As soon as he hit the stage of Italian club football in 1986, the 19 year old prodigy Roberto Baggio (AC Fiorentina) was labelled Italy`s answer to Diego Maradona by the usual suspects. Though his career which span over 18 years (1986-2004) was cut short by injuries and blemished by ill-advised career decisions, Roberto Baggio was definitely Europe`s ablest and most brilliant footballer during much of it.