Why only thirteen Italians have hit double‑digit Premier League goals

Only thirteen Italian players have ever reached double‑digit goal tallies in the Premier League, a fact that underpins Planet Football’s latest quiz challenging fans to name them all within fifteen minutes.

Italy enjoys considerable success on the international stage and fields the strong Serie A, yet the Premier League has received far fewer illustrious Italian names than many other European neighbours.

Why few Italians have thrived in England

Most of the best Italian talent has traditionally stayed in their home country, a cultural preference that contrasts with the Premier League’s globalised recruitment of top players from everywhere.

Nevertheless, a handful of Italians have flourished in England, plundering goals with reckless abandon and becoming cult heroes at their respective Premier League clubs.

Identifying those who have scored ten or more goals is tricky; legendary figures such as Francesco Totti, Alessandro Del Piero and Roberto Baggio are naturally absent, and many of the qualifying players enjoyed limited success with the Azzurri.

The quiz challenge and its details

The quiz supplies the exact number of goals each player scored and the clubs they represented as clues, marking currently active Premier League players with an asterisk.

Planet Football sets the benchmark at ten correct answers out of thirteen, giving participants fifteen minutes to achieve a perfect score, and then invites them to name every England goalkeeper capped during Gianluigi Buffon’s Italy career.

Fans are encouraged to explore the site’s archive of over a thousand quizzes, tweet their results to @planetfutebol, and try the next challenge: naming the top Premier League scorer for every nationality.