Andrea Silenzi (born 10 February 1966 in Rome) was the first Italian to play in the Premier League. He did an admirable impression of a horse but was a non-runner at Nottingham Forest. Forest paid around £3m for the distinctive looking Silenzi in the hope of bringing some Italian flair to the City Ground in 1995. In those days clubs used to sign foreigners more or less on the basis of a blurry video of him looking half decent at kick-ups. Silenzi spent a season at the City Ground before being sent back to Italy where these days he is a horse impersonator.