AS Roma Completes Unique Shirt Number Journey with Rodrigo Mora's 86

AS Roma have written a quirky but genuine slice of football history: every shirt number from 1 to 99 has now been worn at least once.

The final gap closed with the arrival of 19-year-old Portuguese attacking midfielder Rodrigo Mora from FC Porto, who opted for the previously untouched number 86. With that choice, Roma’s numbering odyssey – decades in the making – is complete.

A Numbering Freedom Only Italy Could Produce

Italian football has always treated squad numbers with a looser grip than other major leagues. Where La Liga and others police their lists with strict rules, Serie A has long allowed players to roam into the higher, more unconventional digits.

Roma embraced that freedom. The club’s history is littered with iconic low numbers and eccentric highs, stitched together across generations.

The spine of the story is familiar: Francesco Totti’s 10, Daniele De Rossi’s 16, Cafu’s 2, Aldair’s 6. But the modern era dragged the scale upwards – Stephan El Shaarawy with 92, Romelu Lukaku with 90, Mile Svilar with 99. One by one, the gaps disappeared.

Only 86 remained. Until Mora walked through the door.

A Full Grid of Giallorossi Numbers

To mark the achievement, a graphic lays out all 99 shirts, each tied to at least one player who has carried that number onto the pitch in Roma colours.

From 1 to 11, the list reads like a roll call of elite talent:

• 1 – Wojciech Szczęsny
• 2 – Cafu
• 3 – Roger Ibañez
• 4 – Radja Nainggolan
• 5 – Evan Ndicka
• 6 – Aldair
• 7 – Lorenzo Pellegrini
• 8 – Adem Ljajić
• 9 – Edin Džeko
• 10 – Francesco Totti
• 11 – Mo Salah

Beyond the traditional starters, the depth of the club’s recent and not-so-recent past spills out through the numbers.

There is the blend of title winners, cult heroes and short-lived cameos:

• 12 – Saud Abdulhamid
• 13 – Maicon
• 14 – Patrik Schick
• 15 – Olivier Dacourt
• 16 – Daniele De Rossi
• 17 – Kouadio "Manu" Koné
• 18 – Matias Soulé
• 19 – Alisson Becker
• 20 – Federico Fazio
• 21 – Paulo Dybala
• 22 – Nicolò Zaniolo
• 23 – Gianluca Mancini
• 24 – Alessandro Florenzi
• 25 – Gini Wijnaldum
• 26 – Morgan De Sanctis
• 27 – Gervinho
• 28 – Enzo Le Fée
• 29 – Nicolás Burdisso
• 30 – Gerson da Silva

The 30s and 40s show how the modern squad system, bigger benches and academy promotions opened the door to unusual choices:

• 31 – Leon Bailey
• 32 – Vincent Candela
• 33 – Gabriel Batistuta
• 34 – Anass Salah-Eddine
• 35 – Tommaso Baldanzi
• 36 – Claudio Della Penna
• 37 – Leonardo Spinazzola
• 38 – Marco D'Alessandro
• 39 – Adrian Stoian
• 40 – Shabani Nonda
• 41 – Roger Ibañez
• 42 – Amadou Diawara
• 43 – Wesley França
• 44 – Kostas Manolas
• 45 – Stefano Pettinari
• 46 – Alessio Romagnoli
• 47 – Gianluca Caprari
• 48 – Mirko Antonucci
• 49 – Alessio Riccardi

By the time Roma’s academy production line and squad rotation truly kicked in, the 50s and 60s were quickly claimed:

• 50 – Michele Somma
• 51 – Silvio Anočić
• 52 – Edoardo Bove
• 53 – Daniele Verde
• 54 – Riccardo Ciervo
• 55 – Ebrima Darboe
• 56 – Alexis Saelemaekers
• 57 – Ruben Providence
• 58 – Filippo Missori
• 59 – Nicola Zalewski
• 60 – Alessandro Romano
• 61 – Niccolò Pisilli
• 62 – Cristian Volpato
• 63 – Daniel Fuzato
• 64 – Felix Afena-Gyan
• 65 – Filippo Tripi
• 66 – Buba Sangaré
• 67 – João Costa
• 68 – Antonio Arena
• 69 – Angeliño

Even the 70s – often untouched at many clubs – filled up over time:

• 70 – Giorgio De Marzi
• 71 – Raul Morichelli
• 72 – Luigi Cherubini
• 74 – Jan Oliveras
• 76 – Jacopo Mirra
• 77 – Henrikh Mkhitaryan
• 78 – Robinio Vaz
• 79 – Edoardo Morucci

The 80s and 90s then became the final frontier:

• 80 – Ivan Pelizzoli
• 81 – Corentin Louakima
• 82 – Urby Emanuelson
• 83 – Antonio Mirante
• 84 – Jacopo Del Bello
• 85 – Riccardo Pagano
• 86 – Rodrigo Mora
• 87 – Aleandro Rosi
• 88 – Seydou Doumbia
• 89 – Stefano Okaka Chuka
• 90 – Romelu Lukaku
• 92 – Stephan El Shaarawy
• 93 – Marco Tumminello
• 94 – Federico Ricci
• 95 – Pierluigi Gollini
• 96 – Antonio Sanabria
• 97 – Bryan Zaragoza
• 98 – Mathew Ryan
• 99 – Mile Svilar

Every number tells a story – of a debut, a loan, a comeback, or a star turn. Mora’s 86 just happens to close the circle.

In a league where shirt numbers can be as expressive as a first touch, Roma now stand alone: 1 through 99, all worn, all part of the club’s tapestry. The only question left is which future star will make one of those “odd” numbers iconic next.