Giuseppe Meazza was a very dominant player from Italy in 1930s. He scored 33 goals from 53 matches he played for his national side. This was a record for Italy that stayed for a long time till Luigi Riva overtook it. When Meazza was 17 years old he started playing for Inter in 1927.

He made his debut at international level in 1930 against Switzerland and scored two goals in it. He remained a key member of the side till 1939.Vittorio Pozzo started playing Meazza as inside forward. This move proved excellent and Meazza was phenomenal in Italy winning the World Cup in 1934.

After four years he captained the side to successfully defend their title. At the senior level he had 355 goals to his name. He played in 440 matches of Serie A and had 269 goals in it.