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15 Napoli legends – AS.com

Diego Maradona

The most important symbol in the history of the club. He managed to lead the team to win the scudetto twice and a UEFA Cup. He spent seven seasons as a Neapolitan.

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In 2017 the Slovakian player became the top scorer for the Italian club (later overtaken by Mertens). He spent twelve seasons defending the Napoli shirt.

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He signed for the Italian Napoli in 1980 where he played for four seasons where he played 107 games after passing through AFC Ajax and the Vancouver Whitecaps.

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Anthony Julian

Non-club academy, throughout his career he played with the Azzurri. After Hamšík and Bruscolotti, he is the player with the most appearances at Napoli, with a total of 505 games played and 38 goals. He also became team captain at just 23 years of age.

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Giuseppe Bruscolotti

Coming from the AS Sorrento youth academy, he signed for Napoli in 1972, playing 16 seasons for a total of 511 games and winning a Scudetto, two Italian Cups and an Anglo-Italian League Cup.

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Bruno Giordano

In 1985 he signed with Maradona’s Napoli: with him and Careca he formed the attacking trident Ma.Gi.Ca. In Naples he won a Scudetto and an Italian Cup.

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In 2010 he was transferred to Napoli from Palermo. In the 2011-12 season he won his first club title, the Italian Cup, in which he was the top scorer. In his third season as a Neapolitan he finished as top scorer in Serie A with 34 league goals.

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“Carequinha” arrived in 1987 at the Italian club where he formed a powerful attacking trio with Bruno Giordano and Diego Maradona. In 1990 he reached the scudetto in his last year playing with ‘El Pelusa’.

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Attila Sallustro

He is currently the fourth all-time top scorer for SSC Napoli. He played from 1926 to 37. He was coach of Napoli in 1961.

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Higuain

After seven seasons at Merengue, in July 2013 he was transferred for 40 million euros to SSC Napoli where he won an Italian Cup and an Italian Super Cup, as well as being a two-time league «Supercannoniere».

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Bruno Pesaola

In 1952 he arrived in Naples where he stayed for eight seasons and played 240 games. He was also coach of the Neapolitan club.

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José Altafini

Born in Piracicaba, a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. In 1965, Altafini joined Napoli, where he stayed until 1972.

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Luís Vinício

A youth squad player from Brazilian Botafogo, he arrived at Napoli at the age of 23 in 1955. He was nicknamed “‘O lione”. He spent five seasons as an Azzurri scoring 69 goals.

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Giuseppe Savoldi

In 1975 Savoldi signed for Napoli for the record amount, until then in Italy, of 2 billion lire. For the same reason he was nicknamed “Mister due miliardi”. He played four seasons, scoring 55 goals in 118 games and winning an Italian Cup (1975/76).

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Hasse Jeppson

It was nicknamed ‘O Banco ‘e Napule (‘The Bank of Naples’) due to the amount Napoli paid at the time (105 million lire). He became an idol for the Italian fans.

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