Editing Roberto Baggio (section)

== Records and selected statistics ==
Baggio played in 16 World Cup matches for Italy; the Republic of Ireland is the only nation against which he played more than once. He is the joint-highest Italian goalscorer of all time in the World Cup, with nine goals, alongside Paolo Rossi and Christian Vieri.<ref name="soccerlens.com">{{cite web|url=http://soccerlens.com/world-cup-all-time-top-goal-scorers/43909/|title=World Cup All-Time Top Goal Scorers|website=soccerlens.com|date=20 April 2010|access-date=10 August 2012}}</ref> Baggio is the only Italian to have scored in three World Cups (two goals in 1990, five in 1994 and two in 1998). Three of his World Cup goals were scored in the group stage and six were scored during knockout matches.<ref name="soccerlens.com"/> Baggio is the joint fourth-highest scorer for Italy with 27 goals in 56 appearances, with a 0.48 goal per match average.<ref name="rsssf.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ital-recintlp.html|title=Italy - Record International Players|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=10 August 2012}}</ref> With Baggio, Italy was always eliminated from the World Cup in penalty shootouts: in 1990, in the semi-finals against Argentina; in 1994, in the final against Brazil; and in 1998, in the quarter-finals against France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archivio.agi.it/articolo/e3d84a2c39ec2bff23a7adb02a1d7fe4_19980703_francia-98-r-baggio-finisce-tutto-coi-rigori/|title=Francia '98: r.baggio, "finisce tutto coi rigori"|publisher=agi.it|language=it|date=3 July 1998|access-date=8 June 2016}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Despite his decisive penalty miss in the 1994 World Cup final shoot-out, Baggio is statistically one of the greatest penalty kick specialists in Italian football history, as he scored 85% of his career penalties with only 19 misses, scoring 108 out of 127 penalties in official matches, the most in Italian football history.<ref name="Roberto Baggio: Statistiche"/> Baggio scored 10 with Vicenza, 25 with Fiorentina, 38 with Juventus, 5 with Milan, 11 with Bologna, 1 with Inter Milan, 11 with Brescia and 7 with Italy (from 7 attempts, [[Italy national football team records#Goalscorers|the most goals scored from the spot]] by a member of the national team).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.italia1910.com/statistiche-tabelle-giocatori.asp?cmp=Totale&ogg=RigoriSegnati|title=Totale: Rigori realizzati|trans-title=Totals: Penalties scored|publisher=Italia1910|language=it|access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.italia1910.com/statistiche-tabelle-giocatori.asp?cmp=Totale&ogg=RigoriSegnati|title=Totale: Rigori realizzati|publisher=Italia1910|language=it|access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref> 68 of his penalties were scored in Serie A, from 83 attempts, with an 82% conversion rate, one of the best records in Serie A history.<ref name="ftbpro.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ftbpro.com/it/messaggi/davide.martini/369377/i-10-migliori-rigoristi-della-storia-della-serie-a|title=I 10 migliori rigoristi della storia della Serie A|language=it|access-date=29 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903060908/http://www.ftbpro.com/it/messaggi/davide.martini/369377/i-10-migliori-rigoristi-della-storia-della-serie-a|archive-date=3 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Milan/28-03-2013/undici-metri-dibalogloria-mario-rigori-dentro-segreti-un-infallibilita-92702757563.shtml|title=Balotelli infallibile dal dischetto: per lui 15 rigori su 15|newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|author1=Alessandra Bocci|date=28 March 2013|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> In Serie A, Baggio scored 17 penalties for Fiorentina (from 19 attempts), 25 for Juventus (from 28 attempts), 3 for Milan (from 5 attempts), 11 for Bologna (from 11 attempts), 1 for Inter Milan (from 2 attempts), and 11 for Brescia (from 18 attempts).<ref name="Record di Serie A: I Rigori">{{cite web|url=https://francovaldevies.wordpress.com/tag/baggio-piu-rigori-segnati-e-calciati/|title=Record di Serie A: I Rigori|language=it|access-date=29 August 2014}}</ref> Baggio has scored penalties for six different Serie A clubs.<ref name="ftbpro.com"/> Four of his fifteen misses in Serie A were then scored on rebounds. Behind Totti, Baggio has scored the most [[Football records in Italy#Most goals from a penalty kick|penalties in Serie A history]].<ref name="Record di Serie A: I Rigori"/><ref name="ilsole24ore.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-05-03/adesso-totti-sogna-superare-084816_PRN.shtml|title=Adesso Totti sogna di superare Nordhal|newspaper=Il Sole 24 Ore|language=it|date=3 May 2011|access-date=29 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/it/news/2/serie-a/2016/04/22/22675912/totti-riscrive-la-storia-baggio-superato-sui-calci-di-rigore|title=Totti riscrive la storia: Baggio superato sui calci di rigore, Higuain per media-goal|trans-title=Totti rewrites history: Baggio overtaken on penalties, Higuain in terms of goalscoring average|publisher=Goal.com|language=it|date=22 April 2016|access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref> Of his other penalties, 8 were scored in Serie C (from 8 attempts), 8 in European competitions (from 9 attempts), and 17 in the Coppa Italia (from 20 attempts). In shoot-outs, Baggio converted three of four career penalties: one in the UEFA Cup with Fiorentina, and the other two with Italy at the World Cup;<ref name="Roberto Baggio: Statistiche"/> in World Cup shootouts, Baggio scored twice (1990 and 1998), with his only miss in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stpauls.it/gio/1147gi/tommiGi.html|title=Se la mira è di rigore Fare gol dal dischetto: sembra facile, ma anche i migliori sbagliano|language=it|access-date=10 August 2012|archive-date=6 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306024406/http://www.stpauls.it/gio/1147gi/tommiGi.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although he never won the Serie A top goalscorer title, Baggio is currently the [[Football records in Italy#Goalscoring|seventh all-time highest scorer in Serie A, with 205 goals]] in 452 appearances.<ref name="Baggio - Goals in Serie A">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/baggiodata.html|title=Roberto Baggio - Goals in Serie A|publisher=RSSF|author1=Adriano Stabile|date=2 January 2005|access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3276/serie-a/2011/05/01/2467215/romas-francesco-totti-thrilled-after-breaking-roberto|title=Roma's Francesco Totti thrilled after breaking Roberto Baggio's Serie A goal record|publisher=Goal.com|date=1 May 2011|access-date=10 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/foto/calcio/2017/02/14-21569388/i_50_anni_di_roberto_baggio_le_10_frasi_pi_belle/?cookieAccept|title=I 50 anni di Roberto Baggio: le 10 frasi più belle|publisher=Il Corriere dello Sport|language=it|date=14 February 2017|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> Of these goals, 96 were decisive (either equalisers or match winners).<ref name="Fantasista Legends: Roberto Baggio"/> Alongside Totti, Baggio has also scored the [[Football records in Italy#Most goals from a free kick|fourth-highest number of free-kicks in Serie A]] with 21 goals; ahead of him are only Alessando Del Piero, Andrea Pirlo, and [[Siniša Mihajlović]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/83762/serie-week-36-did-you-know|title=Serie A Week 36: Did You Know?|publisher=Football Italia|author1=Susy Campanale|date=3 May 2016|access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/it/news/2/serie-a/2014/03/18/4692299/sentenza-pirlo-su-punizione-solo-mihajlovic-ha-fatto-meglio|title='Sentenza' Pirlo su punizione, solo Mihajlovic ha fatto meglio in Serie A|publisher=Goal.com|language=it|date=18 March 2014|access-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> Of his open play goals in Serie A, 84 were with his right foot, 26 with his left, and 6 were headers.<ref name="ilsole24ore.com"/> He also assisted 123 goals in Serie A,<ref name="beaute"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccer-europe.com/Biographies/Roberto_Baggio.html|title=Roberto Baggio - Career Statistics|publisher=Soccer Europe|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> making him the [[Football records and statistics in Italy#Most assists in Serie A|second–highest assist provider of all time in Serie A]], behind only Totti.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/serie-a/2023/10/30-115838922/campionato_di_calcio_serie_a_record_primati_numeri_e_statistiche |title=Campionato di Calcio Serie A: record, primati, numeri e statistiche |work=Il Corriere dello Sport |language=it |date=30 October 2023 |access-date=12 February 2024 }}</ref> He is the fourth-highest scoring Italian in all competitions, behind Del Piero, Giueseppe Meazza and Silvio Piola, with 318 professional career goals in 699 appearances.<ref name="rsssf.com"/>{{#tag:ref|321 goals in 703 appearances if his three goals and four caps for the Italy U-16 team are also included.|name="baggio-record"|group="nb"}} Alongside Totti and [[Alberto Gilardino]], he has scored against the most different clubs (38) in Serie A.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/sport/gilardino-come-totti-e-baggio-gol-da-record-al-carpi_2157706-201602a.shtml|title=Gilardino come Totti e Baggio: gol da record al Carpi|publisher=Mediaset|language=it|date=30 January 2016|access-date=6 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131210710/http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/sport/gilardino-come-totti-e-baggio-gol-da-record-al-carpi_2157706-201602a.shtml|archive-date=31 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> With eight hat-tricks in Serie A, he has also scored the [[Football records in Italy#Most hat-tricks in Serie A|joint-tenth most hat-tricks in the history of the Italian league]], alongside [[Amedeo Amadei]], Giampiero Boniperti, [[Hernán Crespo]], and Marco van Basten.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.90min.com/it/posts/4158930-top-10-i-dieci-giocatori-autori-di-piu-triplette-nella-storia-della-serie-a|title=TOP 10 - I dieci giocatori autori di più triplette nella storia della Serie A|publisher=www.90min.com|language=it|author1=Niccolò Mariotto|date=23 November 2016|access-date=21 May 2017|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727221917/https://www.90min.com/it/posts/4158930-top-10-i-dieci-giocatori-autori-di-piu-triplette-nella-storia-della-serie-a|url-status=dead}}</ref> Throughout his career, including friendlies, Baggio scored 425 goals.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://docs.ufpr.br/~mmsabino/sstatistics/baggio.html | title=Roberto Baggio | access-date=27 November 2021 | archive-date=27 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127194456/https://docs.ufpr.br/~mmsabino/sstatistics/baggio.html | url-status=live }}</ref>