Esposito outscoring Baggio for Italy and has best goals-per-game since 1970s

Francesco Pio Esposito scored his sixth goal for the Italy national team during Monday’s 4-1…

Football italia

Published: Tuesday, 29 September 2026 at 10:39 AM

Key Things to Know

Francesco Pio Esposito has achieved a better goals-per-game ratio for Italy than Roberto Baggio.
Esposito scored in Italy's 4-1 Nations League win over Turkey to reach six goals in 11 caps.
His scoring rate of 0.55 goals per game is Italy's highest for any player since Gigi Riva in the 1970s.

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Francesco Pio Esposito scored Italy's fourth goal during a 4-1 Nations League victory away against Turkey on Monday evening. The strike marked his sixth international goal in 11 caps, giving the forward an average of 0.55 goals per game for the Azzurri.

Esposito is now scoring at a quicker rate than Roberto Baggio, who averaged 0.48 goals per game. Among players with at least six goals, Esposito ranks as the 13th-most efficient goalscorer in Italy's history and holds the team's best goals-per-game ratio since Gigi Riva played in the 1970s.

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Esposito outscoring Baggio for Italy and has best goals-per-game since 1970s

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