Roberto Baggio [roberto badžo] je bývalý italský fotbalista, který hrával na postu útočníka. Hrával za přední týmy Serie A Juventus FC, AC Milán, Inter Milán. Též hrál i za italskou reprezentaci. Pelé ho roku 2004 zařadil mezi 125 nejlepších žijících fotbalistů.Na MS 1994 v USA neproměnil ve finále proti Brazílii v závěrečném penaltovém rozstřelu rozhodující pokutový kop a Itálie se tak musela spokojit se stříbrnými medailemi. Baggio později označil tento moment za nejhorší ve své kariéře. Wikipedia
“Penalties are only missed by those who have the courage to take them.”
Roberto Baggio, 2001
Source: AUGURI CAMPIONE: LA JUVE NON TI HA DIMENTICATO, Tutto Juve, Italian, 1 May 2014 http://www.tuttojuve.com/storia-bianconera/auguri-campione-la-juve-non-ti-ha-dimenticato-16487,
Roberto Baggio http://mrpopo.hubpages.com/hub/Funny-Quotes-by-Soccer-Players. Retrieved on 9.2.2014.
Carlo Mazzone
Zdroj: Roberto Baggio: il più grande del calcio italiano, calciopro.com, Italian, 9 October 2014 http://www.calciopro.com/calcio-italiano/roberto-baggio-il-piu-grande-del-calcio-italiano/,
“Roberto Baggio was the best player I ever played against; he made football look very easy.”
Matthew Le Tissier, Matthew Le Tissier Interview: "Roberto Baggio Was The Best Player I Ever Played Against" http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/matthew-le-tissier-interview/, The Hard Tackle, 21 June 2012. Retrieved on 9 February 2014.
“Roby is a great nine and a half.”
Michel Platini
Zdroj: Roberto Baggio: 'Allenare l'Italia? Non si sa mai', GQ, Italian, 5 January 2011, 16 May 2012 http://www.calciomercato.com/altre-notizie/roberto-baggio-allenare-l-italia-non-si-sa-mai-826328,
Baggio on his physical and mental state before taking the last penalty in the shoot-out of the 1994 World Cup final against Brazil.
Source: "Divine by moniker, divine by magic"., FIFA.com., 1 June 2014 https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=174363/profile.html,
“He has the kind of skill people dream about.”
Paul Elliot, "Roberto Baggio", FourFourTwo, June 1995, p. 8.
