In the 1990s, the world was tuned into the Italian Serie A. Iconic kits, stadiums, and players, it was impossible to ignore. Strikers were in rich abundance, but who were the best. Here’s my top 10 ranking of the greatest Serie A centre forwards from this glorious period…
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Thomas Skuhravy ? Antonio Careca ?
Top 10 players of the 90s!
As an avid watcher of Football Italia (during a wonderful era for football), I whole heartedly agree with your list. Watching the programme every Sunday was an absolute joy and was a must in our household. Great times!
Need to see top 10 all time per position video, your content is so fire 🔥
R9 in his first season at Inter was doing things nobody had seen before. To this day I keep telling people he is the most talented footballer of all time and only injuries stopped him from becoming the greatest ever player. He was just unreal
Many people know that. For me he is the best ever.
As far as I am concerned he reached the highest level ever. As such he is the best ever. Longevity is a proper argument but so is mine.
@@gabkoost For some people he is.
I recalled living in Milan at the time. While ppl were quarrelling about TV remote control when all other teams were playing, with Inter it was different. Everybody wanted to see Ronaldo play - nothing else.
He's the greatest even with all his injuries!
90s Serie A was one of the best times watching football. So many world-class players in one league. I would say 90s Serie A was the best era of football ever
I would say also 80s with: platini, maradona, van basten, gullit, zico etc.. maybe even better
I think football reeached the highest quality/standard in the Barca/spain-tikitaka-era. According to competition you are maybe right, when in the 90s so many clubs are able to fix great players and you didnt know who will be the next Champion. I miss that so so much.
I agree,Italian football was it for me especially the late 90s.I would go to school late just to watch replays of games I saw on sundays.Ronaldo was my favorite player.Brazilians are my favorite footballers.I use to love watching fiorentina with Edmundo batigol,rui costa.amoroso was another favorite of mine
Every Sunday on Channel 4 in England. Italian league round up. Pure heaven
All of you must have loved 1-0 and 0-0 matches. My God. So many world class players had their careers shortened by Italian defenders during this era. Ronaldo. Pancev. Savicevic. Gullit. Van Basten.
'90s Serie A was something else great midfielders, great defenders and lethal strikers.
Until 1996 when La Liga became the best in the world till these days
@@patriotaespanol6943 its true, when Baressi retired from Serie A, La Liga became the best ligue in the World
@@patriotaespanol6943 La Liga was nowhere near Serie A in 1996. It wasn't until around 2001 that La Liga caught up to Serie A.
That's not true. Even in the late 90s, Europe was dominated by Italian clubs. Most of the best players were still in Serie A until 2001.
Correct, I watched the matches back then.
For me, Ronaldo fenomeno is not only the best striker in history, but the best player in history. His style, his dribbling, the way he scores goals. Everything is great
🤣 that’s ridiculous and clearly a statement from someone that doesn’t know football. Messi scored more goals (not just throughout his career but in any season), was a better dribbler, a better passer… it’s crazy that you say that if you have seen the two of them.
@@javierfarres2205 I watched both. Messi is also a great player, but I don't like his style. For me, Ronaldo fenomeno and Ronaldinho is not like any other player. Especially Ronaldo Phenomeno
@@javierfarres2205 Messi’s fanboys are everywhere apparently. Messi never played in such a tough defensive league full with star players. I don’t know why you bring him here, no one said his name you must fall asleep thinking about him every night. What a loser.
@@samba5062 exactly 💯, Messi is great but I don't like his style, Ronaldo something else
Messi would get destroyed in this era. I mean a old Nesta was bullying messi while a Prime Nesta was doing somersaults caused by Ronaldo. So you see the difference 👀
I remember George Weah's solo goal against Verona. The 90's Serie A was awash with brilliant strikers.
I was watching the game that Sunday Live on Channel 4. My older brother jumped out his seat and went loco when Weah scored.
Was his debut goal in serie a too if I’m not mistaken … incredible
Batistuta is one of my top 5 players of all time, I loved watching him play as a kid but hated anytime we had to play Argentina at the World Cup.
If you old enough to have watched seireA in the 90’s NOTHING has come close since!! You had a legit 8,9 teams you had to fear, the talent in that lg during that era will never be matched anywhere
I miss it …
Never? That’s a bold statement to make.
I have to agree the 90 'S seireA is by far the best league ever I would say
Well Said. Couldn't agree more.Good football spectator with a perfect memory !🙏
@@muhamedabdulkerim5611 thanks brother much appreciated those days where in my opinion the last of the real soccer after that it became child play
The disrespect on vieri just being an honourable mention
I expected him to be in the top 3! He was an incredible striker
I think he will on the top 10 if the video talks about best 00's striker
Because he only played 3 seasons in Serie A in late '90s
@@ombrahmbhatt2432 Yes, 3 Incredible seasons
@@ombrahmbhatt2432 Only 2 as he spend the 98/99 season in Atletico Madrid. Juve sold him and bought Inzaghi
The 90's was definitely the golden age for the Italian game. You could do something similar for all the great goalies of that era, also, with the likes of Zenga, Pagliuca and Buffon gracing the game.
dont forget Peruzzi, Rossi and Toldo
The 90s was the peak golden era of a twenty years period for me that started to bubble in 1986 and fizzeld out completely with the peak and demise of Ronaldinho in 2006. However, the 90s decade was by far the high point never to be seen again. In my humble opinion, France 🇫🇷 1998 World Cup still remains the best WC that I've seen.
The 90s wasn't just the golden age for Italian football but for all of football the best league there has ever been
Ever since Baggio retired, football is not the same!
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In Italy maybe. But if you haven't noticed in Spain, we've just recently had two greatest of all time play for several years.
@@hinewdaniel2998 I agree, it was exciting
I agree with you whole heartedly, football is not the same since the one and only Roberto Baggio il divino condino in my heart forever ❤️🇮🇹✨
@dntino1340 I agree it's not the same. It got better for a little while, and now it's dwindling down again ever since Xavi, Dani Alves, Puyol, Messi, Suarez, Busquets and Iniesta stopped playing for Barcelona .
R9 was something that nobody saw before and that not will be seen in the future. A machine
Ronaldo R9 was unreal !He played as if the clip was being fast-forwarded!Speed, skill, race and poise!I remember watching European football on telly sponsored by Rothmans and pall mall, seeing him 96-97 in his first season at Barca after watching the hype around him at the Atlanta Olympics, he was a joy to watch and how he dominated headlines for about 3 years in an era that had exceptional strikers who were unlucky to play in an era with El fenomeno!Anyone remember Davor Suker, Salas, etc from that era? The sound track "Key from the secrets" was the best song for watching football highlights on that show from '96-'98!
Shevchenko, Baggio, Salas, Trezugeut, Dario Hubner. Just some other honourable mentions.
Del Piero too
Baggio was midfielder no?
Zamorano
Shevchenko did not play in '90s!
@@sheikabudalabu3075 1999 mate
Hi mate, I was born in the early 80s and football Italia on channel 4 was a great source of free football, I grew to love it and it rounded off the weekend nicely. Man this video takes me back there.. Excellent work!
Nice list but Batistuta has to be no. 1 when you factor longevity and consistency. Ronaldo obviously was better but only for 2 seasons. Batigol was class for 8 seasons that decade.
True but he said that in the video & nobody who watched Ronaldo play in serieA ever saw anything like that before or since vs that competition..he made maldini, costacurta,nesta, canavaro, thuram & all the best defenders in the world look like children..can’t put anybody over him batigol was a god but never feared like r9 ! If you watch any interview from defenders in that era they all say Ronaldo was the toughest player they played
Totally agree Batistuta dominated Serie A for years.
Totally agree Batistuta dominated Serie A for years when Serie A was the toughest league in all of Europe
longevity has to be Batistuta... but at his peak, Ronaldo was simply on another planet
Was never a fan of the teams he played in but feel like I have to agree. You think of Nineties strikes in Serie A and Batistuta is first in my mind. Great list though, I always love the honourable mentions. And I felt sad that I had forgotten all about Vieri when I was thinking of predictions!
Whenever this guy uploads, I click immediately! Great content as always.
It's unbelievable how many good strikes there was. Apart from the ones mentioned, Massaro, Casiraghi, Delvecchio, Amoroso, Salas, Zamorano, Balbo, Skuhravý, Careca, Simone, Klinsmann, Papin, Fonseca, Protti, Hübner, Anderson and Shevchenko. All those played in Italy within a decade.
thomas brolin
Asprilla..
Asprilla
Serie A in the 90’s was something else. If you’re not old enough to have lived it, you missed something special. The strikers the clubs had as well as the level of talent amongst some of the teams
Ronaldo and Batistuta where phenomenonal and easily 1 and 2. I wish Ronaldo never got them awful injuries he had his career, it's strange to think the best ever striker has still got a "what could of been" about him! Batistuta was near enough unplayable, the venom combined with accuracy of his strikes and his physicality made him a perfect center forward. Alan Shearer was the premier league equivalent, loyal to one club and amazing center forward.
Marco Van Basten is the perfect center forward
Marco Van Basten best n9 ever. of course seria A best striker as well then Ronaldo and batistuta
Batistuta was a beast! Fearless and powerful. That kind of strike that only need to touch the ball 1 time to score a goal.
Ronaldo and Batistuta played together once in the world stars United football team, and they utterly destroyed the opponent.
Gianluca Vialli was my favourite....Great footballer. Weah,Batigol and Ronaldo were exceptional too.
Bloody hell,my twin!
Serie A between the 1980s and early 2000s wasn’t just the beast league of the time, but the greatest league of all time. There was never such a concentration of absolute talent in a single league for so many years in a row
I'd say it was still at a very high standard in the mid 00s also. The decline started from 07 onwards.
England was the best league until 1985. When English teams were suspended from European competition, it set them back two decades. English teams absolutely tore through Europe between 1976 and 1985. Liverpool won 4 UCLs, Vila won 1 and Forest won back to back UCLs. That’s 7 out of 9. Absolute dominance. With that said, from 1985 until the early 2000, serie A was peerless. Every star in the world, except for Cruyff’s Barca dream team, played in Italy.
As Italian and as avid football enthusiast and practitioner, you brought me back to those wonderful times. Amazing video.
I think Serie A has the best history and peak of any league. No league in the world has the amount of glamour, class, passion, and corruption as Serie A. Its peak was truly marvelous!
Good choice! Abel Balbo was great striker too (151 goals in Seria A)
Honourable mention I would say, even Alen Boksic and Gianfranco Zola
Great call!
Ronaldo was a complete beast, different breed man. The Greatest Striker ever, and I can consider him as the Greatest Soccer player ever
Great video. I totally agree with the Batistuta and Ronaldo placements.
Ronaldo was known as Ronaldinho (little Ronaldo), because there was player called Ronaldo known as Ronaldão (meaning big Ronaldo) in the Brazil 1994 WC squad and because Ronaldo was young (17yo) he became known as Ronaldinho.
Lol big Ronaldo R9?
@@theallamerican3778 no. Big Ronaldo was Ronaldao. While R9 Ronaldo had "Ronaldinho" written on his shirt in 1996 Olympic.
@@biteme9505 No wonder the *Ronaldinho Soccer* game on the N64 had Ronaldo on the cover !
You're right, I remember watching him in the1996 Olympics, then he was so young and he wore Ronaldinho No. 18 shirt
What better way to start off my Sunday than with a bit of football nostalgia.
Thank you for this video... it reminded me of the my nostalgic childhood playing fantasy football with friends on paper and newspaper (before the internet), in choosing the best centre forwards, which were always the most expensive ones 😊. More importantly, it is great you are educating younger generation of forgotten Great players like Giuseppe Signori and George Weah (his unforgettable coast-to-coast goal was unheard of) 🤯.
Great video Serie A in the 90s was amazing made me fall in love with the game
I love your channel! Growing up watching serie A in this era and the 2000's your videos gave me a warm nostalgic feeling
Great video - the 90s was a golden era for strikers
love this video man, would love to see the same format with other leagues/positions !
Ronaldo and Weah were my favourite, very skillful, can take the ball from deep and both sides of the flanks and do wonders. I love strikers that don't just stay in the box
It does not matter what I think- all I know that you are doing an amazing job! Keep it up - love the content and specially about 90s Calcio
My favourite is Marco Van Basten 😍 I like RONALDO but van Basten was something else retired from injuries and still have 3x balon dore's
yep.. still my man..
Me too although Ronaldo would be in my greatest eleven with van basten up front
Van Basten retired, Ronaldo overcame the impossible so he is the greatest.
@@liongordel9088Yeah they both went through similar stuff.. They were both insanely good players but ruined by injuries. Only difference is R9 never gave up and made the greatest injury comeback of all time! Both are goats tho 🇳🇱 🇧🇷
Great list & placements , great league & era. Some of the best football & teams ever 👏
OMG the memories.. thanks for making this video 👍🏻😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@theretroroute thank you for your hard work. I really miss footballers in the 90s. Pure passion, no social media nonsense. Good times
Great list. I grew up watching 90's Serie A on Channel 4 and I can't argue with this.
Great video, 00s next 🙏. agree with the lost, forgot how good signori was 1992-96 so much depth in this league, lucky to have witnessed it. Thanks for the brilliant remjnder
Abel Balbo also deserves a shout. Scored double figures throughout the 90s while playing for underwhelming sides like Udinese and Roma pre Capello.
Brilliant content can't wait for the next video..
One of the most underrated you tubers ❤️ keep up the amazing work bro 🤩🤩🤩
Thank you! Will do!
Most of these great strikers had the capability to be Ballon dor winners in this day and age. Showing the ridiculous abundance of talent the Serie A had in the 90s.
Wonderful Video man. I do miss Serie A from the 90's, it was awesome. Ronaldo was unbelievable at Inter Milan, Van Basten was as complete as you can get as a Striker and Georgie Weah was my man, loved watching Play but all the Strikers in this Era was really great too watch. Alen Boksic should have had an Honourable Mention, although not the Best Scoring Striker, his Pace, Speed and Power scared Defenders too Death.
This guy's channel is so addictive! I'm always prowling for the next video upload
More to come!
This is going to be good!!🔥🔥
Very good production and easy to listen to, as always. I was a bit surprised about having van Basten in this list and when I saw him there I knew Ronaldo would be first. I initially thought that the video was about the strikers who did the most and best scoring over a decade, but instead the video is about the best quality strikers who appeared in the 90s, no matter for how long.
Van Basten was a decade cross-over player who played his best football in the late 80s to the early 90s. In fact, I'll say he was at his peak in the 91-92 season when Milan played some of the best football ever by a club side, Capello's first season where they went undefeated. Rijkaard and Van Basten that season were unstoppable along with Gullit.
how does this channel only have 15k subscribers is beyond me.....this is the sad reality we live in where the newer generations of footballl fans are more intrigued in the personal life of the footballer more than their professional life and the history of this sport. I hope this channel get to 100k soon, has really great content
Great list! Would love to see more of these. Fond memories of watching many of these as a child. I think Mancini, Caseraighi and Protti would be other honourable mentions
Zamorano
Bierhoff
This channel deserves more recognition
Awesome vid bud, keep it up!!
One of the things I wish could come back from that era in Serie A is the "Seven Sisters". Back then, you had Juventus, Inter, Milan, Roma, Lazio, Parma and Fiorentina who not only competed for the scudetto (and truly *competed* with the title being granted on the very last day), but they werw also favourites to win European competitions, with multiple finals played by two Italian teams. I wish we could see this stuff. This season of Serie A seemingly has 8 teams who might end up competing for the top spots (Napoli, Milan, Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Lazio, Udinese and Juventus). Imagine if that continues, and then you have Napoli going far in the Champions League, Roma and Lazio getting close to a Roman derby in Europa League and Fiorentina trying to win the Conference League. That's what 90s Serie A was like
It's hard to put so many in the top 10... What a time to be alive!!
Your narration and musical scoring are top tier.
Giuseppe signori omg what a player he was I remember the good days of seria a now long gone 😞
great video man
thank you for putting Mr.Signori,big respect!
That was a superb video. Bringing back so many memories.... so many strikers back in them days.... so Glad Guisseppi Signori gets his well deserved place in top 10. What a player... I also loved watching Inter Milan with Toto Schallchi and Ruben Sosa.... also Jean pierre Papin for Milan.... Great times of football
Another brilliant video! Please do a video about Davor Šuker! 🙏
Enjoyed these champions as a kid, what a threat! Getting emotional here 🥲 And Having seen them, I 💯 agree with your standings 👌🏻
This whole video made me so sad to be old😢 being a kid in the 90's watching this level of footballer was a privilege
Great video!
I love your videos!
my favorite era ever there is always a sense of romance and flair regarding the 90s serie
A great video ☺️
R9 The Phenomenon .....etc . Perfect explanation who R9 really was....Cheers! Great Job!
I can't argue with that list at all. The footage gave me nostalgia of watching Italian football on Channel 4 back in the 90s.
Great vid, Serie A was something else back then. Serie A is a joke now. Italy failing to qualify for a 2 world cup in a row and Juventus losing to seventh place Villarreal in CL.
Brilliant video 👌
Thank you! 👍
the 90's was the golden age of football. so many stars around the globe. Ronaldo Nazario and Batistuta were the greatest strikers on the planet, and the two greatest in history. if they had ever had played for the same team, it would have been an unstoppable force.
Brother we might have differing opinions on position on list thats life but you nailed the top 10 here a few i would change but what can i say i watched and smiled all the way through just beautiful
Good List!
Excellent video
great vid!
As a football historian- I think this list is very well put together. There is little to argue with here. fantastic 👍👍
Many thanks!
The 90s Era was the ultimate era that made me fall in love with football.. Nowadaysit's all money and hype
Enjoyed that... this era made me a lifelong Milanista
You could do playmaker list, ss list, defender list( there were some real bad asses back then), one season wonders list and different decades as well. Hopefully not 80s and 70s tho. Great job btw, keep it up
Outstanding
Quality Content Mate Can You Please Do Top 10 Strikers Of The 2000s and 2010s Next Please.💯😇🙏
Certainly on the list
Notable mentions......Shevchenko Delvechhio Zamarano Salas Asprilla Savecevic Boksic
R9 is the best player in history at his prime, I saw them all at their peaks, Messi, CR, Dinho, etc but R9 at his prime is as something else no player has ever reached that level of a prime R9
Giuseppe Signori has to be one of the most underrated and underappreciated strikers of all time.
Il più grande è stato Van Basten, che sapeva fare tutto con entrambi i piedi, era fortissimo fisicamente e di testa, atleticamente e in più era anche un assist man. Inarrivabile
anche secondo me.. quanto ho pianto vederlo smettere a 27-28 anni nel fiore dei suoi anni.. avrebbe potuto vincere almeno 5 palloni d'oro.. e poi quanta eleganza..
Very good job
When you placed bastituta second to Ronaldo nazario.I concluded you exactly rated this well.
I remember one the first matches totti played,only 17, and already controlling the game.... What a player....
Salas and zamorano deserved a mention. Would had batistua number one but good video
There should be a ''Sheva'' somewhere i think..but great video!!! Congruts!!!
My favorites are Pippo, Batigol and of course Ronaldo. Pippo is the best for me due to his uniqueness and the fact that i'm a Milanisti. Truly one of a kind striker!
Pippo inzaghi was my favorite as well.His passion when he scores was amazing.
allora dovresti ricordare Marco Van Basten, il cigno di Utrech e non quel borgno di inzaghi..
excelente ranking...los 3 primeros...tal cual, indiscutible
in the 90s goals in serie A just looked beautiful
This could be the best football channel on KZhead
Batistuta in season 1998-99 is a spiritual leader of purple army.
shoot out to Ruben Sosa. As an Inter fan, he has a special place in my heart. Was a crazy baller
Glad Signori was rated so highly .. completely forgotten about these days. Lethal finisher and very quick