World Cup Winners at Roma: The complete list

Recent signing Pedro is just the latest in a line of World Cup winners to represent the Giallorossi. We take a look at some of the legends to precede the Spaniard...

A total of 22 former Roma players have represented the club as World Cup winners - having done it either during their time in the capital, or before making the move to join the Giallorossi.

Twenty-two; enough for two full XIs - or at least one and a full bank of options off the bench.

The 21st of those, of course, is Pedro Rodriguez - who joined the club earlier this week. He lifted the World Cup in 2010, playing in the final as Spain conquered the world for the first time.

He follows in the footsteps of those first made by the likes of Guido Masetti and Attilio Ferraris IV, two Roma born and bred icons who helped Italy to glory in the 1930s.

From those two, who did it as Roma players, to those like Pedro who achieved that glory before arriving in Giallorosso - here is the full list of all 22 players.

Attilio Ferraris IV: The first club captain, the first Roma player to be called up for his country. The first, in so many ways. In total he made 231 appearances for the club (scoring four goals). His World Cup moment came in 1934.

Enrique Guaita: The striker still sits among the most prolific in the club's history, on a goals-per-game ratio. He scored 43 goals in 63 games between 1933 and 1935 - helping to win the World Cup with Italy in the midst of all that.

Guido Masetti: “Primo portiere” ('The first goalkeeper') and an icon of the old teams from the Campo Testaccio days. He made 364 appearances for the club in total, winning Serie A in 1942. But before that he racked up two World Cup wins - in 1934 and 1938.

Aldo Donati: Another Serie A winner with Roma, playing 29 times for the club during that 1941-42 season. It was his third national title, after winning it twice with Bologna, and added to his World Cup win of 1938 too.

Eraldo Monzeglio: A flying full-back, Monzeglio was another World Cup winner in 1938. He made 125 appearances during his time in Roma, from 1934 to 1939.

Pietro Serantoni: Another champion of the world in 1938, the tireless midfielder made 85 appearances for Roma in a five-year span up until 1940.

Alcides Ghiggia: He arrived as the man who had won the World Cup - his goal being decisive in the famous 'Maracanazo' as Brazil lost the World Cup on home soil to Uruguay. Then-president Renato Sacerdoti announced his arrival in a meeting of members in 1953. That faith was repaid: 213 appearances, 19 goals, and an eventual place in the club's Hall of Fame.

Juan Alberto Schiaffino: An international teammate of Ghiggia's, another world-class midfielder who left an impression in Italy. He would only spend two years at the club, however, making 47 appearances in total.

Amarildo: A World Cup winner in 1962, he was one of the Brazilian attacking players that tended to light up the game in the wake of Pele’s explosive impact on the sport. He would join the Giallorossi in 1970, scoring 11 goals in 40 games over the following two seasons.

Fulvio Collovati: Another player who had a two-year stint with us, from 1987-1989. A central defender of uncompromising quality, he had been in the Italy squad that conquered the world in 1982. For Roma he made 65 appearances in all competitions.

Bruno Conti: Among the best to ever represent Roma, and undoubtedly among the most iconic World Cup winners that the club can lay claim to. His flowing hair and relentless dribbling style and blinding speed lit up Italy's 1982 World Cup victory in Spain, leaving an impression on people all around the world. At Roma he was a legend, winning the Coppa Italia four times and Serie A in 1983.

Francesco Graziani: Another 1982 World Cup winner, the former Torino forward joined Roma following their Scudetto season in 1983. Perhaps 21 goals in 96 games does not stand out for an attacker like him, but Graziani was an unselfish operator appreciated by his teammates.

Pietro Vierchowod: The long-lasting and versatile defender spent just one of his many, many seasons with the Giallorossi – but what a season it was. With him the side won the title in 1983, although he was technically only on loan from Sampdoria – and didn’t stay beyond that season. He was another member of the squad that won in Spain in 1982.

Thomas Berthold: A World Cup winner with Germany in 1990, Berthold spent the seasons before and after that success in the Italian capital. He made 87 appearances in total, winning a Coppa Italia too.

Thomas Haessler: A right winger who didn't necessarily fit the mold of the time. Short but stocky, Haessler was not blessed with great pace or dribbling ability, yet instead had technical quality in spades and was as deadly a threat from free-kicks as club or country would have at that time. He made 118 appearances in three years (1991-1994) for the Giallorossi, scoring 18 goals, and arrived having been a member of that World Cup winning Germany side of 1990.

Rudi Voeller: The club's key striker after THE key striker - Roberto Pruzzo. The flying German, the No. 9, the man for the big occasion. In the end he managed 68 goals in 198 games for the club - winning the World Cup on 'home' soil in 1990.

Aldair: The pillar of Roma throughout the 90s, his loyalty belatedly rewarded with the Scudetto campaign he played a reduced role in throughout 2000 and 2001. One of the best defenders in the world, he was a World Cup winner with Brazil in 1994. That was around his peak - in the end he made 436 appearances for the Giallorossi.

Paulo Sergio: Another World Cup winner in 1994, although his influence was perhaps marginally less than some of the others on this list. He played with that samba style, however, and was a constant threat in the Bundesliga at the time. Moving on to Roma in 1997, 26 goals in 77 appearances was not a bad return.

Vincent Candela: Following in a long line of great left-backs like Rocca, Nela and Maldera... but Candela might have been the best of the lot. Comfortable on both feet and in both phases of the game, he was appreciated in Rome but the presence of another top left-back, Bixente Lizarazu, perhaps restricted the impact he was able to make at international level. Still, he helped France to glory on home soil in 1998.

Marcos Cafu: Certainly one of the greatest full-backs in the history of the game, and so undoubtedly one of the finest in club history too. A two-time World Cup winner, in 1994 and 2002, he also played in the lost final of 1998. For Roma he made 218 appearances, scoring eight goals in total.

Daniele De Rossi: One of the 16 “figli di Roma capitani e bandiere” ('sons of Roma, captains and icons') that the Curva Sud singled out in a famous pre-derby tifo a few years back. No. 16 on that list, and No. 16 on his shirt too. A midfielder who could do it all, he was a member of Italy's World Cup winning adventure in 2006. For Roma, of course, he made 616 appearances.

Simone Perrotta: Another midfielder, albeit one with different characteristics to De Rossi - more box-to-box, more dangerous around the goal, more dangerous in some of his attacking moments. He was another member of that 2006 Azzurri squad, and ultimately played 327 games for Roma (48 goals).

Francesco Totti: The No. 10. The most important player in the club's history, the best player... the record-setting player. He is unmatched for both games and goals for the club: 786 and 307 respectively. He, too, won the World Cup in 2006 - beating the odds to make the squad after suffering a horrible leg injury just months earlier. He had some decisive moments in the tournament too.

Luca Toni: A fourth member of that 2006 squad, although he would only join the Giallorossi later - for a memorable loan spell at the end of the 2009-10 season. A return of five goals in 17 appearances was not bad, although the Giallorossi ended up just short of another Scudetto win.

Steven Nzonzi: Signed after playing his part in helping France win the 2018 World Cup in Russia - he made a substitute appearance in the final - the imposing central midfielder made 39 appearances in his first season with the Giallorossi. Since then, however, he has been out on loan.

Pedro Rodriguez: The latest World Cup-winning addition to the club ranks, Pedro joins with almost every other trophy already in his cabinet too - from the European Championship to multiple Champions Leagues. His World Cup win came in 2010, when he was just breaking out as a footballer, although he nonetheless started that final in Johannesburg.