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Luigi Riva

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1944 – 2024wing half

Italy

full name Gigi Riva · Photo: Unknown ANSA Photographer · Public domain

Archive goals

for Italy

Matches scored in

1 hat-trick among them

Tournaments

all in the FIFA World Cup qualification

Career span

1968–1969

first 1968-10-23 · last 1969-11-22

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 2026-09-11

International goals in our archive

7 goals across 4 scoring matches · 1 tournament · 1968–1969

Date	Opponent	Result	Minutes	Venue
1969-11-22	German DR	W3–0(h)	36'	Naples
1969-11-04	Wales	W4–1(h)	37' 73' 81'hat-trick	Rome
1969-03-29	German DR	D2–2(a)	54' 82'	Berlin
1968-10-23	Wales	W1–0(a)	44'	Cardiff

Honours

2 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated

Marquee 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

Luigi Riva

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