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Who is the greatest foreign player in AS Roma's history?
With a proud history of welcoming players - including numerous World Cup winners - from all corners of the globe, it's hard to pick out one non-Italian player that ranks above all the others to have worn Roma's distinctive colours.
Nevertheless, that is exactly what we asked fans to do in June 2020.We narrowed down the shortlist - omitting current players from consideration - and asked the fans to cast their votes in 30 indivudual head-to-head contests. In total, over 250,000 votes were cast but only one Roma legend could come out on top.
This is the final countdown of the top 30, ranked by votes cast...
30. Herbert Prohaska
1982 - 1983, 42 games, 5 goals
29. Miguel Angel Pantó
1939 - 1943 and 1945 - 1947, 155 games, 48 goals
28. Thomas Haessler
1991 - 1994, 188 games, 14 goals
27. Zbigniew Boniek
1985 - 1988, 92 games, 23 goals
26. Enrique Guaita
1933 - 1935, 63 games, 43 goals
25. Emerson
2000 - 2004, 145 games, 21 goals
24. Kostas Manolas
2014 - 2019, 206 games, 8 goals
23. Alcides Ghiggia
1953 - 1961, 213 games, 19 goals
22. Dino Da Costa
1955 - 1961, 163 games, 79 goals
21. Miralem Pjanic
2011 - 2016, 185 games, 30 goals
20. Alisson
2016 - 2018, 64 games, 0 goals
19. Hidetoshi Nakata
2000 - 2001, 40 games, 6 goals
18. Philippe Mexes
2004 - 2011, 267 games, 15 goals
17. Mirko Vucinic
2006 - 2011, 202 games, 64 goals
16. Pedro Manfredini
1959 - 1965, 164 games, 104 goals
15. Juan
2007 - 2012, 149 games, 11 goals
14. Mohamed Salah
2015 - 2017, 83 games, 34 goals
13. Kevin Strootman
2013 - 2018, 131 games, 13 goals
12. Abel Balbo
1993 - 1998 and 2000 - 2002, 182 games, 87 goals
11. Rodrigo Taddei
2005 - 2014, 296 games, 30 goals
10. David Pizarro
2006 - 2012, 209 games, 16 goals
9. Radja Nainggolan
2014 - 2018, 203 games, 33 goals
8. Vincent Candela
1997 - 2005, 280 games, 16 goals
7. Walter Samuel
2000 - 2004, 173 games, 13 goals
6. Rudi Voeller
1987 - 1992, 198 games, 68 goals
5. Toninho Cerezo
1983 - 1986, 104 games, 25 goals
4. Cafu
1997 - 2003, 218 games, 8 goals
3. Aldair
1990 - 2003, 436 games, 20 goals
2. Gabriel Batistuta
2000 - 2003, 87 games, 33 goals
1. Paulo Roberto Falcao
1980 - 1985, 152 games, 27 goals
