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Gianni

Rivera

The first Italian ever to win the Golden Ball award, Gianni Rivera was only 17 years old when in 1960 he started playing in Milan jersey. With the Rossoneri he continued showing the good qualities he had displayed in the previous two years with Alessandria and, in his second season with them, he won the league title. It's the start of a golden age for Milan that with the "Golden Boy" lifted his first European Champion Clubs' Cup trophy one year later. After winning everything, he finished with the Scudetto that was also the tenth title for the club.