Top 100 Players in Lazio History: Positions 71-80

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In our top 100 Lazio players we have now reached the positions between 71 and 80 which include a pioneer, scudetto winners, top scorers and some very familiar faces, all part of Lazio history.

Positions 81-90

80) Giuseppe Massa, born April 26, 1948, 168 appearances, 35 goals

He was at Lazio from 1966 to 1972.

A skilful attacking midfielder, he won a Serie B and an Alps Cup and paired up well with Giorgio Chinaglia.

He served Lazio well and even his departure to Inter in 1972 was positive as Mario Frustalupi came the other way.

He later played for his hometown club Napoli, then Avellino and Campania.

79) Augusto Faccani, born May 31, 1891, 138 appearances, 14 goals

He played for Lazio from 1908 to 1923, and was one of the pioneers.

A midfielder and superb athlete who was also a swimmer and javelinist.

With Lazio he won everything he could have won at local level and participated in the National Finals in 1912-13, 1913-14 and 1922-23, losing all three.

He then played two seasons for Alba Roma. He sadly died in a car crash at 53.

78) Hernán Crespo, born July 5, 1975, 73 appearances, 48 goals

He played for Lazio for two seasons 2000-2002.

In his first season he was Serie A top scorer with 26 goals while in his second suffered from injuries. He was an excellent centre-forward, strong, skilful and quick, often scoring spectacular goals. He arrived from a successful period at Parma and his later teams included Inter, Chelsea, and Milan. He won 64 Argentina caps with 35 goals.

77) Franco Janich, born March 27, 1937, 108 appearances

He was at Lazio from 1958-1961.

He won Lazio's first historic Coppa Italia in 1958. An exceptionally classy and elegant defender who was never sent off in his career.

He then played eleven seasons for Bologna where he won a Scudetto and a Coppa Italia.

After retiring he worked for Lazio as sporting director from 1978-80. He settled near Rome and never stopped following the Biancocelesti.

76) Luigi Vettraino, born September 21, 1920, 73 appearances, 18 goals

He joined Lazio's youth set up at a young age and was part of the epic U-14 team that travelled to Vienna and drew 1-1 with an older and extremely good Austria Vienna side.

As an adult he played for Lazio as a forward from 1938-43 playing alongside the great Silvio Piola.

A nasty infection damaged his career. He later returned to Lazio but was weakened and continued playing for Albatrastevere in Rome.

75) Goran Pandev, born July 27, 1983, 191 appearances, 64 goals

He was with Lazio from 2004- Dec 2009.

He won a Coppa Italia and a Supercoppa. He was skilful, extremely quick over short distances and possessed good dribbling and shooting skills. He was a forward who could also provide assists for the centre-forward and paired up well with Tommaso Rocchi. He had good years at Lazio then unfortunately fell out with the club over contractual issues.

He went on to play for Inter (a Scudetto, Champions League, the Coppa Italia twice, a Supercoppa and a World Cup for clubs), Napoli (Coppa Italia twice), Galatasaray (the double) Genoa and Parma. He earned a record 122 caps for Macedonia with 38 goals and is considered their best player ever.

74) Antonio Candreva, born February 28, 1987, 192 appearances, 45 goals

He was at Lazio from Jan 2012-2016.

He was not fully accepted initially due to his alleged Roma sympathies as a youngster but he then won over the fans. He was part of the team that won the epic 2013 Coppa Italia against Roma and it was his cross that led to Lulic' winning goal. A versatile midfielder who could play in several positions. He was strong, skilful, athletic with a powerful shot.

His previous clubs included Livorno, Juventus, Parma and Cesena while after Lazio he played for Inter, Sampdoria and Salernitana. He earned 54 caps for Italy and scored 7 goals.

73) Felipe Caicedo, born September 5, 1988, 139 appearances, 33 goals

He was a Lazio player from 2017-2021.

He was not always a regular but conquered Lazio fans' hearts for his hardworking performances and an incredible series of injury time goals. The added time became known as "Zona Caicedo" and the joke circulated that the games were never over until Caicedo decided so. He won a Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa twice.

Caicedo was a big, physical forward but quick for his size. He was a mobile and technical left-footer who was good in the air and played more for the team and fellow forwards than for himself.

His previous clubs included Basel (a domestic cup), Manchester City, Sporting Lisbon, Malaga, Levante, Lokomotiv Moscow and Espanyol. He later played briefly for Genoa, Inter (a Coppa Italia) and Abha (Saudi). He earned 68 caps for Ecuador with 22 goals.

Il "Panterone" still follows Lazio and is immensely popular in Rome.

72) Primo Sentimenti V - born December 28 1926, 200 appearances, 9 goals

The fifth of five brothers (two others played for Lazio too) he played for Lazio from 1950-1957.

He was a solid, reliable and extremely versatile defender (he played at least once with shirt numbers from 2 through to 11).

His previous clubs were Modena and Bari while after Lazio he went to Udinese and then Parma.

He was known as "Pagaia" and is part of the mythical Sentimenti dynasty at Lazio.

71) Luca Marchegiani, born February 22 1966, 339 appearances

He was at Lazio from 1993-2003. He won a Scudetto, the Coppa Italia twice, the Supercoppa twice, a UEFA Cup Winners Cup and a UEFA Super Cup.

He arrived from Torino (a Coppa Italia) and left Lazio for Chievo.

He was a complete goalkeeper who excelled on high balls. He was not flashy but reliable, consistent and a good penalty stopper (17 in A).

He is the Lazio keeper with most games and has the longest unbeaten record, 745 minutes. In the early years especially, he was very popular as Lazio had finally found an excellent keeper, possibly the first since Felice Pulici.

He earned 9 caps for Italy and was runner-up at the 1994 World Cup.

Il "Conte" is definitely one of the better keepers in Lazio's history and the most winning with seven trophies.

Next up positions 61-70 on July 6.