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1960-1978

One of the first truly great attacking full-backs, Facchetti is one of the best ever to play left-back.

Another one-club man, Facchetti played 634 games for Inter (third of all time) and scored 75 goals, an astonishing number for a defender, even over the course of 18 years. Another of the men who played for La Grande Inter, he was brought to the San Siro by Helenio Herrera from his hometown club of Trevigliese, where he was playing as a forward. He was quickly moved to the left side of Inter's defense, and there he revolutionized the position. Apart from his goal-scoring prowess, he was also renowned for his fair play—he was only ever sent off once in his entire career, for sarcastically applauding a referee after a controversial call.

Over his time at Inter, he won four scudetti, two European Cups, one Coppa Italia and two intercontinental cups. In 2004, Pele named him one of the 125 greatest living soccer players. He also won the 1968 European Championship with Italy. He captained the Azzurri 70 times and played in Savoy blue 94 times overall, a record that has since been surpassed by only three players (Dino Zoff, Paolo Maldini and Fabio Cannavaro).

After his playing career, Facchetti held various positions in Inter's front office, from technical director to board member to eventually being elected president of the club in 2004, a position he held until his death from pancreatic cancer in 2006. Inter took the unusual step in European soccer of retiring his No. 3 jersey after his death—to date, it is the only number that no Inter player will ever carry again.