Italy has a fine tradition of having short players, and most of them are strikers.
This year's European Championship has Insigne's height of 163cm, and he scored in the first game of the European Championship.
Let's take a brief look at the short internationals in Italy who are under 170cm:
1. Emes. Mucinelli (1927--1994) Height: 163cm
Juventus striker, Italy national team made 15 appearances and scored 4 goals.
2. Omar. Sivoli (1935--2005) was also 163cm tall
Born in Argentina, he was once one of the three invincible musketeers in Argentina and defeated and humiliated the Brazilian team! Didn't you say Italy? What to say about Argentina!
wait! He has dual Italian and Argentine citizenship and joined the Italian team after moving to Juve and was awarded the European Footballer of the Year. He scored 8 goals in 9 appearances for Italy. Such a high goal efficiency is unique among the Italian internationals in the past.
It was once said that he and Bailey were not bad either! He can also be the king of the ball.
Pele also said that the Argentine even the ball king is Maradona or Sivori can't figure out!
No way, he ended up switching to Italy.
Omar. Sivoli
3. Gianfranco Zola, born in 1966, height 166cm
Zola is happy to assist, his signature is a free kick, Italy's famous short forward. He has played for Napoli, Parma, Chelsea, Cagliari and other teams. Chelsea's number 25 shirt was forever sealed by Zola.
He played 35 times for the Italian national team, scoring 10 goals.
Zola
4. Fabrizio Miccoli was born on June 27, 1979, with a height of 168cm
Fabrizio Miccoli himself won the Top Scorer Award in the 2002–03 Coppa Italia. There is the maradona title of Salento.
He has played for the Italian national team 10 times, scoring 2 goals.
5. Franco Brienza March 19, 1979 Height 168cm
He has played for Foggia, Palermo, Ascoli, Perugia, Regina, Siena, Atlanta, Cesena, Bologna and Bari. The national team made two appearances, once with a goal and once with an assist.
6. Sebastian Jovenco, born on January 26, 1987 in Turin, Italy, is 164cm tall
Juventus stars! Later, he moved to the United States and then to Saudi Arabia in Asia, helping Al Hilal win the Asian Champions League.
Wearing the number 10 shirt in the Italian national team is the same as Insigne. It's just that the goal is inefficient, scoring only one goal in 23 appearances.
Joe Vinco
7. Emmanuel Giacherini born on 5 May 1985 in Bibina, Italy, height 167cm
He was also a star at Juventus! It seems that Juventus has historically collected a lot of Italian short players.
He scored in the opening 19 seconds of the warm-up match against Haiti in the warm-up match before the Confederations Cup in 2013, setting a new record for the fastest goal scored by the Italian national team. He is also the best performer in Italy in the 2013 Confederations Cup.
He made 14 appearances for the Italian national team, scoring two goals.
8. Marco Verratti born on November 5, 1992 in Pescara, Italy 165cm tall
The Italian current international and Insigne are Italy's shortest players. The style is very fierce. He is currently playing at Euro 2020.
Verratti
9. Lorenzo Insigne born on June 4, 1991 in Flatamaggiore, Italy 163cm tall
Captain of Napoli, italian active player. He was very popular.
On 12 September 2012, Insigne made his debut for the Italian national football team. Now competing for Euro 2020, the Italian national team has surpassed Zola in the number of appearances. The most appearances of the Italian international under 170cm.
High emotional intelligence.
Insigne