Inter Milan 1997/1998: Where are they now?

Ivan Zamorano

After his retirement, Zamorano has been fairly quiet outside of his homeland

Arguably the greatest Chilean footballer in history, Ivan Zamorano was a deadly striker who plied his trade in Spain and Italy and had a very successful career at both Real Madrid and Inter Milan, as well as Sevilla and Club America.

Zamorano made his name at Real Madrid where he and Dane Michael Laudrup formed a lethal partnership as Madrid romped to multiple trophies, as well as Zamorano clinching the Pichici trophy in 1995.

Moving to Inter in 1996, and was originally given the number 9 shirt, but due to Roberto Baggio arriving and getting the number 10 shirt, Ronaldo had to let go of his original number 10 and take Zamorano’s 9. This prompted the Chilean to pick the number 18, but have a plus symbol in between the numbers to make his own number 9 shirt.

Zamorano scored the opening goal in the UEFA Cup final and established himself as a club legend and a national hero in Chile. After his retirement, Zamorano has been fairly quiet outside of his homeland and has been an ambassador for multiple products and football clubs.