List of Italy national football team captains

This is a list of all the captains who played for the Italy national football team.

Francesco Calì was the first captain of the Italian 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).

Fabio Cannavaro is the player who has worn the captain band the most times: 79.[2]

Gianluigi Buffon is the goalkeeper who has worn the captain band the most times: 70.

Valentino Mazzola and Sandro Mazzola as well as Cesare Maldini and Paolo Maldini are the only cases of father and son who have worn the captain band during their respective times on the national team. Goalkeepers, Gianluigi Buffon and Lorenzo Buffon are distant cousins. Attilio Ferraris and Pietro Ferraris, despite the same surname, are not relatives.

Gianluigi Buffon is the current captain of the national team.

List of captains

Updated as of 15 November 2016.[3]

Position Name Appearances Goals Captain National years Captaincy years Ref
1 Fabio Cannavaro[nb 1] 136 2 79 1997–2010 2002–2010[nb 2]
2 Paolo Maldini[nb 1] 126 7 74 1988–2002 1994–2002
3 Gianluigi Buffon[nb 1] 167 0 70 1997– 2010–present[nb 3]
3 Giacinto Facchetti[nb 1] 94 3 70 1963–1977 1966–1977
5 Dino Zoff[nb 1] 112 0 59 1968–1983 1977–1983
6 Giuseppe Bergomi[nb 1] 81 6 33 1982–1998 1988–1991
7 Franco Baresi[nb 1] 81 1 31 1982–1994 1991–1994
8 Adolfo Baloncieri[nb 1] 47 25 27 1920–1930 1927–1930
9 Renzo De Vecchi[nb 1] 43 0 26 1910–1925 1920–1925
10 Giampiero Boniperti[nb 1] 38 7 24 1947–1960 1952–1960
11 Giuseppe Meazza[nb 1] 53 33 17 1930–1939 1937–1939
11 Sandro Salvadore[nb 1] 36 2 17 1960–1970 1963–1966
13 Umberto Caligaris[nb 1] 59 0 16 1922–1934 1931–1934
14 Giuseppe Milano[nb 1] 11 0 11 1911–1914 1911–1914
15 Gaetano Scirea[nb 1] 78 2 10 1975–1986 1985–1986
16 Antonio Cabrini[nb 1] 73 9 9 1978–1987 1986–1987
16 Marco Tardelli[nb 1] 81 6 9 1976–1985 1983–1985
16 Silvio Piola[nb 1] 34 30 9 1935–1952 1940–1947
16 Luigi Allemandi[nb 1] 24 0 9 1925–1936 1935–1936
16 Andrea Pirlo 116 13 9 2002– 2010–
21 Alessandro Altobelli 61 25 8 1979–1988 1987–1988
21 Virginio Rosetta 52 0 8 1920–1934 1931–1932
23 Luigi Cevenini[nb 1] 29 11 7 1915–1929 1925–1927
23 Riccardo Carapellese[nb 1] 16 10 7 1947–1956 1949–1950
25 Demetrio Albertini 79 3 6 1989–2002 1999–2001
25 Alessandro Del Piero 91 27 6 1995–2008 2004–2008
25 Sergio Cervato 28 4 6 1951–1960 1956–1957
25 Carlo Annovazzi[nb 1] 17 0 6 1947–1952 1951–1952
25 Lorenzo Buffon[nb 1] 15 0 6 1958–1962 1961–1962
25 Cesare Maldini[nb 1] 14 0 6 1960–1963 1962–1963
25 Virgilio Fossati[nb 1] 12 1 6 1910–1915 1914–1915
32 Alessandro Mazzola 70 22 5 1963–1974 1972
32 Gianpiero Combi[nb 1] 47 0 5 1924–1934 1934
32 Egisto Pandolfini 21 9 5 1950–1957 1954
32 Valentino Mazzola[nb 1] 12 4 5 1942–1949 1947–1949
36 Daniele De Rossi 110 19 4 2004– 2007–
36 Giancarlo Antognoni 73 7 4 1974–1983 1977–1981
36 Gianni Rivera 60 14 4 1962–1974 1964–1965
39 Giorgio Chiellini 90 7 3 2004– 2012–
39 Attilio Ferraris 28 0 3 1926–1935 1934–1935
39 Alberto Gilardino 57 19 3 2004– 2011–
39 Alessandro Nesta 78 0 3 1996–2006 2004
39 Gianluca Vialli 59 16 3 1985–1992 1989–1992
44 Romeo Benetti 55 2 2 1971–1980 1978–1979
44 Leonardo Bonucci 67 4 2 2010– 2014–
44 Giacomo Bulgarelli 29 7 2 1962–1967 1966
44 Francesco Calì[nb 1] 2 0 2 1910 1910
44 Giulio Cappelli 2 1 2 1936 1936
44 Fulvio Collovati 50 3 2 1979–1986 1985
44 Giovanni Ferrari 44 14 2 1930–1938 1938
44 Pietro Ferraris 14 3 2 1935–1947 1947
44 Alfredo Foni 23 0 2 1936–1942 1936
44 Gennaro Gattuso 73 1 2 2000–2010 2009
44 Ardico Magnini 20 0 2 1953–1957 1956–1957
44 Marco Materazzi 41 2 2 2001–2008 2004–2005
44 Riccardo Montolivo 64 2 2 2007– 2013–
44 Miguel Montuori 12 2 2 1956–1960 1959–1960
44 Maino Neri 8 0 2 1948–1954 1948
44 Gianluca Pagliuca 39 0 2 1990–1998 1994–1995
44 Pietro Rava 30 0 2 1935–1946 1939–1942
44 Armando Segato 20 0 2 1953–1959 1958–1959
44 Gianluca Zambrotta 98 2 2 1999–2010 2010
63 Massimo Ambrosini 35 0 1 1999–2008 2006
63 Roberto Baggio 56 27 1 1988–2004 1992
63 Fulvio Bernardini 26 3 1 1925–1932 1932
63 Sergio Brighenti 9 2 1 1959–1961 1961
63 Alessandro Costacurta 59 2 1 1991–1998 1995–1997
63 Tarcisio Burgnich 66 2 1 1963–1974 1973
63 Piero Campelli 11 0 1 1912–1921 1920
63 Antonio Cassano 39 10 1 2003– 2011
63 Gino Colaussi 25 15 1 1935–1940 1939
63 Antonio Di Natale 42 11 1 2002–2012 2009
63 Ciro Ferrara 49 0 1 1987–2000 2000
63 Claudio Gentile 71 1 1 1975–1984 1984
63 Mario Gianni 6 0 1 1927–1933 1932
63 Giacomo Losi 11 0 1 1960–1962 1962
63 Bruno Mora 21 4 1 1959–1965 1962
63 Bruno Nicolè 8 2 1 1958–1964 1961
63 Christian Panucci 57 4 1 1994–2008 2003
63 Angelo Peruzzi 31 0 1 1995–2006 2005
63 Alfredo Pitto 29 2 1 1928–1935 1935
63 Giuseppe Rossi 30 7 1 2008– 2010–
63 Aristodemo Santamaria 11 3 1 1915–1923 1921
63 Angelo Schiavio 21 15 1 1925–1934 1933
63 Luca Toni 47 16 1 2004–2009 2005
Total 85 players 789 1910–2016 1910–2016

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Served as designated captain for his captaincy period.
  2. During UEFA Euro 2008, Alessandro Del Piero was named the Italian national team's acting captain, as Cannavaro was injured and unable to take part in the competition, however Gianluigi Buffon was often played as captain as Del Piero was frequently deployed as a substitute.[4][5][6]
  3. Gianluigi Buffon served as second acting captain in UEFA Euro 2008 after Alessandro Del Piero was named the team's acting captain, as Cannavaro was injured and unable to take part in the competition, however Del Piero was frequently deployed as a substitute.[6] Although Buffon was officially named Italy's new captain in 2010,[7] following Fabio Cannavaro's retirement subsequent to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Andrea Pirlo was named the Italian national team's acting captain after the tournament (while Daniele De Rossi was named the team's second acting captain),[7][8][9] as Buffon was ruled out until the end of the year due to injury, and only made his first appearance as Italy's official captain on 9 February 2011, in a 1–1 friendly away draw against Germany.[7][10][11][12]

References

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  5. Maurizio Nicita (12 June 2008). "Buffon, niente fascia Il capitano è Del Piero" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  6. 1 2 Paolo Menicucci (10 June 2008). "L'Italia parte male, l'Olanda cala il tris" [Italy start badly, Holland score three] (in Italian). UEFA. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Andrea Santoni (27 June 2010). "Buffon, annuncio choc: Mi opero e torno nel 2011" (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  8. Riccardo Pratesi (6 August 2010). "Prandelli cambia l'Italia Amauri, Cassano e Balotelli" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  9. "Pirlo, ricetta Nazionale "Ritroviamo la qualità"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  10. "Motta, Giovinco and Matri news. Among the 23 players Buffon's return". FIGC. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  11. "Il gol di Rossi salva l'Italia: 1-1" (in Italian). Mediaset. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  12. Micaela Del Monte (29 March 2012). "Capitani Azzurri: Gianluigi Buffon (2008 - Oggi)" (in Italian). TuttoNazionali.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

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