Juventus is the most successful team in Italy. They have won countless trophies and championships, such as two Champions Leagues, 13 Coppa Italias and 36 Italian league titles. Only top athletes can make a club of this caliber successful. The following are Juventus best players have played for the Bianconeri throughout the years. Let’s find out with bestsoccertips through the article below!
Top 10 juventus best players of all time
The Juventus team has spent more than 1 decade dominating its Serie A league. But for the time being, they are also facing their inevitable downward cycle. They are not names competing for the championship, not even named at Europe biggest tournament. And because of that, new fans remember the greatest, best Juventus squad in their history.
1. Alessandro Del Piero
The number one spot in the list of greatest Juventus players of all time belongs to Alessandro Del Piero. He is Juventus’ all-time leading goal scorer (290 goals) as well as the player with the most appearances (705) for the club. But his time at Juventus cannot be solely expressed by numbers because he meant much more than that to Juventus fans and even football fans in general.
He won 6 Serie A titles along with 1 Coppa Italia and, more importantly, 1 Champions League title with Juventus. Alongside Ravanelli, Vialli, and Baggio, Del Piero formed a formidable Juventus team that clinched the Serie A after 8 years in the 1994-95 season, and they continued their dominance by securing the Coppa Italia as well.
Subsequently, he helped them win the 1995-96 Champions League season by scoring six goals in the tournament. He also played a crucial role in Italy victory in the 2006 World Cup against France.
Del Piero is one of those players who played for the badge rather than his name. He spent 19 years at Juventus and captained the club for 11 years. After the Calciopoli scandal, he chose to stay with the club even when at the peak of his career.
2. Michel Platini
With Juventus, Platini won 2 Serie A titles, 1 Coppa Italia, and 1 European Cup Winners’ Cup, but his peak achievement was in the Champions League, where he twice appeared in the final, both times with Juve, and helped Juventus secure their first-ever League title in 1984-85 against Liverpool.
Platini scored the only goal of the match from a penalty, executed in a stunning manner. Though his later career after retirement might have tarnished his legacy, it cannot be denied that he will forever be one of the greatest French players as well as one of the greatest Juventus players of all time.
3. Gianluigi Buffon
Regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper of all time, Gigi Buffon is the epitome of longevity in a career at the pinnacle of football pyramid. He seems to have found the fountain of youth as he still plays to this day and performs as well as any goalkeeper half his age. This career longevity has helped him break numerous records, including the most clean sheets by a goalkeeper with over 500 clean sheets.
It would take an entire article to recount all of Buffon individual accomplishments, enough to say he has surpassed what one would deem possible for a player. But before becoming the legend he is today, he started his career at the youth levels of Parma, then made his professional debut just before turning 18.
He won the Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup with Parma before joining Juventus in 2001 for a then-record €52 million fee for a goalkeeper. Buffon played for Juve for 17 consecutive seasons before joining PSG in the 2018-19 season, only to return to Juventus a year later.
4. Gaetano Scirea
Gaetano Scirea achieved everything a footballer possibly could, and that’s not an exaggeration. He’s often regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time and certainly one of Juventus’ all-time legends, some even calling him the greatest Juventus player.
Scirea, hailing from Sicily, began his career in the youth ranks of Atalanta at the age of 15, then was promoted to the first team 2 years later, where he became a regular starter until Juventus came knocking for his signature.
After 2 seasons at Atalanta, Scirea signed with Juventus at the age of 19 and would continue to play for them until he retired from football 15 years later. Scirea formed a close partnership at the back with Claudio Gentile and Antonio Cabrini, along with Dino Zoff in goal, they made Juventus’ defense impenetrable and were a cornerstone of Juve success in that era, particularly in European competitions.
Scirea won 7 Serie A titles, 2 Coppa Italia, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 Cup Winners’ Cup, 1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Super Cup, and 1 Intercontinental Cup with Juventus, being one of only 9 players to have won every top-level club competition in which a European footballer could compete, in addition to winning the 1982 World Cup with Italy.
5. Dino Zoff
Zoff is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in football history. For many years, some of Italy’s greatest goalkeepers stood in his shadow, and he repeatedly proved, both for club and country, how crucial he was to their success.
He truly is one of Juventus’ all-time greatest players, but it’s interesting that another goalkeeper ranks above him on this list! When Zoff moved to Juventus, he was already 31 years old and a seasoned player, but because most players’ abilities tend to decline with age, Zoff only improved further as he won the World Cup and Serie A in 1982, at the age of 40.
In total, he won 6 Serie A titles with Juventus and 2 Coppa Italia. He also reached two Champions League finals with the club but lost on both occasions. However, he did win the UEFA Cup (now Europa League) with Juventus.
6. Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Zidane needs no introduction, as he’s widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time. He’s primarily associated with Real Madrid because of his tremendous success with them and his eventual retirement there. He’s also one of the greatest managers, having led them to three consecutive Champions League titles.
However, it was at Juve where Zidane built his reputation and almost achieved everything a player could. After impressing at Bordeaux in 1996, he joined the Bianconeri. He won consecutive Serie A titles in his first two seasons at the club. They also reached the Champions League final in both seasons but ultimately lost to Dortmund and Real Madrid.
After his second season at Juventus, Zidane participated in the 1998 World Cup, hosted by his homeland France. He played a crucial role in helping France win their first-ever World Cup, and as a result, he won the Golden Ball and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 1998.
7. Paolo Rossi
Juventus re-signed him when he was still a young player, and he helped them win the Serie A in 1981-82. Although he barely played in the league, he was selected for the Italian national team for the 1982 World Cup and repaid their trust by scoring 3 goals against Brazil in the quarter-finals, 2 goals against Poland in the semi-finals, and 1 goal against Germany in the final.
He won the World Cup Golden Boot with 6 goals. His performance at the World Cup was enough for him to win both the Golden Ball and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 1982. In his first full season after the World Cup, he helped Juventus win the Coppa Italia and reach the UEFA Cup final by becoming the top scorer in both competitions.
In his next season, he was even more successful as he won his second Serie A title, scoring 13 goals, followed by victories in the European Cup Winner’s Cup and Supercup. In his final season at Juventus, he finally won the European Cup, thus etching his name in the club’s history as one of the greatest Juventus players of all time.
8. Giorgio Chiellini
Chiellini is another player who stayed with Juve during the difficult period after the Calciopoli scandal, and he’s also one of the longest-serving players in the history of the Old Lady.
Chiellini spent the majority of his career playing for Juventus. He joined the club from Fiorentina in 2005. He immediately became a regular under Capello in the 2005-06 season and won his first Scudetto (later revoked and awarded to Inter). He stayed with Juve and during Serie B, he cemented his position as a regular defender for Juventus.
He experienced real domestic success in 2011, where he was an indispensable part of the team that helped Juventus win Serie A once again. He has an incredible 9 Scudetti with Juve. His partnership with Barzagli and Bonucci, supported by Buffon in goal, made Juventus’ defense the most important factor in their 9 consecutive Serie A titles.
Chiellini helped Juventus reach the Champions League finals in the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons, both of which they lost. Chiellini is one of the highest-rated players on this list, a defensive general who will be remembered for decades to come. He finally left the club after 17 years at the end of the 2021/22 season.
9. Giampiero Boniperti
Boniperti gave his all for Juventus, spending his entire 15-year career at Juve. That’s why he’s called ‘Mr. Juventus’. He still holds an honorary title in the club, and he’s certainly one of the greatest legends of Juventus of all time, but first, let’s take a look at his playing career.
Boniperti began his career at Juventus in the 1946-47 season. Playing as a center forward with a skilled finishing ability, he started playing regularly from the beginning, which was enough for the Juventus coach at the time to trust him as the main striker, and he repaid the coach’s trust by scoring 27 goals and winning the Serie A Golden Boot.
Boniperti continued to win 2 Scudetti in 1950 and 1952 and then became the captain of the club in 1954. He also played for the Italian national team in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups (captaining the team in the latter) and the 1952 Olympics.
With the emergence of Omar Sivori and John Charles at the club, Boniperti formed a strong trio with them, when he was then moved to the winger role and led Juve to win several titles. The magical trio helped Juventus win 3 Scudetti and 2 Coppa Italia with the final championship taking place in the 1960-61 season, which would be Boniperti last season as a player.
10. Pavel Nedved
Arguably the greatest Czech player of all time, Nedved spent 8 years at Juventus, and his career at the Old Lady is distinctly divided into two periods. The first being highly successful years, for both him and the club, and the second part following the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, where Juventus, despite being the champion, was relegated to Serie B for match-fixing convictions.
Nedved, who at the time was considered one of the best players in the world and won the Ballon d’Or in 2003, could have gone to any top club in the world, but he stayed with Juve and helped them bounce back to Serie A the following year.
Pavel Nedved, who had previously played for clubs like Sparta Praha and Lazio, will always be remembered for his time at Juventus, where he donned the Old Lady jersey in 327 matches and scored 65 goals.
He won 4 Serie A titles, 2 of which were revoked after Calciopoli, and he also reached the Champions League final in the 2002-03 season, where they lost to Milan on penalties. Despite the loss, for his contribution to getting Juve to that final and winning the Serie A in the same season, he was awarded the Ballon d’Or and became one of the greatest players in the history of Juventus.
Conclude
Above is the greatest Juventus best players in the history of world football according to our information brought to readers. All those players have always earned a certain respect of fans around the world, as well as of fans of this team. Hopefully, through this article, you have come to know the best Juventus players of all time. Thank you for following our article!
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