List of Italy national football team captains

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This article lists all the captains of 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: 61.

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 29 May 2016.[3]

Position Name Appearances Goals Captain National years Captaincy years Ref
1 Fabio Cannavaro 136 2 79 1997–2010 2002–2010 [1]
2 Paolo Maldini 126 7 74 1988–2002 1994–2002 [2]
3 Giacinto Facchetti 94 3 70 1963–1977 1966–1977 [3]
4 Gianluigi Buffon 157 0 61 1997– 2011– [4]
5 Dino Zoff 112 0 59 1968–1983 1977–1983 [5]
6 Giuseppe Bergomi 81 6 33 1982–1998 1988–1990 [6]
7 Franco Baresi 81 1 31 1982–1994 1990–1994 [7]
8 Adolfo Baloncieri 47 25 28 1920–1930 1926–1930 [8]
9 Renzo De Vecchi 43 0 26 1910–1925 1920–1925 [9]
10 Giampiero Boniperti 38 7 24 1947–1960 1952–1960 [10]
11 Giuseppe Meazza 53 33 17 1930–1939 1937–1939 [11]
11 Sandro Salvadore 36 2 17 1960–1970 1962–1966 [12]
13 Umberto Caligaris 59 0 16 1922–1934 1930–1934 [13]
14 Giuseppe Milano 11 0 11 1911–1914 1911–1914 [14]
15 Gaetano Scirea 78 2 10 1975–1986 1985–1986 [15]
15 Antonio Cabrini 73 9 10 1978–1987 1986–1987 [16]
17 Marco Tardelli 81 6 9 1976–1985 1983–1985 [17]
17 Silvio Piola 34 30 9 1935–1952 1940–1947 [18]
17 Luigi Allemandi 24 0 9 1925–1936 1935–1936 [19]
20 Andrea Pirlo 116 13 8 2002– 2010– [20]
20 Alessandro Altobelli 61 25 8 1979–1988 1987–1988 [21]
20 Virginio Rosetta 52 0 8 1920–1934 1931–1932 [22]
23 Alessandro Del Piero 91 27 7 1995–2008 2004–2008 [23]
23 Luigi Cevenini 29 11 7 1915–1929 1925–1926 [24]
23 Riccardo Carapellese 16 10 7 1947–1956 1949–1950 [25]
26 Demetrio Albertini 79 3 6 1989–2002 1999–2001 [26]
26 Sergio Cervato 28 4 6 1951–1960 1956–1957 [27]
26 Carlo Annovazzi 17 0 6 1947–1952 1951–1952 [28]
26 Lorenzo Buffon 15 0 6 1958–1962 1961–1962 [29]
26 Cesare Maldini 14 0 6 1960–1963 1962–1963 [30]
26 Virgilio Fossati 12 1 6 1910–1915 1914–1915 [31]
32 Alessandro Mazzola 70 22 5 1963–1974 1972 [32]
32 Gianpiero Combi 47 0 5 1924–1934 1934 [33]
32 Egisto Pandolfini 21 9 5 1950–1957 1954 [34]
32 Valentino Mazzola 12 4 5 1942–1949 1948–1949 [35]
36 Daniele De Rossi 101 17 4 2004– 2007– [36]
36 Giancarlo Antognoni 73 7 4 1974–1983 1977–1981 [37]
36 Gianni Rivera 60 14 4 1962–1974 1964–1965 [38]
39 Alessandro Costacurta 59 2 3 1991–1998 1995–1997 [39]
39 Attilio Ferraris 28 0 3 1926–1935 1934–1935 [40]
39 Alessandro Nesta 78 0 3 1996–2006 2004 [41]
39 Gianluca Vialli 59 16 3 1985–1992 1989–1992 [42]
43 Romeo Benetti 55 2 2 1971–1980 1978–1979 [43]
43 Giacomo Bulgarelli 29 7 2 1962–1967 1966 [44]
43 Francesco Calì 2 0 2 1910 1910 [45]
43 Giulio Cappelli 2 1 2 1936 1936 [46]
43 Giorgio Chiellini 82 6 2 2004– 2012– [47]
43 Fulvio Collovati 50 3 2 1979–1986 1985 [48]
43 Giovanni Ferrari 44 14 2 1930–1938 1938 [49]
43 Pietro Ferraris 14 3 2 1935–1947 1947 [50]
43 Alfredo Foni 23 0 2 1936–1942 1936 [51]
43 Gennaro Gattuso 73 1 2 2000–2010 2009 [52]
43 Alberto Gilardino 57 19 2 2004– 2011– [53]
43 Ardico Magnini 20 0 2 1953–1957 1956–1957 [54]
43 Marco Materazzi 41 2 2 2001–2008 2004–2005 [55]
43 Riccardo Montolivo 61 2 2 2007– 2013– [56]
43 Miguel Montuori 12 2 2 1956–1960 1959–1960 [57]
43 Maino Neri 8 0 2 1948–1954 1948 [58]
43 Gianluca Pagliuca 39 0 2 1990–1998 1994–1995 [59]
43 Pietro Rava 30 0 2 1935–1946 1939–1942 [60]
43 Armando Segato 20 0 2 1953–1959 1958–1959 [61]
43 Gianluca Zambrotta 98 2 2 1999–2010 2010 [62]
63 Massimo Ambrosini 35 0 1 1999–2008 2006 [63]
63 Fulvio Bernardini 26 3 1 1925–1932 1932 [64]
63 Leonardo Bonucci 53 3 1 2010– 2014– [65]
63 Sergio Brighenti 9 2 1 1959–1961 1961 [66]
63 Tarcisio Burgnich 66 2 1 1963–1974 1973 [67]
63 Piero Campelli 11 0 1 1912–1921 1920 [68]
63 Antonio Cassano 39 10 1 2003– 2011 [69]
63 Gino Colaussi 25 15 1 1935–1940 1939 [70]
63 Antonio Di Natale 42 11 1 2002–2012 2009 [71]
63 Ciro Ferrara 49 0 1 1987–2000 2000 [72]
63 Claudio Gentile 71 1 1 1975–1984 1984 [73]
63 Mario Gianni 6 0 1 1927–1933 1932 [74]
63 Giacomo Losi 11 0 1 1960–1962 1962 [75]
63 Bruno Mora 21 4 1 1959–1965 1962 [76]
63 Bruno Nicolè 8 2 1 1958–1964 1961 [77]
63 Christian Panucci 57 4 1 1994–2008 2003 [78]
63 Angelo Peruzzi 31 0 1 1995–2006 2005 [79]
63 Alfredo Pitto 29 2 1 1928–1935 1935 [80]
63 Giuseppe Rossi 30 7 1 2008– 2010– [81]
63 Aristodemo Santamaria 11 3 1 1915–1923 1921 [82]
63 Angelo Schiavio 21 15 1 1925–1934 1933 [83]
63 Luca Toni 47 16 1 2004–2009 2005 [84]
Total 84 players 778 1910–2016 1910–2016
  • Players in bold are still active.

References

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