Luca Toni

Age: 29
Height: 193
Weight: 88
Club: Fiorentina
International career: 14 caps, 7 goals

Serie A's leading goalscorer this season is the current flavour of the month with the Italian press. It has taken Toni a number of years to mature into this position however, and at 29 this may well be his first and last World Cup. However with a record breaking 28 goals in domestic football and Toni has every right to see himself as the national side's first choice striker. He is quick and mobile, but also posses a real threat in the air - a classic number 9.