Giuseppe Signori

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Personal information
Giuseppe Signori
Date of birth	February 17, 1968 (age 39)
Place of birth	Alzano Lombardo, Italy
Height	1.71 m
Nickname	Beppe, Beppe-gol
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	none
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1992 1992-1997 1997-1998 1998-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006	Leffe Piacenza Trento (loan) Piacenza Foggia Lazio Sampdoria Bologna Iraklis Sopron	38 (8) 14 (1) 31 (3) 32 (5) 100 (39) 152 (107) 17 (3) 143 (67) 5 (0) 9 (3)
National team²
1992-1995	Italy	28 (7)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 19, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of January 19, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Giuseppe Signori (born February 17, 1968 in Alzano Lombardo) is an Italian football (soccer) striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history.

On the club level, Signori played for Leffe (1984-86), Piacenza (1986-87 and 1988-89), Trento (1987-88), Foggia (1989-92), Lazio (1992-97), Sampdoria (1998), and Bologna (1998-2004). He then had a short experience in Greece, in 2004, with Iraklis Thessaloniki. On October 2005 he signed a one-year contract with Hungarian team MFC Sopron.

Signori led Seria A in goals three times, in 1993, 1994, and 1996 (the last title shared with Igor Protti). Overall, he scored 188 goals in Italy's top division, good for seventh all-time (as of 2005).

Signori wasn't able fully to translate his success to the national level. He played for the Italian national team only 28 times, scoring seven goals. The only major tournament Signori played in was the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he did not score.

Signori was also known for his unique style of taking penalty kicks. He would stand next to the ball (without taking any impulse) and shoot.

In recent times Signori has been mentioned with A-League teams Adelaide United and Perth Glory as he has revealed: "I am training on my own. There may be the possibility of playing in Australia for four or five months, before I decide to retire."

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	Italy squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Pagliuca \| 2 Apolloni \| 3 Benarrivo \| 4 Costacurta \| 5 Maldini \| 6 Baresi \| 7 Minotti \| 8 Mussi \| 9 Tassotti \| 10 R. Baggio \| 11 Albertini \| 12 Marchegiani \| 13 D. Baggio \| 14 Berti \| 15 Conte \| 16 Donadoni \| 17 Evani \| 18 Casiraghi \| 19 Massaro \| 20 Signori \| 21 Zola \| 22 Bucci \| Coach: Sacchi