ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame

Gabriel Batistuta holding his old Fiorentina jersey at a 2014 ceremony inducting him into the club's Hall of Fame

This is a list of ACF Fiorentina players who have been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.

History and regulations

ACF Fiorentina's Hall of Fame has been launched in 2012, resulting from a collaboration between ACF Fiorentina and Museo Fiorentina.^[1] Fiorentina has been the first Italian football club to launch such initiative.^[2][3]

The award is given to players, managers, sporting directors, staff members, and historical supporters who have significantly marked the club's history.^[1] The inductees are selected by Museo Fiorentina and voted by a jury elected by the Collegio del Marzocco.^[1] The recipient are rewarded with the Marzocco Viola award, a statuette designed by the artist Marco Cantini and made by the silversmith Federico Sassoli. Portraits of the recipients are also made by Claudio Sacchi.^[4]

The 2020 edition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

Hall of Fame

Players

Name	Nationality	Position	Fiorentina career	Appearances	Goals	Year	Honours with Fiorentina	Reference
Giancarlo Antognoni	Italy	MF	1972–1987	429	72	2012	1974–75 Coppa Italia	[1]
Kurt Hamrin	Sweden	FW	1958–1967	362	208	2012	1960–61 Coppa Italia, 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1965–66 Coppa Italia	[1]
Giuseppe Chiappella[a]	Italy	DF	1948–1952	345	5	2012	1955–56 Serie A	[1]
Vittorio Staccione	Italy	MF	1927–1931	94	0	2012	1930–31 Serie B	[1]
Mario Pizziolo	Italy	MF	1929–1936	203	3	2012	1930–31 Serie B	[1]
Giuseppe Brizi	Italy	DF	1962–1976	389	2	2012	1965–66 Coppa Italia, 1968–69 Serie A, 1974–75 Coppa Italia	[1]
Christian Riganò	Italy	FW	2002–2006	100	62	2012	–	[1]
Giovanni Galli	Italy	GK	1977–1986	323	0	2013	–	[7]
Italo Bandini	Italy	MF	1926–1927 1928–1930	30	4	2013	–	[7]
Stefano Borgonovo	Italy	FW	1988–1989 1990–1992	77	23	2013	–	[7]
Ferruccio Valcareggi[b]	Italy	MF	1940–1943 1947–1948	126	27	2013	–	[7]
Giancarlo De Sisti[c]	Italy	MF	1965–1974	348	41	2013	1965–66 Coppa Italia, 1968–69 Serie A	[7]
Giuliano Sarti	Italy	GK	1954–1963	220	0	2013	1955–56 Serie A, 1960–61 Coppa Italia, 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup	[7]
Ardico Magnini	Italy	DF	1950–1958	241	6	2013	1955–56 Serie A	[7]
Alberto Orzan	Italy	DF	1954–1963	246	3	2013	1955–56 Serie A, 1960–61 Coppa Italia, 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup	[7]
Giuseppe Virgili	Italy	FW	1954–1958	115	62	2013	1955–56 Serie A	[7]
Julinho	Brazil	FW	1955–1958	98	23	2013	1955–56 Serie A	[7]
Armando Segato	Italy	MF	1952–1960	255	19	2014	1955–56 Serie A	[8]
Claudio Merlo	Italy	MF	1965–1976	377	28	2014	1965–66 Coppa Italia, 1968–69 Serie A	[8]
Renzo Contratto	Italy	MF	1980–1988	285	0	2014	–	[8]
Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	FW	1991–2000	332	207	2014	1993–94 Serie B, 1995–96 Coppa Italia, 1996 Supercoppa Italiana	[8]
Rodolfo Volk	Italy	FW	1926–1927	14	11	2015	–	[9]
Sergio Cervato	Italy	DF	1948–1959	334	31	2015	1955–56 Serie A	[9]
Luciano Chiarugi[d]	Italy	FW	1965–1972	193	56	2015	1965–66 Coppa Italia, 1968–69 Serie A	[9]
Francesco Toldo	Italy	GK	1993–2001	337	0	2015	1993–94 Serie B, 1995–96 Coppa Italia, 1996 Supercoppa Italiana, 2000–01 Coppa Italia	[9]
Romeo Menti	Italy	FW	1938–1941 1945–1946	136	55	2016	1938–39 Serie B, 1939–40 Coppa Italia	[10]
Miguel Montuori	Argentina	MF	1956–1961	188	84	2016	1955–56 Serie A, 1960–61 Coppa Italia, 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup	[10]
Franco Superchi	Italy	GK	1965–1976	318	0	2016	1965–66 Coppa Italia, 1968–69 Serie A, 1974–75 Coppa Italia	[10]
Luca Toni	Italy	FW	2005–2007 2012–2013	99	57	2016	–	[10]
Enzo Robotti	Italy	DF	1957–1965	273	2	2017	1960–61 Coppa Italia, 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup	[11]
Francesco Rosetta	Italy	DF	1957–1965	255	1	2017	1955–56 Serie A	[11]
Ugo Ferrante	Italy	DF	1963–1972	251	6	2017	1965–66 Coppa Italia, 1968–69 Serie A	[11]
Enrico Chiesa	Italy	FW	1999–2002	85	45	2017	2000–01 Coppa Italia	[11]
Dunga	Brazil	MF	1988–1992	154	12	2017	2000–01 Coppa Italia	[11]
Enrico Albertosi	Italy	GK	1958–1968	240	0	2018	1960–61 Coppa Italia, 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1965–66 Coppa Italia	[12]
Davide Astori	Italy	DF	2015–2018	109	3	2018	–	[12]
Daniel Bertoni	Argentina	MF	1980–1984	123	31	2018	–	[12]
Giancarlo Galdiolo	Italy	DF	1970–1980	315	5	2018	1974–75 Coppa Italia	[12]
Mario Maraschi	Italy	FW	1967–1970	115	48	2018	1968–69 Serie A	[12]
Sergio Castelletti[e]	Italy	DF	1958–1966	262	0	2019	1960–61 Coppa Italia, 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1965–66 Coppa Italia	[13]
Moreno Roggi	Italy	DF	1972–1978	110	6	2019	1974–75 Coppa Italia	[13]
Francesco Graziani[f]	Italy	FW	1981–1983	63	18	2019	1974–75 Coppa Italia	[13]
Sergio Carpanesi	Italy	MF	1955–1959	33	1	2022	1955–56 Serie A	[14]
Claudio Desolati	Italy	FW	1955–1959	200	58	2022	1974–75 Coppa Italia	[14]
Celeste Pin	Italy	DF	1982–1991	268	6	2022	–	[14]
Sébastien Frey	France	GK	2005–2011	218	0	2022	–	[14]
Guido Gratton	Italy	MF	1953–1960	215	31	2023	1955–56 Serie A	[15]
Salvatore Esposito	Italy	MF	1966–1972	158	8	2023	1968–69 Serie A	[15]
Angelo Di Livio	Italy	MF	1999–2005	213	8	2023	2000–01 Coppa Italia	[15]
Adrian Mutu	Romania	FW	2006–2011	143	70	2024	–	[16]
Maurilio Prini	Italy	FW	1952–1958	67	10	2024	1955–56 Serie A	[16]
Bernardo Rogora	Italy	DF	1965–1970	165	5	2024	1965–66 Coppa Italia, 1968–69 Serie A	[16]
Bruno Beatrice	Italy	MF	1973–1976	99	1	2024	1974–75 Coppa Italia	[16]

Coaches

Name	Nationality	Fiorentina career	Year	Honours with Fiorentina	Reference
Fulvio Bernardini	Italy	1953–1958	2012	1955–56 Serie A	[1]
Bruno Pesaola	Italy	1968–1971	2013	1968–69 Serie A	[7]
Mario Mazzoni	Italy	1974–1975 1976–1977	2014	1974–75 Coppa Italia	[9]
Károly Csapkay	Hungary	1926–1930	2015	–	[9]
Emiliano Mondonico	Italy	2003–2004	2019	–	[13]
Claudio Ranieri	Italy	1993–1997	2022	1993–94 Serie B, 1995–96 Coppa Italia, 1996 Supercoppa Italiana	[14]

Executives

Name	Year	Note	Reference
Raffaele Righetti	2012	Historical secretary general of Fiorentina	[3]
Lando Parenti	2012	Warehouse worker at the club	[1][17]
Egisto Pandolfini[g]	2012	Creator of Fiorentina youth system	[1][18]
Luigi Ridolfi Vay da Verrazzano	2012	Founder of ACF Fiorentina	[1][19]
Enrico Befani	2013	President of the club from 1952 to 1961	[7][20]
Ernesto Paroli	2013	Warehouse worker at the club	[7][21]
Nello Baglini	2014	President of the club from 1965 to 1971	[8][22]
Ugolino Ugolini	2015	President of the club from 1971 to 1977	[9]
Ennio Raveggi	2016	Masseur at the club	[10][23]
Sandro Mencucci	2017	CEO and board director at the club	[11]
Ottavio Baccani[h]	2018	Sporting director at the club	[12]
Artemio Franchi	2019	One of the first sporting directors at the club	[13][6]
Alberto Baccani	2023	Athletic trainer at the club from 1960 to 2002	[15]

Ambassadors

Name	Year	Note	Reference
Rigoletto Fantappiè	2012	Sporting director at the club and historical supporter	[1][24]
Stefano Biagini	2012	Historical supporter	[1][25]
Narciso Parigi	2012	Composer of Fiorentina's anthem	[1][26]
Franco Zeffirelli	2013	Historical supporter	[7][27]
Valter Tanturli	2013	Historical supporter	[7][28]
Mario Ciuffi	2013	Historical supporter	[7][29]
Giorgio Albertazzi	2014	Historical supporter	[8][30]
Paolo Valenti	2015	Historical supporter	[9][31]
Carlino Mantovani	2015	Florentine sports journalist	[9][32]
Luciano Artusi	2015	Calcio Fiorentino historian	[33]
Giampiero Masieri	2016	Florentine sports journalist	[10][34]
Luigi Boni	2018	Historical supporter	[12]
Roberto Germogli	2019	Photojournalist	[13]
Raffaello Paloscia	2022	Sports journalist	[14]
Sandro Picchi	2024	Sports journalist	[16]

See also

• List of ACF Fiorentina players

Footnotes

1. Giuseppe Chiappella also managed Fiorentina from 1963 to 1968.^[6]
2. Ferruccio Valcareggi also managed Fiorentina from 1962 to 1964 and during the 1984–85 season.^[6]
3. Gaincarlo De Sisti also managed Fiorentina from 1981 to 1985.^[6]
4. Luciano Chiarugi also managed Fiorentina youth team and, twice and for a short time, the first team.
5. Sergio Castelletti was also manager of Fiorentina youth team.
6. Francesco Graziani also managed Fiorentina during the 1989–1990 season.
7. Egisto Pandolfini was also a player at Fiorentina from 1945 to 1946 and from 1948 to 1952.^[6]
8. Ottavio Baccani also managed Fiorentina during the 1937–38

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External links

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