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#3 Takayuki Morimoto (Japan) - 19 Serie Agoals
The youngest debutant and scorer in the Japanese league, Takayuki Morimoto had promising displays in his teens, which fetched him a move to Serie A with Catania in 2006.
In five mixed years in the Italian top flight, Morimoto managed to score 15 times from 81 games, his best run coming in the 2008/09 season, where he netted seven times.
Morimoto then joined newly promoted side Novara in 2011. But following an injury-ridden spell that yielded only four Serie A goals from 18 games, he returned to Catania but played only five times.
Since his Serie A sojourn, Morimoto has played for multiple Asian sides, managing to successfully resurrect his career.
#2 Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) - 24 goals
Japan's forgotten hero, Hidetoshi Nakata, retired from football at just 29 years of age in 2006. But that wasn't before he left a lasting impression on the sport, so much so that Pele named him in his 'FIFA 100'.
His best years, unsurprisingly, came in the Serie A, where he played for four different sides in the competition. Nakata even lifted the Scudetto with AS Roma in 2001, becoming one of the few Asian players to win the Serie A title.
Nakata first carved a niche for himself with Perugia in 1998-99, netting 10 times in Serie A. That was his best return in a single Serie A campaign, as further spells with Roma, Parma and Bologna only yielded moderate success.
Nevertheless, the former Japan international's contributions in the Italian top flight were later recognised, as he was accorded the 'Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity', one of Italy's highest civilian honours, for improving the Serie A's image overseas.
#1 Mark Bresciano (Australia) - 31 goals
Very few Australian players besides Tim Cahill have gone on to star for European sides in their careers; one of them is Mark Bresciano, who spent a good 12 years playing in Italian leagues.
After starting out in his native country's domestic league, Bresciano went on to star for Empoli in Serie B. He thereafter represented Parma, Palermo and Lazio in the Serie A, making 250 cumulative appearances.
While his only season in the Italian capital was an unsuccessful one, Bresciano was a regular with the other two sides, scoring 31 goals and making 29 cumulative assists in the Serie A for Parma and Palermo in eight years.
