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A football fan who has visited more than 500 stadia has named Celtic Park as the best in the world.

Italian supporter Federico Roccio spends his life travelling around the world visiting grounds but admits none compare to a Celtic game.

He's visited some of the world's best stadia and was in Scotland as recently as September when he took in a game between Hearts and St Johnstone at Tynecastle.

Roccio visited Celtic Park while supporting his own club, AC Milan, in a Champions League game back in 2013 which the Italian giants won 3-0.

And he was so taken aback by the Glasgow venue that he's named it the best stadium he's visited.

The last arena he visited was the Benito Stripe Stadium to watch Frosinone take on Empoli in Serie A, meaning he had visited every stadium in the Italian top flight.

And the minnows decided to feature him on their club website and asked him where was the best.

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He said: "Without a doubt, especially for the atmosphere, I can't not say Celtic Park in Galsgow. I remember at the end of a Celtic vs AC Milan game, with the Rossoneri victorious, the home fans came to the away section throwing their scarves. A beautiful gesture in today's football."

It's not the first time Roccio has been full of praise for Celtic Park.

In 2017 he admitted in an interview that the response of Celtic fans at that heavy defeat to AC Milan had reduced him to tears.

He said: "I've been to 25 countries including Germany , France , Spain and England. The stadium that excited me most of all was Celtic Park. I cried. Despite a heavy 3-0 loss, the fans just kept singing and they invited us to drink well with them. It was fantastic."