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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 ...
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]
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 .
Italy named an initial 26-man squad for the tournament on 18 May 2000. [1] Midfielders Dino Baggio and Diego Fuser , and defender Giuseppe Pancaro did not make the cut for the final 22, while forward Christian Vieri was ruled out through injury. [ 2 ]
Federico Marchetti (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko marˈketti]; born 7 February 1983) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maltese Premier League club Marsaxlokk. [3] [4] [5] Marchetti began his professional club career with Torino in 2002, and was subsequently loaned out to Pro Vercelli, Crotone, and Treviso.
The following table includes only Italian, European and worldwide competitions organised respectively by FIGC, UEFA and FIFA since 1898. [130] The figures in bold represent the most times this competition has been won by an Italian team.
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.
This is a list of all the captains who played for the Italy national football team.. Francesco Calì was the first captain of the Italy national football team. [1]The only players who were captains in all matches they have played in the national team were Giuseppe Milano (11 appearances), Francesco Calì (2 caps) and Giulio Cappelli (2 caps).