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In honour of Italy winning the FIFA World Cup for a fourth time, all members of the World Cup-winning squad were awarded the Italian Order of Merit of Cavaliere Ufficiale. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup
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 ...
In 1938, Italy became the first team to defend its World Cup title, and due to the outbreak of World War II, retained the title for a further twelve years. Italy had also previously won two Central European International Cups (1927–30, 1933–35). Between its first two World Cup victories, Italy won the Olympic football tournament .
The Italy national team that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. This is a record of Italy's results at the FIFA World Cup. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one fewer than Brazil. The team was present in 18 out of the 22 tournaments ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Italian footballers. It includes Italian footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category contains past and present players of the senior Italy national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under ...
Youngest player to feature at the FIFA World Cup Giuseppe Bergomi, 18 years 195 days, 5 July 1982, 3–2 vs. Brazil [3] Oldest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final Dino Zoff, 40 years 133 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany [3] Youngest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final
That Italian team had stumbled through a qualifying group that included Spain, and succumbed to an eventual World Cup quarterfinalist. It promised to never let this happen again. It promised to ...
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.