MY PHOTO · STADIO DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONABEYOND NINETY MINUTES
A sense of belonging.
Football is a sport; Napoli is affection. It’s talking for hours with Dad, with friends, with people who support other teams. It’s knowing that 38 times a year, plus the cups, the world stops for 90 minutes. Plus stoppage time. It’s superstition, which I don’t believe in, but which works. It’s the topic that breaks the ice in a meeting. It’s reading the transfer news in summer.
I’ve followed them from Bermuda, Hawaii, Tokyo, Bali, Los Angeles… The places and times change, but the clocks stop and we watch the match.
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Players and managers
The players I’ve loved most
Players I’ve watched play. In alphabetical order, because affection isn’t a ranking.
| Player | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Aglietti | 34 | 9 |
| Albiol | 236 | 6 |
| Callejón | 349 | 82 |
| Carbone | 40 | 10 |
| Cavani | 138 | 104 |
| Cruz | 98 | 14 |
| Di Lorenzo | 312 | 20 |
| Hamšík | 520 | 121 |
| Kim | 45 | 2 |
| Kvaratskhelia | 107 | 30 |
| Lavezzi | 188 | 48 |
| Maggio | 308 | 23 |
| McTominay | 83 | 27 |
| Mertens | 397 | 148 |
| Pecchia | 172 | 24 |
| Schwoch | 66 | 32 |
| Taglialatela | 203 | 0 |
| Zola | 136 | 36 |
Figures as of 10 October 2026. League and cup matches; friendlies excluded. Carbone and Cruz refer to Benito Carbone and André Cruz. Source.
The managers
Maurizio Sarri
Walter Mazzarri
The flops
- Asanović
- Britos
- Calderón
- Crasson
- Cribari
- Dumitru
- Prunier
- Sesa
- El Principito Sosa
- Max Vieri
Matches and memories
30 APRIL 2023
Napoli–Salernitana 1–1
An atmosphere of celebration, friendship and togetherness. Inter’s goals against Lazio had made us feel that the title was within reach. And then the team bus arriving at the stadium.
23 MAY 2025
Napoli–Cagliari 2–0
Winning the title on the final day. I’d seen it in films, but I never thought it would happen to us. A week of shock after Parma–Napoli and Inter–Lazio. And above all, so much Pedro Pedro Pedro Peeeeeeeeeeeedro.
27 SEPTEMBER 2011 · CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Napoli–Villarreal 2–0
After San Benedetto del Tronto, Gela, Lanciano, Sassari, Giulianova… back in the Champions League.
19 DECEMBER 2010
Napoli–Lecce 1–0
A match I wasn’t at, but wish I had been. Napoli–Lecce, 1–0. Cavani’s goal, with Auriemma’s commentary.
Watch on YouTube15 DECEMBER 1991
My first match at the stadium
Napoli3 – 3Foggia
My first match at the stadium was Napoli–Foggia on 15 December 1991. I was in the Distinti section with my father, Massimo and Lorenzo De Siena. It ended 3–3.
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Forza Napoli, sempre
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