Born: Massa, 1/1/63
Position: Midfielder
Clubs: Milan, Sampdoria, Reggiana
Serie A apps: 353
Serie A gls: 16

Alberigo Evani had some left foot. It wasn’t one that was tailor-made for shooting, but it was one that made sure he would be a Milan regular for over a decade in the club’s most successful spell.

Evani was taken in by the Milan youth academy who developed him into a left-sided midfielder of real quality. He wasn’t gifted with great pace or the ability to wizard his way past defenders, but his dependable qualities proved vital to Milan, especially during the Arrigo Sacchi reign.

He was handed his debut at just 18 and he went on to wear the Rossoneri shirt with distinction for the next 13 years. His honours while at Milanello included two promotions from Serie B, three Serie A titles, two European Cups, two Italian Super Cups, two European Super Cups and two World Club Championships - scoring the winner against Nacional Medellin in the 1989 triumph.

Evani, who by now had been capped by Italy with Sacchi, joined Sampdoria in 1993 and stayed there for four years until ending his career at Reggiana.

Today, Evani has returned to his footballing home. He was hired by Franco Baresi at Milan to take charge of one of the youth teams and is undertaking his coaching qualifications which he hopes will lead to a Serie A bench.

"I’m in no rush to take charge of a full side yet," remarks the winner of 15 Azzurri caps. "For the moment I just want to do as well as possible with these youngsters. Only after that would I like to take a job to see exactly what I have learnt. To date I have a licence which allows me to Coach in Serie C. From next season I will take the master course which will allow me to work in Serie A."