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Four Italy international footballers: Gianluigi Buffon is the most capped player in the history of Italy with 176 caps; [1] Luigi Riva is the top scorer in the history of Italy with 35 goals; [2] Together with Christian Vieri and Paolo Rossi, Roberto Baggio has scored the most goals at the FIFA World Cup (9); [3] Together with Giovanni Ferrari ...
Youngest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final Giuseppe Bergomi, 18 years 201 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany [3] Oldest player to feature at the UEFA European Championship Gianluigi Buffon, 38 years and 156 days, 2 July 2016, 1–1 (6–5) vs. Germany [34] [35] Oldest outfield player to feature at the UEFA European Championship
Top ten free kick scorers, all-time (only Serie A regular-season games) [39] [40] Updated 17 December 2017 Players in bold are still active in Serie A. Players in italics are still active outside of Serie A.
1: 2: 0: 3: 1: 8 6 1 1 21 6 1972: Did not qualify: 8 4 3 1 13 6 1976: 6 2 3 1 3 3 1980: Fourth place 4th 4 1 3 0 2 1 Qualified as hosts: 1984: Did not qualify: 8 1 3 4 6 12 1988: Semi-finals 3rd 4 2 1 1 4 3 8 6 1 1 16 4 1992: Did not qualify: 8 3 4 1 12 5 1996: Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 3 3 10 7 2 1 20 6 2000: Runners-up: 2nd: 6: 4: 1: 1: 9: 4 ...
The Italy national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy, which is a co-founder and member of UEFA.
After declining to participate in the inaugural World Cup (1930, in Uruguay) the Italy national team won two consecutive editions of the tournament in 1934 and 1938, under the direction of coach Vittorio Pozzo and the performance of Giuseppe Meazza, who is considered one of the best Italian football players of all time by some.
The AIC Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year (Italian: Migliore calciatore italiano AIC) was a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) given to the Italian footballer who was considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season. The award was part of the Oscar del Calcio awards event.
Silvio Piola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsilvjo ˈpjɔːla]; 29 September 1913 – 4 October 1996) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker.He is known as a highly prominent figure in the history of Italian football due to several records he set, and he is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of his generation, as well as one of the best Italian players of all time.