Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It is fielded by the Italian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Italy, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. Italy competed in their first official international football match on 15 May 1910, a 6–2 victory over France in Milan at Arena ...
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 five penalty kick scorers, all-time (only Serie A regular-season games) [35] [36] [37] Updated 4 February 2024 Players in bold are still active in Serie A. Players in italics are still active outside of Serie A.
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.
[9] [10] The seventh edition of the award, in the 2002–03 season, was the first and only time that two players won the award jointly: Czech Republic midfielder Pavel Nedvěd, who won the league with Juventus, [11] and Francesco Totti, who became the first player to win the award for a second time after scoring the most goals for his club that ...
Widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers of all time, [12] [17] [413] Baggio came fourth in the 1999 FIFA Player of the Century internet poll, [20] and was ranked 16th in World Soccer's list of the 100 greatest footballers of the 20th century, the highest ranked Italian player; [414] in IFFHS's election for the best player of the ...
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 ...
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.