The following notable footballers have played for Palermo Football Club. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success at Italian top flight or European level with other clubs, club record holders, and players who have appeared at least once in the FIFA World Cup, or regulars who appeared with a national team during their stay with the club.
Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive domestic league matches only; wartime and playoff matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Statistics correct as of June 10, 2007.
NameNationalityPositionPalermo careerAppearancesGoalsNoteFW1929–1933, 1934–1935?64Most league goalsGK1929–19341520FW1929–193413532FW1931–19335521MF1931–193512117MF1931–19401949DF1932–19402345MF1932–19345641930 FIFA World Cup winnerDF1932–1942, 1945–19471293MF1935–1937, 1939–19405424FW1936–19407326MF1941–194911112MF1947–195214323FW1947–19505935MF1947–1948, 1949–195516442FW1948–19506020FW1949–195145161954 FIFA World Cup participantMF1949–19531249DF1949–19541517MF1950–19527022FW1950–1951, 1952–19535020DF1951–19521701954 FIFA World Cup participantDF1951–1954, 1955–1956978FW1952–19559321DF1955–19652740FW1956–1958488FW1956–196011551DF1957–1961, 1965–19712580MF1957–196524811GK1959–19617101966 FIFA World Cup participantFW1959–1961272DF1961–19623111966, 1970, 1974 FIFA World Cup participantMF1961–19623810GK1961–19623401962 FIFA World Cup participantFW1961–1962123MF1961–19636213MF1962–1963601950, 1958 FIFA World Cup participantDF1964–19701992GK1964–19741660FW1964–1966, 1968–197317243MF1966–1967, 1970–1974, 1978–19801926FW1966–197213439DF1966–19732132MF1967–19683521974, 1978 FIFA World Cup participantDF1968–19692711970 FIFA World Cup participantFW1968–19718523FW1968–197212622MF1968–19731241MF1969–19702231982 FIFA World Cup winnerDF1970–19739701966 FIFA World Cup participantGK1970–19741190MF1970–197515312DF1971–19782036FW1973–1974, 1976–19788723GK1974–19791190MF1974–1978, 1983–198621212DF1975–19791292GK1975–19811030DF1976–19842370FW1977–19797429MF1978–198312811MF1979–198416930MF1979–198417021DF1980–19841336FW1981–19836129Serie B topscorer title as a Palermo playerDF1981–1986, 1993–19941441MF1983–19861057DF1987–199420117MF1987–1990976DF1988–199931915Most league appearancesGK1994–20031820GK1995–1996, 2003–2004780MF1995–1997, 2003–20049518MF1999–20029415MF2000–20025716FW2000–20038017MF2000–20041334FW2000–2002, 2003–200816817MF2002–2003, 2004–2006914FW2002–20056914Serie B promotion captainMF2003–2004, 2005–20062212010 FIFA World Cup participantMF2003–200712925FW2003–200580512006 FIFA World Cup winner; most goals in a seasonMF2004–20067152006 FIFA World Cup winnerDF2004–200814242006 FIFA World Cup winnerDF2004–20081125DF2004–20069022006 FIFA World Cup winnerDF2004–200814282006 FIFA World Cup winnerGK2005–20061102010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup participantMF2005–2010789FW2006–20085223GK2006–2009660MF2006–201012921Capped as Palermo playerMF2006–2010107122006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup participantDF2006–20111612Most European appearancesGK2006–20116902014 FIFA World Cup participantDF2006–2007, 2008–2011897FW2007–201316574Most Serie A league goalsFW2007–2010109342010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup participantGK2008–20093402006 FIFA World Cup winnerDF2008–20106252010 FIFA World Cup participantMF2008–20111066MF2008–2011660DF2008–20121433DF2009–2011301MF2009–201169142010 FIFA World Cup participantFW2009–2014111312014 FIFA World Cup participantDF2010–20111102014 FIFA World Cup participantFW2010–201235102014 FIFA World Cup participantMF2010–20139820DF2010–20151315MF2011–20133102014 FIFA World Cup participantGK2011–20121102010 FIFA World Cup participantMF2011–2012232MF2011–201512272006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup participantDF2012–20133412010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup participantMF2012–20132722010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup participantGK2012–2014200FW2012–20159021 2022 FIFA World Cup winner; 2022 Finalissima winner; 2021 Copa América winnerMF2012–201610522FW2013–20143411FW2013–20156216GK2013–20161170MF2014–2016471DF2014–2016733DF2014–20178242014 FIFA World Cup participantMF2014–20176672015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship winnerDF2014–201911612MF2015–20175342015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship winnerFW2015–201633102006 FIFA World Cup winnerMF2016–2017311FW2015–201910416FW2016–20199438DF2017702014 FIFA World Cup participantFW2021–6640
Key GK — Goalkeeper DF — Defender MF — Midfielder FW — Forward
Nationalities are indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code.
Sources Channel 4: Palermo All-Time XI Cuore Rosanero Repubblica.it - Palermo edition article RSSSF: Sicilian teams in Serie A RSSSF: Sicilian teams in Serie B