List of Como 1907 players

Bruno Ballarini is Como's all-time jumping appearance-maker.

Como 1907 is an Italian professional football club based in Como. The club was founded in May 1907 as Como Foot-Ball Club, and played their first competitive season in 1912–13 Prima Categoria. Since playing their first competitive match, many players have made competitive first-team appearances for the club, some of whom have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); these players are listed here.

Como's record appearance-maker is Bruno Ballarini, who made 350 appearances in a total of 12 consecutive seasons with the club, from 1958 to 1970. The second second-highest appearance-maker is Giancarlo Centi, who has made 335 appearances for the club. The club's current player Alessandro Gabrielloni, is their third top goalscorer with 64 goals in 215 appearances, behind Antonio Cetti who has scored 91 goals in 278 appearances, and Marco Romano who has scored 71 goals in 101 appearances.

List of players

Antonio Cetti is Como's all-time top goalscorer.

Statistics correct as of match played 5 August 2024

Table headers
  • Nationality – If a player played international football, the country or countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as his citizenship of birth (or the corresponding one at the time they played for Como).
  • Como career – The year of the player's first appearance for Como to the year of his last appearance.
Positions key
Pre-1960s Post-1960s
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
U Utility player[i]
Giancarlo Centi is Como's second-highest appearance-maker.
Swedish forward Dan Corneliusson is Como's record appearance-maker among foreign players.
List of Como 1907 players with at least 100 appearances
Player Nationality Position Como career Appearances Goals Ref.
Antonio Cetti ItalyHB1920–194127891
Renato Preziati ItalyFW1923–1925

1926–1933

16548
Cesare Butti ItalyFB1925–19382475
Amedeo Lissi ItalyGK1926–19331370
Plinio Farina ItalyHB1926–19331460
Michele Moretti ItalyFB1927–19351650
Marco Romano ItalyFW1928–1934

1941–1942

10171
Guido Quadri /  ItalyFB1940–1946

1951–1954

16311
Piero Maronati /  ItalyHB1941–19512107
Riccardo Alberto Villa  ItalyFB1946–19501046
Luigi Bosco  ItalyFB1947–19511041
Alfredo Travia  ItalyFB1947–19511371
Alceo Lipizer  ItalyHB1947–195210130
Benito Meroni  ItalyHB1948–195110238
Ercole Rabitti  ItalyHB1948–195211635
Franco Pedroni  ItalyHB1948–19521442
Vittorio Ghiandi  ItalyFW1949–195411441
Umberto Pinardi  ItalyFW1949–1952

1960–1961

1158
Angelo Turconi  ItalyHB1950–1954
1955–1960
10621
Giuseppe Baldini  ItalyFW1951–1953
1955–1960
16557
Franco Stefanini  ItalyFW1951–1953
1957–1963
14735
Aldo Fontana  ItalyHB1956–19621259
Bruno Ballarini  ItalyDF1958–197035021
Antonio Ghelfi  ItalyDF1959–1962

1969–1971

1450
Luigi Paleari  ItalyDF1965–19732760
Franco Vannini  ItalyMF1968–1971

1972–1974

13816
Claudio Correnti  ItalyMF1969–19783136
Doriano Pozzato  ItalyMF1969–1976

1978–1981

24722
Roberto Melgrati  ItalyDF1970–1972

1973–1980

2542
Adriano Lombardi  ItalyMF1971–1972

1974–1975

1567
Alessandro Scanziani  ItalyMF1973–1977

1973–1980

10921
Silvano Fontolan  ItalyDF1974–1978

1979–1983

28410
Villiam Vecchi  ItalyGK1976–1981 1310
Gianfranco Matteoli  ItalyMF1976–1979

1982–1985

11110
Enrico Todesco  ItalyFW1976–1979

1983–1989

20824
Marco Nicoletti  ItalyFW1977–1983

1983–1991

15535
Giancarlo Centi  ItalyMF1977–1981

1983–1991

3353
Massimo Mancini  ItalyMF1978–1983 1564
Giuliano Giuliani  ItalyGK1980–1985 1550
Giuseppe Maria Butti  ItalyMF1981–1985

1986–1987

1019
Luca Fusi  ItalyMF1981–1986 1476
Stefano Borgonovo  ItalyFW1981–1986

1986–1988

11622
Antonio Tempestilli  ItalyDF1981–1987 1905
Massimo Albiero  ItalyDF1981–1987

1983–1989

2128
Giovanni Invernizzi  ItalyMF1981–1989 1293
Stefano Maccoppi  ItalyDF1982–1990 20211
Pasquale Bruno  ItalyDF1983–1987 1342
Egidio Notaristefano  ItalyMF1983–1990 13012
Enrico Annoni  ItalyDF1983–1990 1102
Dan Corneliusson  SwedenFW1984–1989 13321
Martio Paradisi  ItalyGK1985–1989 1430
Salvatore Giunta  ItalyMF1986–1990 10316
Giacomo Gattuso  ItalyDF1989–1995

1997–1999

2031
Mauro Bressan  ItalyMF1991–1994

2003–2005

2031
Mario Manzo  ItalyDF1992–1995

2000–2001

1287
Massimiliano Ferrigno  ItalyMF1992–1997

1998–2004

17724
Roberto Galia  ItalyMF1994–1998 1548
Andrea Ardito  ItalyMF1999–2002

2009–2015

2251
Alex Brunner  ItalyGK1999–2003 1410
Cristian Stellini  ItalyDF2000–2002 1124
Oscar Brevi  ItalyDF2000–2003

2008–2009

1304
Cesare Ambrosini  ItalyDF2007–2008

2011–2016

1510
Alessio Cristiani  ItalyMF2013–2017 10316
Giovanni Fietta  ItalyMF2013–2017 1073
Simone Andrea Ganz  ItalyFW2014–2016

2019–2020

10742
Manuel Cicconi  ItalyMF2016–2019 11018
Edoardo Bovolon  ItalyMF2017–2022 1293
Alessandro Gabrielloni  ItalyFW2018–21564
Alessio Iovine  ItalyMF2019– 1417
Alessandro Bellemo  ItalyMF2019– 17313
Tommaso Arrigoni  ItalyMF2020–2024 1058

Club captains

List of A.C. Como club captains
Dates Player Nationality Notes
1961–1970 Bruno Ballarini  Italy
1970–1972 Luigi Paleari  Italy
1972–1978 Claudio Correnti  Italy
1978–1979 Roberto Melgrati  Italy
1979–1981 Adriano Lombardi  Italy
1981–1983 Silvano Fontolan  Italy
1983–1991 Giancarlo Centi  Italy
1991–1993 Paolo Annoni  Italy
1993–1995 Giacomo Gattuso  Italy
1995–1997 Roberto Galia  Italy
1997–2000 Massimiliano Ferrigno  Italy
2000–2002 Oscar Brevi  Italy
2002–2003 Cristian Stellini  Italy
2003–2005 Mauro Bressan  Italy
2005–2006 Aldo Monza  Italy
2006–2007 Marco Sgrò  Italy
2007–2008 Roberto Cau  Italy
2008–2009 Oscar Brevi (2)  Italy
2009–2011 Michele Franco  Italy
2011–2012 Orlando Urbano  Italy
2012–2015 Andrea Ardito  Italy
2015–2016 Antonio Giosa  Italy
2016–2017 Giovanni Fietta  Italy
2017–2018 Davide Sentinelli  Italy
2018–2019 Federico Gentile  Italy
2019–2020 Silvano Raggio Garibaldi  Italy
2020–2021 Luca Crescenzi  Italy
2021–2024 Alessandro Bellemo  Italy
2025– Lucas Da Cunha  France

Notes

  1. ↑ A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.

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