From Giuseppe Galderisi, a great champion of the 90s, to Luis Muriel at the end of his career. But not only that. The list of players who have moved from Serie A to Major League Soccer is long and includes top players, players at the end of their footballing adventures and every type of player category. The last on the list for now is the Colombian who ended up in Orlando, the next one will be instead Alexey Miranchuk from Atalanta to… Atlanta.
The figures of the deal
Deal worth around twelve million euros. In 2023-2024 Miranchuk took to the field 42 times, including 27 in Serie A, 10 in the Europa League and 5 in the Coppa Italia, scoring a total of 4 goals. In his career he won a Russian championship, 3 times the Russian Cup and once the Russian Super Cup, always with Lokomotiv Moscow. To these trophies we must also add the Europa League won with Atalanta by beating Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the final in Dublin.
The 43 players who moved to MLS from Serie A
Giuseppe Galderisi from Padua to New England (1996)
Alexi Lalas from Padua to New England (1996)
Roberto Donadoni from Milan to New York Metrostars (1996)
Giovanni Savarese from Perugia to San Jose (2000)
Paolo Tornaghi from Inter to Chicago Fire (2012)
Marco Di Vaio from Bologna to Montreal (2012)
Alessandro Nesta from Milan to Montreal (2012)
Daniele Paponi from Bologna to Montreal (2013)
Andrea Pisanu from Bologna to Montreal (2013)
Michael Bradley from Rome to Toronto (2014)
Kaka from Milan to Orlando City (2014)
Sebastian Giovinco from Juventus to Toronto (2015)
Andrea Pirlo from Juventus to New York City (2015)
Nigel De Jong from Milan to Los Angeles Galaxy (2016)
Ashley Cole from Rome to Los Angeles Galaxy (2016)
Antonio Nocerino from Milan to Orlando City (2016)
Matteo Mancosu from Bologna to Montreal (2016)
Deian Boldor from Bologna to Montreal (2017)
Carlos Carmona from Atalanta to Atlanta United (2017)
Josef Martinez from Turin to Atlanta United (2017)
Blerim Dzemaili from Bologna to Montreal (2017)
Gregory van der Wiel from Cagliari to Toronto (2018)
Saphir Taider from Bologna to Montreal (2018)
Samuel Armenteros from Benevento to Portland (2018)
Pa Konate from SPAL to Cincinnati (2018)
Joshua Perez from Fiorentina to Los Angeles FC (2018)
Orij Okwonkwo from Bologna to Montreal (2019)
Giancarlo Gonzalez from Bologna to Los Angeles Galaxy (2019)
Everton Luiz from SPAL to Real Salt Lake (2019)
Ali Adnan from Udinese to Vancouver (2019)
Luis Binks from Bologna to Montreal (2020)
Gonzalo Higuain from Juventus to Inter Miami (2020)
Blaise Matuidi from Juventus to Inter Miami (2020)
Sebastian Breza from Bologna to Montreal (2021)
Lassi Lappalainen from Bologna to Montreal (2022)
Gabriele Corbo from Bologna to Montreal (2022)
Douglas Costa from Juventus to Los Angeles Galaxy (2022)
Giacomo Vrioni from Juventus to New England (2022)
Giorgio Chiellini from Juventus to Los Angeles FC (2022)
Federico Bernardeschi from Juventus to Toronto (2022)
Lorenzo Insigne from Naples to Toronto (2022)
Joaquin Sosa from Bologna to Montreal (2024)
Luis Muriel from Atalanta to Orlando City (2024)