The Striker Who Got Bored of Scoring, So He "Joined The Mafia!"

[@jamesss77]

One of my favorite videos on the entirety of the platform. So well done. By far my favorite channel to watch. I've probably watched this video 5 times.

[@nicocorbo4153]

my father's family is from palermo and i've always had a soft spot for il rosanero. fifa 13 legend miccoli, that's for sure. great video

[@andjelkozlotvor]

One of the most most unique and most exciting players ever to watch.

[@willbut21]

I'm Palermo's supporter and I was a teenager when Miccoli was in Palermo. I cried watching your video!

[@roryslaine7896]

Been replaying Football Manager 2008 the last few months and that Palermo side is so tasty. Miccoli, Amauri, 20 year old Edinson Cavani, Cristian Zaccardo, Andrea Barzagli, Mattia Cassani, Aimo Diana, Fabio Simplicio, Mark Bresciano, etc. Only problem is trying to hold on to them for as long as possible!

[@AW-kr9fl]

They were my club too. I guided them to Champions League victory and won the treble. Barzagli was a beast

[@antoniopalmiero6761]

Pastors too❤

[@CozyHumanoid]

Pastori was already there?

[@thedon3071]

Was Fabio grosso in that Palermo squad lwb ? Those old football managers were the best Sign tevez if ya can he’s unreal And Mancini at Roma is quality on football manager 08 scores bangers

[@federicogiorgetti9174]

Simplicio was damn good

[@ALI.MN7]

I remember when he played for Benfica around 2005-2007. The Man's football was a thing of Beauty!!!

[@theretroroute]

As we'll see...

[@giampierogirolamo7134]

A monster technical player

[@olas457]

What is Benfica ? Lol

[@mantorras7752]

​@@olas457 you retarded?

[@90cutz]

@@olas457one of the most historical clube in the world. 🙌🤷🏻‍♂️

[@LiveshoppingUnfrage2025]

Do one on Sergio Pelissier. It is really amazing how many Italians play their best football in the latter stages of their career. Indeed like a fine wine!

[@SPProduction02]

he also became president when chievo verona disappeared and began anew in the lower tiers of italian football

[@andjelkozlotvor]

Amazing player and even more amazing human.

[@luciusv5765]

Mi Mi Miccoli. His stay was short but the fans will never forget him, love from Benfica!

[@Elruso_marcito]

Miccoli never had the makings of a varsity mafioso

[@aproman7878]

I lived in Italy during Miccoli’s years in Seria A, what a legend! How the Italian national team needs a striker like him now. What a sad decline of a once greatest footballing nation

[@jlove8445]

That’s the whole thing, Italy doesn’t even have one single option of the calibre of Miccoli, and at the time he played Italy had so many options

[@underdog_italy4238]

@@jlove8445 that's probably why he played just 10 games......average player in a below average team

[@Tuca46]

I had a Palermo Miccoli shirt, one of very few out here in brazil, people thought i was a Gringo when i wore that

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

Loving the Shakermaker sound track in the background. Miccoli was something else at Fiorentina and Palermo.

[@ziahamm1603]

Used to sign this dude as a rotational striker all the time on Football Manager 05. He was a goal machine

[@MegaLadyland]

Loved to watch him play for Benfica. Respect to the assassin's creed theme playing in the background

[@tts1551]

I’m a sporting cp fan and this man was a menace!!

[@AW-kr9fl]

I loved that Palermo team from 2005-2008 so many awesome players

[@jhonnydiamond]

1:45 Assassin's Creed 2 Soundtrack in the background is a plus

[@Internationale1]

So underrated as a player!!!!! Was aamzing

[@Eb-mq5gw]

One of the most underrated players ever....

[@entrenchgamer]

You're very good with your documentary stories. Love this video, the clips and background music, highly artistic.

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

As a Fiorentina fan I remember his goals helped the team not to fall in the second division. And I thank him.❤

[@YaBoyRagnarsty]

Great vid! Haven't checked the archives, but as a Gooner I'd love a video looking at Santi Cazorla. Magical player with a great comeback story. Ohhhhhhh Santi Cazorla!

[@theretroroute]

One for the list, thanks

[@bzilla-d4i]

He was incredible, in Milan I was sad seeing both him and Enzo Maresca leave as youth. Great talents, but didn't have big club temperament.

[@theretroroute]

I agree. Some players prefer the underdog mentality.

[@andjelkozlotvor]

That's the destiny of all giant clubs. They have capability to eat the most their own children.

[@BacterialGrint_]

The Messi of Salento🔥

[@fmiftah]

messi is argentinian miccoli

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

Maradona*

[@fredjackson3264]

I hope to see a video about Dario Hubner, nicknamed Tatanka or The Bison. He arrived in Serie A when he was 30, played alongside Baggio and Pirlo and became top scorer when he was 35. He is the only player, along with Igor Protti, to become top scorer in Serie A, Serie B and Serie C. He was also known for smoking in the dressing room before the game or in the half time and for working as blacksmith before being a professional footballer!

[@CozyHumanoid]

One of Serie A's best. Miccoli was one of the best little big men!

[@hugofalken1737]

Love miccoli Benfica fan

[@LaMostraVia]

8:10 I don’t think his testifying against Moggi kept him off the team… he only scored 4 goals in 17 matches in the 2005-2006 season. Italys squad in 06’ was loaded anyhow.

[@malik1993619]

man italy had gems that didnt get to shine in the biggest stage like miccoli and di natale and you can maybe say totti

[@TFB97]

You should do a rooney or shearer video in the future mate 🙌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. These videos are brilliantly put together 👊🏻👏🏻

[@theretroroute]

Thanks. Rooney video coming soon…

[@markusrows1096]

Hey, he wasn't a Mafioso, he just was constantly empyloying the help of the son of a Mafia boss to extort money he felt he was owned...not that this is any better😂

[@Jojo-m4q3t]

I was there to see how the whole story unraveled It was honestly insane

[@framad3446]

Miccoli was a great Champion on the playing field and he got less than he deserved, he was the Captain of my favorite team Palermo for many years, he made a mistake to get some money back for a friend, but more than anything he was punished for what he said in the wiretaps talking to the son of a mafia boss he said that Falcone, a Palermo judge killed by the Mafia was a "mud" (a person of little value) and for this reason a mess broke out, in my opinion he made a mistake in making the wrong friends but he is not a Mafioso and I don't even see him conspiring to commit crimes Mafiosi, Forza Palermo, and Forza Capitano

[@jhonnydiamond]

Please make a video about Moscardelli (The Goat) !!

[@andjelkozlotvor]

Amazing job, bro! Quagliarella, Signori, Mihajlović, Roberto Paulo Falcao, Cerezo, Recoba, Lentini, Edmundo, Simeone, Effenberg, Brehme, Novotny, Materazzi, Dragan Stojković or Iličić next, please.

[@borisnegrarosa9113]

The Italian Maradona.

[@ramonnelson7007]

Miccoli had a brilliance to him but just didn’t hit the ground as he should’ve

[@Josh-tv4rx]

Great video bro very interesting, idk if you take requests but if you do I think bebeto and marcelinho paraiba could be good vids.

[@ibrahimishakuisaac8176]

Miccoli was a Beast.

[@TheZoan007]

Great player that got a real taste of the mafia lifestyle after he played for benfica. Happens a lot in lisbon

[@forzapalermo10]

What a horrible youtube video title. He never joined the mafia. He got mixed up with the wrong people. He made mistakes that he should have never made. At the end of the day he remains as my favourite player and a Palermo legend. Forza Palermo. Forza Miccoli

[@vanravan]

We still love him here in lisbon

[@garrygalloway5043]

A professional presentation

[@bilalachi7871]

Not making the world cup squad had nothing to do with him testifying against Moggi

[@arim850]

This guy gives me fifa13 flashbacks

[@buzzbuzz3254]

What a baller he was!

[@P40L0M4LD1N]

Can we get a Bobby Moore vid?

[@illuminaughtybynature6506]

I miss the old good top players with personality

[@ynohj.uchia10]

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A DOCU ABOUT HIS CRIME LIFE DURING AND AFTER FOOTBALL….at the end it was a simple career review lol.

[@nthambelenimakhari2494]

Do the story of Luca Toni please

[@theretroroute]

Nice idea!

[@Dony9369]

I live in palermo, what a beautifull city.

[@ifeanyikennedy1047]

Circumstance hindered his greatness.

[@MrLuccatoni]

Mi Mi Miccoli

[@Ingenuity009]

The footballing world doesn't talk enough about the Miccolis. To much Ronaldo, Messi, Kane, Lewandowski.

[@Willoops]

Please do Kaka!

[@carmelo4896]

A player to be celebrated Who cares about the Mafia stuff

[@FrankTreeps]

One can acknowledge that he was a rare talent while still condemning his actions outside the pitch

[@CarlosDang3r]

Making sound like he quoted being the world's nest scorer to joing the mafia 😂😂😂 it was after his career FFS

[@dudedude4034]

Misleading tittle….

[@Hell-Awaits]

Never was a legend.

[@AsteriosDigkas-Dantes]

💫💫💫

[@hedlik]

nice clickbait title, bruh

[@ramazanarici1046]

what a ungratefull person dammm

[@andrecruz9380]

He joined the mafia when he joined Benfica better known as toupeiras FC 😂😂😂😂

[@swisstunisian]

WE ALL BORED TO WORSHIP ALLAH ALONE!

[@HaroldGreb]

An Abrahamic god the same one the Jews and Christians worship!!

[@getsbuckets]

Advertising BBC is like advertising for jimmy saville. Be ashamed. Boycott the BBC