player · international archive · 1967–1973
Gigi Riva
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ItalyArchive goals
27
for Italy · 2 from the spot
Matches scored in
15
3 hat-tricks among them
Tournaments
4
most in the FIFA World Cup qualification (14)
Career span
1967–1973
first 1967-11-01 · last 1973-10-20
Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Luigi "Gigi" Riva was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-08-27
In the line-ups
9 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1968–1974The archive holds 9 team sheets naming Gigi Riva in Italy's starting line-up, from 1968-06-10 to 1974-06-19.
9 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
27 goals across 15 scoring matches · 4 tournaments · 1967–1973| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-10-20 |  Switzerland | W2–0(h) | 79' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Rome |
| 1973-03-31 |  Luxembourg | W5–0(h) | 18' 45' 70' 80'hat-trick | FIFA World Cup qualification | Genoa |
| 1972-10-07 | Luxembourg | W4–0(a) | 6' 36' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Luxembourg |
| 1972-05-13 |  Belgium | L1–2(a) | 86' (pen) | UEFA Euro qualification | Brussels |
| 1971-10-09 |  Sweden | W3–0(h) | 3' 83' | UEFA Euro qualification | Milan |
| 1970-06-17 |  Germany | W4–3(n) | 104' | FIFA World Cup | Mexico City |
| 1970-06-14 |  Mexico | W4–1(a) | 63' 76' | FIFA World Cup | Toluca |
| 1969-11-22 | German DR | W3–0(h) | 36' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Naples |
| 1969-11-04 |  Wales | W4–1(h) | 37' 73' 81'hat-trick | FIFA World Cup qualification | Rome |
| 1969-03-29 | German DR | D2–2(a) | 54' 82' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Berlin |
| 1968-10-23 | Wales | W1–0(a) | 44' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Cardiff |
| 1968-06-10 | Yugoslavia | W2–0(h) | 12' | UEFA Euro | Rome |
| 1967-12-23 | Switzerland | W4–0(h) | 13' | UEFA Euro qualification | Cagliari |
| 1967-11-18 | Switzerland | D2–2(a) | 66' 85' (pen) | UEFA Euro qualification | Bern |
| 1967-11-01 |  Cyprus | W5–0(h) | 46' 55' 59'hat-trick | UEFA Euro qualification | Cosenza |
Honours
2 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updatedMarquee honours
Ballon d'Or
UEFA European Championship
1968
Serie A
1969–70
| Team honours2 | ||||
| UEFA European Championship | ×1 | 1968 | Italy | |
| Serie A | ×1 | 1969–70 | Cagliari | |
| Individual honours17 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 3 | ||||
| Serie A top scorer | ×3 | 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70 | ||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| Ballon d'Or | ||||
| Teams of the season · 4 | ||||
| FUWO European Team of the Season | ×2 | 1969, 1970 | ||
| UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament | 1968 | |||
| World XI | 1971 | |||
| More honours · 9 | ||||
| Cagliari Greatest All-time Starting XI | ||||
| Cagliari's number 11 jersey retired in February 2005 | ||||
| Golden Foot "Football Legends" | 2005 | |||
| Inducted into the Cagliari Hall of Fame | ||||
| Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame | 2011 | |||
| Inducted into the Walk of Fame of Italian sport | 2015 | |||
| Sport Ideal European XI | 1973 | |||
| UEFA Jubilee Poll (2004) | ||||
| World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time | 1999 | |||
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