Luca Toni

A center forward who is splendid near the opponents' goal area and plays wonderfully with the head, Toni is the first Italian in history to have won the prestigious Best Europe Striker award after scoring 31 goals in the 2005/2006 season with Serie A side Fiorentina. He never forgets those who helped him get onto his feet. When Modena, the modest club where he embarked on his professional career, ran into financial problems, he invested a good deal of his own money into his former employer.