Power, strength and technique: the traits that made up one of our best remembered nerazzurri number 10s. A player who may not have fulfilled his immense potential, but whose flame for a few years at least burned brighter than most. This is the story of Adriano Leite Ribeiro, the Emperor with a black and blue heart.

Lothar Matthäus

The number 10 is one of the most iconic numbers in the history of the game. It’s a special number, evoking memories of great champions and players blessed with supreme talent and infinite class. They are the geniuses, the creative sparks, the artists of football. But the history of the number 10 is not tied solely to players with those traits and qualities. Across the club’s history, there have been number 10s that have bucked the trend, reinvented the role, far from the notion of your ‘traditional’ number 10. We have chosen ten players that have donned the famous shirt, telling their stories and their lives, on and off the pitch: this is story of ten Inter number tens!