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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 ...
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, ... Italy: 42.42% 2: Manuel Neuer ... 20 3: Jan Oblak ...
In 2011, Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was named World's Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century's first decade by IFFHS; in 2012, he was named World's Best Goalkeeper of the Past 25 Years. He also holds the record for most IFFHS Goalkeeper of the Year Award victories, alongside Iker Casillas and Manuel Neuer , with five.
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 .
He was also placed second in the 2006 Ballon d'Or (the first goalkeeper to do so since compatriot Dino Zoff in 1973) and eighth in the FIFA World Player of the Year Award behind his winning Italy teammate Fabio Cannavaro, and was elected as the starting goalkeeper for both the 2006 FIFPro XI and the UEFA Team of the Year, following his fifth ...
Only player to win both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship Dino Zoff (1968 and 1982) [14] Only players to win both the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Gold Medal Sergio Bertoni, Alfredo Foni, Ugo Locatelli, Pietro Rava (1936 and 1938) [42] Longest career Gianluigi Buffon, 29 October 1997–23 March 2018, 20 years, 145 days [43]
He was the first-choice goalkeeper for Italy at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship as the team was eliminated in the group stage. At the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he made two appearances in the group game against Japan and the third-place game against Ecuador, backing up Alessandro Plizzari in other games.
Christian Abbiati Cavaliere OMRI (born 8 July 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.. Abbiati, who had been with AC Milan since 1998, started his career with Monza, and later played more than 300 official matches for Milan.