Ten AC Milan legends have amassed more than 100 goals in competitive matches for the team. Pompierone, the middle member of Gre-No-Li, the strong Swedish three made up of Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nodahl, and Nils Liedholm, is undoubtedly at the top of that list. Although Andriy Shevchenko, a true legend, put in tremendous effort to break that mark during his seven years at Milan (from 1999 to 2006), the excellent Ukrainian forward eventually achieved 175 goals. Some fan favorites also stand out, like Kaká and Pierino Prati as well as Gianni Rivera, José Altafini, Filippo Inzaghi, and Marco van Basten. Find the list of the Top 10 AC Milan Goalscorers Of All Time below.
10. Pierino Prati
The Campanians were promoted from Serie C to Serie B in 1966 with the aid of the guy from Cinisello Balsamo, who played for the Salernitana youth squad. He only made 19 appearances during his one season with the team, but because to his talent, the Rossoneri snatched him up. He scored 10 goals during that time. He was only 19 at the time and was loaned out to Savona in order to acquire experience; similarly to his stint with Salernitana, his goal-scoring ratio was quite strong. He scored 15 goals in 29 games for the Ligurian team in Serie B, showing early signs of the killing instinct that would serve him well in the seasons to come and help us start our list of the Top 10 AC Milan Goalscorers Of All Time.
9. Kaka
Kaka joined the Rosseneris in 2003, and three years later he won his first Italian trophy—the Serie A championship—before going on to win the Champions League. He became one of AC Milan’s most well-known legends because of his skill with the ball, which featured defense-splitting passes and mesmerizing movement. He failed to score more than 10 goals each season only once in his first six seasons at San Siro; however, his second stint with the club was less successful, only producing 95 goals.
8. Guiseppe Santagostino
Giuseppe Santagostino, who was born in Milan on March 18, 1901, began his football career in the youth system of AC Milan before making his first-team debut in 1921, where he played for 12 seasons. He joined the top ten goal scorers in the club’s history after scoring over 100 goals while playing as a striker or winger for the team. In the derby to mark the stadium’s opening on September 19, 1926, ‘Pin’ scored the first goal at San Siro.
7. Marco van Basten
Dutch football player Van Basten was a striker for Ajax and AC Milan. He won four Ballon d’Or Awards and was once named the greatest European player of all time by the French publication L’Equipe. Van Basten spent two seasons at Paris Saint-Germain after leaving Milan in 1995 before calling it a career in football at the age of 37. Van Basten took over as manager of Ajax in 2006, however owing to subpar performance, he was let go after just six months.
6. Filippo Inzaghi
A striker for Serie A team Reggina, Filippo Inzaghi is a professional footballer from Italy. Before joining Leffe in 1991 on loan, Inzaghi played youth football with San Nicol and Piacenza. The next year at Parma, he made his debut as a senior. After spending two years with Parma, he moved to Hellas Verona in 1993, where he stayed until 1995, when he paid £5 million (£4 million including add-ons) to join Juventus. He played with Juventus for four seasons, helping the team to two league championships (1995–96 and 1996–97) as well as a trip to the 1997 UEFA Champions League final, which they lost to Barcelona on penalties.
5. Aldo Boffi
Aldo Boffi was a striker who spent the 1940s and 1950s playing for AC Milan. His tenure with the club, where he contributed to their many league and cup victories, is what made him most famous. After a lengthy football career, he passed away in 1987 at the age of 72. Seregno in the Serie A was where Aldo Boffi began his playing career. He was recruited by AC Milan in 1936 after making an impression in the lower levels, and over the course of seven years, he made 163 appearances for them. Before retiring from football at the age of 33 owing to an injury, he then relocated to Atalanta.
4. Jose Altafini
Only twenty years old when he came in Milan, José Altafini was a strong forward with excellent footwork who had previously won a world championship with Pelè’s Brazil. Due to his likeness to Valentino, the illustrious captain of the Great Torino, he is also known as “Mazzola” in his own country. In his first season with AC Milan, he won the 1958–1959 league title, with 28 goals in 32 games. Then, thanks to Eusebio’s two goals in the championship match at Wembley, the 1961–1962 league title victory allowed the Rossoneri to compete in and win the following European Champion Clubs’ Cup against Eusebio’s Benfica.
3. Gianni Rivera
The ‘Golden Boy of Italian Football’, Rivera epitomised an era of great success for the Italians during which Milanese clubs dominated Europe. Italians were renowned for being tough, physical, and even nasty at a period when Italian football was all the rage in European football through Catenaccio, which saw Milan and Inter each win two European Cups. This was due to the fact that their managers had a highly pragmatist perspective of the game. Milan’s manager, Nereo Rocco, was strict. Even his forwards were expected to contribute to the defensive form, and Jimmy Greaves was expelled from Milan for refusing to do so after scoring 9 goals in 10 games.
2. Andriy Shevchenko
Striker Andriy Shevchenko, who represents Ukraine internationally, has formerly played for Barcelona and Dynamo Kyiv. After being chosen as temporary manager in October 2016, he led Ukraine in 2017. On September 29, 1976, Andriy Shevchenko was born in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). Before going to Barcelona, where he won two La Liga championships and one Champions League crown between 2009 and 2011, he began his career with Dynamo Kyiv. Shevchenko started working as an ambassador for various companies after quitting playing in 2014. Andriy Shevchenko is a Ukrainian striker who competes for both the Ukraine national team and Serie A club Milan.
1. Gunner Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl, one of the greatest center-forwards in history, moved from IFK Nörrkoping to AC Milan in January 1949, just a few months after Sweden’s Olympic gold-medal victory in London. The 221 goals he has scored in Milan’s history make him the most prolific scorer in the club’s history. His first goal against Pro Patria was only the beginning of an unending string of goals. He has won the Serie A scoring title five times. He brought the league title back to Milan after many years without success after persuading his fellow countrymen Gren and Liedholm to join him in Italy, helping him top our list of the Top 10 AC Milan Goalscorers Of All Time.
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