Lorenzo Insigne He faces his last months in the club where he was trained and in the city where he was born 30 years ago. The Italian striker, Napoli’s living history, captain since 2019, has already committed to the end of this season with the Toronto of Major League Soccer (MLS). He will play there for the next four seasons, until 2026. Now he wants to say goodbye through the big door and he is not only doing it on a collective level, fighting with his teammates for titles in Serie A and the Europa League, but also individually: on Saturday he scored the goal against Inter (1-1) from a penalty and with 116 official goals he finally surpassed the 115 of his idolized, admired and sadly deceased Diego Armando Maradona to become the third top scorer in the club’s history.
Before changing clubs for financial reasons, since he could stay but with a considerable salary reduction, Badge still has time to reach the second in the ranking, another institution like Marek Hamsikfrom whom he inherited the armband in February 2019. The Slovakian midfielder left the club with 121 goals, just five more than he has Badge. First place is already impossible for him. Your partner Dries Mertens (34 years old) adds 144 goals. The Belgian striker, curiously, surpassed Maradona two years ago shortly before facing Barça in the first leg of the 2019-20 Champions League round of 16, like now Badgebut before this tie that gives access to the Europa League.
The 116 goals of Badge they are divided between Serie A (91), Coppa Italia (8) and European competitions (17). This season he has achieved 7, 6 league titles and one in the Europa League, far from the 19 of last season, all in Serie A.
Small (163 centimeters) and talented, a native of the humble neighborhood of Frattamaggiore, proud to be Neapolitan, Badge among his many tattoos, he shows off one on his left thigh with the face of Maradona singing a goal It was done in December 2020 to pay tribute to the legend of Naples and the Argentine team, who died a few days earlier, on November 25. “For us Neapolitans, Maradona it is sacred and has no comparison with anyone”, he proclaimed in his day. Surpassing his 115 goals was his tribute.