One of Italy's most famous clubs, Inter Milan has been the home of some of world football's most talented strikers over the years.
We take a look back at the last 10 players to have worn the number nine shirt for the Nerazzurri.
The current recipient of the number nine shirt at Inter Milan is Frenchman Marcus Thuram.
The son of legendary ex-France international defender Lilian Thuram, who won the World Cup with Les Bleus in 1998, Marcus has proved a huge hit at the San Siro where he enjoys an effective partnership with Argentine Lautaro Martinez in attack.
Joining Inter from Roma at the age of 35 in 2021, Bosnian legend Edin Dzeko enjoyed a successful two year stay in Milan.
A target man with a terrific touch and superb aerial ability, Dzeko won two Coppa Italia titles with Inter and was also a member of the side which reached the UEFA Champions League final in 2023 before going down to Manchester City in Istanbul.
Inter's record signing, arriving from Manchester United for a reported €74m in 2019, Romelu Lukaku was a central part of the Nerazzurri side which won the Scudetto under Antonio Conte in 2020/21.
The Belgium international netted a tremendous 47 goals in two seasons in the Serie A for Inter before signing for Chelsea for £97.5m in the summer of 2021.
First making his name in Italian football with Sampdoria, Argentine striker Mauro Icardi made the step up to Inter Milan ahead of the 2013/14 season.
Although unable to get his hands on the Scudetto in his seven years at Inter, he was one of the Nerazzurri's standout players - scooping the Serie A Footballer of the Year gong in 2018 after netting 29 goals in Italy's top flight in the 2017/18 campaign.
Another South American striker to have donned Inter's number nine shirt was Diego Forlan, with the Uruguayan plying his trade for the Nerazzuri for just one season in 2011/12.
Forlan's spell at Inter was a largely unsuccessful one, however, scoring just two goals in all competitions before moving on with Brazilian side Internacional.
Joining Inter following a Treble-winning season for Barcelona under Pep Guardiola in 2008/09, Samuel Eto'o arrived at the San Siro with big expectations on his shoulders.
The Cameroonian icon would live up to his expectations and then some in Milan, with Eto'o completing back-to-back Trebles as part of Jose Mourinho's Inter side which won the Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Champions League in the 2009/10 campaign.
A versatile forward who was renowned for his ability in the air, Argentine Julio Cruz enjoyed a decorated six year stay at Inter between 2003 and 2009.
Arriving at the San Siro from fellow Italian side Bologna, Cruz won four straight Scudettos as an Inter player between 2005 and 2008 as well as two back-to-back Coppa Italias in 2005 and 2006.
Arriving at Lazio for a then world record fee of £35.5m in 2000, Argentina international Hernan Crespo spent two years in the Italian capital before joining ranks with Inter.
Crespo would only spend one season at Inter before moving on again with Chelsea, scoring 16 goals in all competitions for the Italian giants.
Inter broke the world record transfer fee to bring Brazilian superstar Ronaldo Nazario to the club from Barcelona for £19.5m in 1997.
Ronaldo won the UEFA Cup in his first season with Inter in 1997/98, scoring 59 goals in 99 appearances in an injury-plagued spell at the club before signing for Real Madrid in 2002.
One of the best players Chile have ever produced, Ivan Zamorano signed for Inter from Real Madrid in 1996.
A powerful and aerially dominant striker, Zamorano scored the opening goal in Inter's 3-0 triumph over Lazio in the 1998 UEFA Cup final at the Parc des Princes, spending five years with the Nerazzuri in total before joining Mexican outfit Club America in 2001.