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Below is a football player in the world to succeed in its golden ages, they are hard workers in the field, a role model for colleagues in the team, and even a hero to his native land.


1.Italian Footballer

Franco Baresi (born May 8, 1960 in Travagliato, Italy) was the outstanding football (soccer) central defender of the Italian national team team in two World Cups

(1990 and 1994). In World Cup 1994, he missed a penalty in the shootout after the 0-0 final. He was also a member of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Despite his modest physical appearance, Baresi became a famous football player by his extraordinary abilities to read the game and control the pace of the play. He is also one of the few players who has spent his entire career at one club (A.C. Milan), for which he played 444 games, scoring 12 goals. He retired from playing in 1996 aged 36. With Milan, Baresi won six scudetti (Serie A league titles) and three Champions Cups. His #6 jersey was retired by the club, a rarity for Italian soccer. Baresi continues to be involved in Italian football today, as a highly respected coach at A.C. Milan. His brother Giuseppe Baresi played for bitter rivals Internazionale.

 Baresi played in two World Cups for Italy. Baresi was part of the 1982 World Cup squad in Spain aged 22 as substitute of another great defender, Gaetano Scirea, but didn't play, just like in the 1980 European Football Championship, where he was called along with his brother Giuseppe.His international debut came later that year in a match against Romania. He also missed the 1986 tournament and made his World Cup debut in 1990 when Italy were the hosts. The Azzurri lost to Argentina in the semi-finals, but went on to beat England in the third place play off.

He was rather unlucky to have been playing at a time when Scirea was still active in the Italian National Team as both of them were world class defenders and legends in the game, hence his few caps which most were gained when Scirea had retired from the Azzuri.

In the 1994 World Cup he was one step closer to lifting the trophy, losing to Brazil in the final. He missed the first penalty in the shootout after the 0-0 full-time and extra-time score. Until this, he was a hero: he missed four matches after being injured in Italy's group match against Norway. He underwent emergency surgery and returned to captain the team three weeks later in the final, where he made many important tackles and interceptions. Romário, who didn't play his best in the decision due to what he said to be "The most ruthless monitoring of my entire career".

He was also a member of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Roberto Baggio (born 18 February 1967) is a retired Italian footballer, widely considered among the top strikers of all time. In his career, he played for Juventus, AC Milan and Internazionale. In 1993, Baggio won both the Ballon D'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. Baggio is known as Il Divin Codino (The Divine Ponytail), for the hairstyle he wore for most of his career and his Buddhist background.

Baggio was born in Caldogno, Veneto. As a youngster, he always had a keen interest in the sport of football and played for a local youth club over a period of nine years. After scoring 6 goals in one game, Baggio was persuaded by scout Antonio Mora to join Vicenza. Roberto Baggio is the 6th of 8 brothers. His younger brother, Eddy Baggio, is also a footballer who currently plays with Sangiovannese.

Baggio totalled 27 goals in 56 caps for his national team, the fourth-highest of all time for Italy. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups, with a total of 9 career World Cup goals which puts him even with Christian Vieri and Paolo Rossi as Italy's top World Cup scorers. For all his talent he was never rewarded with a victory in an international competition. He infamously missed the deciding penalty in the final of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which contributed to Italy losing the trophy to Brazil.

Baggio was not called up for Dino Zoff's squad in Euro 2000 and also 2002 FIFA World Cup in Asia as Italy's coach Giovanni Trapattoni considering him not fully recovered from injury. Fans and pundits criticised the omission of Baggio, and Italy were eliminated by South Korea before reaching the quarter-finals, failing to reach expectations.

Giampiero Boniperti (born 4 July 1928 in Barengo, Piedmont) is an Italian former football player who played his entire career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961. He also played for the Italian national football team. After retirement from professional football, Boniperti has been a president of Juventus and a deputy to the European Parliament.

With 182 goals in all-competitions, Boniperti was the highest goalscorer in Juventus' history for more than 40 years, until his record was bested by Alessandro Del Piero on 10 January 2006. Del Piero also broke his appearance record on 14 February 2010 when he played his 445th Serie A game. Notably, Boniperti is the tenth-highest goalscorer of all-time in Serie A and was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

Boniperti signed for Juventus at age 16, he had already built himself a reputation prior to this at youth level, as he scored 11 goals in one match. At a try-out in which he scored seven goals, journalist Carlin proclaimed; "A boy wonder is born to Juve".

The youngster played his first match for the Old Lady in Serie A on 2 March 1947 against A.C. Milan, unfortunately for Boniperti it ended in a 2-1 defeat. His first goal for them in the league was three months later, against Sampdoria. Juventus ended the Serie A 1946-47 season as runners-up to local rivals Torino, Giampiero ended the season with 5 goals in 6 games to his name.

Although he began as a centre forward he was a flexible player, and could play also as an inside forward or on the right wing. His second season with Juventus really put him on the map, he was only just 20 years old, but scored 27 goals during that season, he finished above Valentino Mazzola as the league's topscorer.

Boniperti's first league championship with Juventus was during the 1949-50 season. His scoring rate remained prolific and by his 24th birthday he had scored 100 goals for the Turin giants, adding a second scudetto title to his name in 1951-52. For much of the 1950s Juve and Boniperti struggled to put the club back to the top of the Italian championship.

However, in 1957 La Vecchia Signora signed two forwards; John Charles and Omar Sivori, along with them Boniperti would be a part of what was referred to as "the Magical Trio". The three players excelled impeccably together, during last four seasons at the club Juventus dominated and won Serie A three times (1957-58, 1959-60 and 1960-61) and the Coppa Italia twice (1958-59 and 1959-60).