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List of Italy international footballers

List of Italy international footballers

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The Italy national football team represents the country of Italy in international association football. 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 Civica.[5]

Gianluigi Buffon
Luigi Riva
Roberto Baggio
Giuseppe Meazza
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 and Eraldo Monzeglio, Giuseppe Meazza is one of the three only players to have played in two World Cup editions won by Italy (1934 and 1938).[4]

Italy have competed in numerous competitions, and all players, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned and goals scored in all international matches, the year of their first and last (or most recent) matches played in, as well as any major honours won, ordered alphabetically. All statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 24 March 2024.[6] Players that are still active at the club and/or international level are in bold.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Bonucci entra in club molto speciale". Sky Sport (in Italian). 25 March 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Classifica marcatori" [Goalscoring standings]. FIGC.it (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Italia: Speciale Mondiali" [Italy: World Cup Special] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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    "Record e Curiosità" [Records and Trivia] (in Italian). La Repubblica. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Franz Calì: il primo capitano raccontato in un libro" [Franz Calì: the first captain recounted in a book] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Convocazioni di un giocatore" (in Italian). FIGC.
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