| 48 goal per match average | He helped Inter to a semi-final, losing out to eventual winners Parma |
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| 1997—1998: Bologna [ ] "I said, 'No, you have to play striker | In 2015, journalists of La Gazzetta dello Sport elected the greatest Italian player of all time, with Baggio finishing in second place behind only Gianni Rivera; in a fan poll that was subsequently organised by the newspaper, Baggio was instead voted as the greatest Italian footballer of all time, while Majid Mohamed of UEFA ranked him as the twentieth-best player ever not to have won the UEFA Champions League |
" In 2016, Rob Smyth of praised Baggio for his "instinctive intelligence," when commenting on his playing style, also describing him as a "conductor" on the pitch "who knew when and how to change the tempo of an attack.
3| In 2016, Luke Chandley of described Baggio as "Italian football's great oxymoron", noting: "For all the skill he possessed going forward, he was the opposite of the reputation given to Italian football spanning across his whole career | Baggio also made four Coppa Italia appearances with Brescia |
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| On 1 September 2014, Baggio took part in the "Match for Peace", which was played at the in Rome, with the proceeds being donated to charity | He was voted Italy's player of the century in 2000 |
| Biondini, Chiara 27 July 2013 | Rota, Davide; Miladinovich, Misha 17 August 1999 |
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| George Arnett; Ami Sedghi 29 May 2014 | 1994 FIFA World Cup [ ] Under Italy's new manager, Arrigo Sacchi, Baggio was his team's top scorer during their , scoring five goals of the team's 14 goals in the eight games in which he featured, while also providing seven assists |
Baggio made his 300th Serie A appearance while at Bologna, in a 0—0 draw against on 11 January 1998.
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