Juventus FC — Until 1975
1975
- Serie A winner — 1974–75 · Juventus FC(provisional)
- Joins Como 1907 (loan) — Until 1976
1976
- Joins Vicenza Calcio — Until 1980
1977
- Senior international debut: Italy men's national association football team — Until 1986
1979
- Joins A.C. Perugia Calcio (loan) — Until 1980
1981
- Joins Juventus FC — Until 1985
1982
- Ballon d'Or — 1982
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball — 1982
- FIFA World Cup winner — 1982 · Italy men's national association football team
- Serie A winner — 1981–82 · Juventus FC(provisional)
1984
- Serie A winner — 1983–84 · Juventus FC(provisional)
1985
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1984–85 · Juventus FC(provisional)
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 1985 · Juventus FC(provisional)
- Joins AC Milan — Until 1986
1986
- Joins Hellas Verona FC — Until 1987
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
52.5
Rank #38
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 30% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence62.7+18.81 points
- Best window
- 1981–1985
- Individual award points in window
- 18
- Award availability in window
- 0.756
- Team honor points in window
- 28.5
- Peak index
- 38.07
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence46.6+11.66 points
- League goals per match
- 0.41 → 37.86
- International goals per cap
- 0.417 → 47.67
- International caps per year
- 4.8 → 55.67
Individual accoladesFull evidence42.3+8.45 points
- Contemporary award points
- 18
- Award availability coverage
- 0.66
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 27.26
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1982)
- 12
- FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (1982)
- 6
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence54.8+8.22 points
- Team honor points
- 31.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 1
- Intercontinental Cup (1985)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1984–85)
- 8
- FIFA World Cup (1982)
- 12
- Serie A (1974–75)
- 3
- Serie A (1981–82)
- 3
- Serie A (1983–84)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence53.9+5.38 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 15 → 71
- Documented elite seasons
- 4 → 36
- International career length (years)
- 10 → 64
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Ballon d'Or winners listCC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikidata: Paolo Rossi (Q178628)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Paolo Rossi Vicenza (cropped).jpgPublic domain · retrieved 27 October 2026