Report: Como’s Top-Four Push Comes With Just One Minute of Italian Playing Time
The finding arrives in a season Cesc Fàbregas has led the recently promoted club into fourth place.
Overview
- Minutes analyses published by Football Italia and cited by Goal indicate that across 29 Serie A matches, Como fielded an Italian for exactly 60 seconds.
- The lone minute came from 32-year-old defender Edoardo Goldaniga as a late substitute in a 2-1 win at Fiorentina on September 21, 2025.
- Comparative figures show Cagliari with the most Italian minutes in Serie A at 18,868, while Hellas Verona rank second-lowest at 4,137.
- Among clubs chasing Europe, Atalanta lead for Italian playing time with 10,906 minutes, followed by Bologna on 9,347 and Napoli on 9,296, with Milan at 4,924.
- Como remain fourth after a 2-1 victory over Roma, with a squad built largely around foreign players under Indonesian ownership.