Filippo Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi
Inzaghi in 2011
Personal information
Full name Filippo Inzaghi[1]
Date of birth (1973-08-09) 9 August 1973
Place of birth Piacenza, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Palermo (head coach)
Youth career
1982–1985 San Nicolò
1985–1991 Piacenza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Piacenza 39 (15)
1992–1993 → AlbinoLeffe (loan) 21 (14)
1993–1994 → Verona (loan) 36 (14)
1995–1996 Parma 15 (2)
1996–1997 Atalanta 33 (24)
1997–2001 Juventus 120 (57)
2001–2012 Milan 202 (73)
Total 466 (197)
International career
1993–1996 Italy U21 14 (3)
1997–2007 Italy 57 (25)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Milan
2016–2018 Venezia
2018–2019 Bologna
2019–2021 Benevento
2021–2022 Brescia
2022–2023 Reggina
2023–2024 Salernitana
2024–2025 Pisa
2025– Palermo
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2006 Germany
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 2000 Belgium–Netherlands
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1994 France
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [fiˈlippo ˈpippo inˈdzaːɡi];[3] born 9 August 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the head coach of Serie B club Palermo. Nicknamed "Superpippo" ("Super Goof") or "Alta tensione" ("High Tension") by fans and commentators during his playing career, Inzaghi is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of his generation.[4] In the UEFA Champions League, he is the all-time Italian top goalscorer, scoring 46 goals.[5]

Inzaghi played for several Italian clubs and spent the most notable spells of his club career with Juventus and AC Milan, winning two Champions League titles (2003, 2007), and three Serie A titles (1998, 2004, 2011). He is the seventh highest scorer in Italy, with 313 goals scored in official matches. He is currently the sixth-highest goalscorer in European club competitions with 70 goals, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Raúl and Karim Benzema. He is also Milan's top international goalscorer in the club's history with 43 goals. He also holds the record for most hat-tricks in Serie A with 10.

At international level, Inzaghi earned 57 caps for the Italy national team between 1997 and 2007, scoring 25 goals. He represented his country at three FIFA World Cups, winning the 2006 edition, and he also took part in UEFA Euro 2000, where he won a runners-up medal.

His younger brother, Simone Inzaghi, is also a football manager and former Italian international player.

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Filippo Inzaghi". AC Milan. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ^ Migliorini, Bruno; Tagliavini, Carlo; Fiorelli, Piero; Borri, Tommaso Francesco, eds. (2010) [1969]. "Inzago". Dizionario d'Ortografia e di Pronunzia della lingua italiana (in Italian). Rome: Rai Eri. ISBN 978-88-397-1478-7.
  4. ^ "Ranked! The 101 greatest football players of the last 25 years: full list". FourFourTwo (253 ed.). 13 February 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ^ "5 Italian players with the most goals in Champions League history| All Football". AllfootballOfficial. Retrieved 1 August 2025.