FORZA AZZURRI STATISTICS

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Profile lists of all the Clubs starting with the letters F, G, H and I that gave players to the Italian National team

PROFILES F-I

Clubs:

FIORENTINA

FULL NAME: Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina s.p.a. NICKNAMES: Gigliati (Lilies), Viola (Purples). HISTORY: Founded on the 26 August 1926 as 'Associazione Calcio Fiorentina' after the merger of the football sections of 'Polisportiva Libertas' and 'Club Sportivo Firenze'. In July 2002 it was declared bankrupt but was re-founded on the 2 August 2002 under the cuurent name. NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 2 - 1955.56, 1968/69.          Coppa Italia, 6

CITY: Firenze

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 62          GAMES: 477          SCORERS: 16          GOALS: 51 CAPTAINS: 6          CAPTAINED GAMES: 17

SCORERS 10 TONI Luca 7 ANTOGNONI Giancarlo 5 BAGGIO Roberto 4 DE SISTI Giancarlo 4 PANDOLFINI Egisto 3 CERVATO Sergio 3 GRATTON Guido 3 GRAZIANI Francesco 3 LOJACONO Francisco R. 2 MONTUORI Miguel 2 VIRGILI Giuseppe 1 BERTINI Mario 1 MICCOLI Fabrizio 1 NEGRO Alfonso 1 PITTO Alfredo 1 PIZZIOLO Mario CAPTAINS 5 CERVATO Sergio 4 ANTOGNONI Giancarlo 2 MAGNINI Ardico 2 MONTUORI Miguel 2 PANDOLFINI Egisto 2 SEGATO Armando UNUSED CALL-UPS FUSER Diego - M

Alfredo PITTO First player in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro

Giancarlo ANTOGNONI Most games in Azzurro

FOGGIA

FULL NAME: Unione Sportiva Foggia s.r.l. NICKNAMES: Satanelli (Young Satans). HISTORY: Founded in May 1920 as 'Sporting Club Foggia' through the merger of 'Unione Sportiva Atleta', 'Maciste' and 'Unione Sportiva Pro Foggia'. In 1924 it merged with ' Velo Club' and changed the name to ' Unione Sportiva Foggia'. This name remained unchanged with two exceptions: in 1940-1946 'Unione Popolare Foggia' and in 1957-1966 'Unione Sportiva Foggia & Incedit' after the merger with 'Gruppo Sportivo Incedit'. The club was twice declared bankrupt , in 1984 and 2003, but on both occasions was immediately refounded. HONOURS: Nil.

CITY: Foggia

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 5          GAMES: 11          SCORERS: 2          GOALS: 2 CAPTAINS: 0          CAPTAINED GAMES: 0

PLAYERS 4 STROPPA Giovanni - M, 1993(d) 3 SIGNORI Giuseppe - A, 1992(d) 2 BAIANO Francesco - A, 1991(d) 1 MICELLI Romano - D, 1965(d) 1 NOCERA Cosimo - A, 1965(d)

SCORERS 1 NOCERA Cosimo 1 SIGNORI Giuseppe CAPTAINS No Foggia player ever led the Azzurri as Captain UNUSED CALL-UPS DI BIAGIO Luigi - M

Cosimo NOCERA First player in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro

GENOA

FULL NAME: Genoa Cricket and Football Club s.p.a. NICKNAMES: Rossoblu (Red-Blues), Grifone (Griffin), Vecchio Balordo (Old Fool). HISTORY: Founded on the 7 September 1892 as 'Genoa Cricket and Athletic Club' - the first Italian football club. In 1899 it changed the name to 'Genoa Cricket and Football Club', a name that is still used today with the exception of the 1929-1945 period when the name 'Genova 1893 Circolo del Calcio' was used.

CITY: Genova

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 34          GAMES: 184          SCORERS: 9          GOALS: 22 CAPTAINS: 1          CAPTAINED GAMES: 26

PLAYERS 31 DE VECCHI Renzo - D, 1910 21 BARBIERI Ottavio - M, 1921(d) 21 LEVRATTO Virgilio F. - A, 1924 19 DE PRA' Giovanni - G, 1924(d) 15 BURLANDO Luigi - M, 1920 8   ERANIO Stefano - M, 1990(d) 8   PERAZZOLO Mario - M, 1936(d) 6   BREZZI Guglielmo - A, 1920(d) 5   BERGAMINO Augusto - M, 1920(d) 5   SANTAMARIA Aristodemo E. - M, 1915(d) 4   BUFFON Lorenzo - G, 1958 4   MARIANI Edoardo - A, 1912(d) 4   SARDI Enrico - M, 1912 3   BELLINI Delfo - D, 1924(d) 3   BERTONI Sergio - A, 1936 3   NERI Giacomo - M, 1939(d) 2   BECATTINI Fosco - D, 1949(d) 2   BORRIELLO Marco - A, 2008 (d) 2   CARAPELLESE Riccardo - A, 1947 2   GENTA Mario - M, 1939 (d) 2   LEALE Ettore - M, 1922(d) 2   STELLIN Adone - D, 1948(d) 1   ARCARI Bruno - A, 1940(d) 1   BANCHERO Elvio - M, 1928 1   BARISON Paolo - M, 1959(d) 1   BATTISTONI Giovanni - M, 1939 1   BERARDO Felice - A, 1911 1   CASANOVA Claudio - D, 1914(d) 1   CATTO Edoardo - A, 1924(d) 1   GHIGLIANO Carlo - D, 1920(d) 1   MARCHI Sergio - D, 1939(d) 1   RUOTOLO Gennaro - M, 1991(d) 1   SARDELLI Vittorio - D, 1939(d) 1   SCARABELLO Luigi - M, 1936

Edoardo MARIANI First player in Azzurro

SCORERS 9 LEVRATTO Virgilio F 5 BREZZI Guglielmo 2 SARDI Enrico 1 BERTONI Sergio 1 BURLANDO Luigi 1 CARAPELLESE Riccardo 1 NERI Giacomo 1 SANTAMARIA Aristo.E. 1 STELLIN Adone CAPTAINS 26 DE VECCHI Renzo

INTER

FULL NAME: Football Club Internazionale Milano s.p.a. (The name 'Inter' is the abbriviation of Internazionale and is derived from the fact that it was open to foreign players unlike the 'Milan Cricket and Football Club', the club from which the founder members of Inter originated, that was dominated by the Italians ). NICKNAMES: Biscione (Big Grass Snake), Beneamata (Cherished), Nerazzurri (Black-Blues). HISTORY: Founded on the 9 March 1908 by a group of ex-members of the 'Milan Cricket and Football Club'. In 1928 they merged with 'Unione Sportiva Milanese' and became 'Associazione Calcio Ambrosiana Milano'. But in 1932 the word 'Inter' was

CITY: Milano

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 95    GAMES: 1337    SCORERS: 39    GOALS: 201 CAPTAINS: 18          CAPTAINED GAMES: 183

Virgilio FOSSATI First player in Azzurro First scorer in Azzurro First captain in Azzurro

PLAYERS 73 ANTOGNONI Giancarlo - M, 1974(d) 29 DE SISTI Giancarlo - M, 1967(d) 25 CERVATO Sergio - D, 1951(d) 20 MAGNINI Ardico - D, 1953(d) 20 SEGATO Armando - M, 1953(d) 19 GALLI Giovanni - G, 1983(d) 18 ALBERTOSI Enrico - G, 1961(d) 18 TOLDO Francesco - G, 1995(d) 17 CHIAPPELLA Giuseppe - M, 1953(d) 17 GRAZIANI Francesco - A, 1981 17 TONI Luca - A, 2005 15 ROBOTTI Enzo - D, 1958(d) 13 BAGGIO Roberto - M, 1988(d) 13 DI LIVIO Angelo - M, 2000 12 MONTUORI Miguel - M, 1956(d)(o) 12 PIZZIOLO Mario - M, 1933(d) 11 GRATTON Guido - M, 1953(d) 7   CASTELLETTI Sergio - D, 1958(d) 7   PANDOLFINI Egisto - M, 1950(d) 7   ROGGI Moreno - D, 1974(d) 7   ROSETTA Francesco - M, 1949(d) 7   VIRGILI Giuseppe - A, 1955(d) 6   MASSARO Daniele - A, 1982(d) 5   CHIELLINI Giorgio - D, 2004(d) 5   LOJACONO Francisco R. - M, 1959(d)(o) 5   PICCINI Achille - M, 1936(d) 5   PITTO Alfredo - M, 1931 4   ORZAN Alberto - M, 1956(d) 4   TORRICELLI Moreno - D, 1998 3   ADANI Daniele - D, 2000(d) 3   BERTINI Mario - M, 1966(d) 3   BORGONOVO Stefano - A, 1989(d) 3   COIS Sandro - M, 1998(d) 3   COSTAGLIOLA Leonardo - G, 1953(d) 3   DI MAURO Fabrizio - M, 1993(d) 3   FERRANTE Ugo - D, 1970(d) 3   ORLANDO Alberto - A, 1965 3   PETRIS Gianfranco - A, 1959 3   PRINI Maurilio - A, 1956(d) 2   CARNASCIALI Daniele - D, 1994(d) 2   ELIANI Alberto - D, 1948(d) 2   GAMBERINI Alessandro - D, 2007(d) 2   GRIFFANTI Luigi - G, 1942(d) 2   MARCHESI Rino - M, 1961(d) 2   PASQUAL Manuel - D, 2006(d) 1   CASO Domenico - M, 1974(d) 1   CHIARUGI Luciano - A, 1969(d) 1   CHIESA Enrico - A, 2001 1   DAINELLI Dario - D, 2005(d) 1   GOBBI Massimo - M, 2006(d) 1   GUERINI Vincenzo - M, 1974(d) 1   LIVERANI Fabio - M, 2006 1   MAGLI Augusto - M, 1950(d) 1   MERLO Claudio - M, 1969(d) 1   MICCOLI Fabrizio - A, 2004 1   MONTOLIVO Riccardo - M, 2007(d) 1   NEGRO Alfonso - M, 1936(d) 1   PADALINO Pasquale - D, 1996(d) 1   PIERINI Alessandro - D, 2001(d) 1   PIROVANO Giovan B. - M, 1966(d) 1   SARTI Giuliano - G, 1959(d) 1   SEMIOLI Franco - M, 2007

LEGEND OF LISTS: Number of Games / Goals / Captained Games, Surname, Name, Position, Year of first game in Azzurro from the Club. POSITIONS: G - Goalkeeper, D - Defender, M - Midfielder, A - Attacker. ABBRIVIATIONS: (d) - Debut, Played his first game in Azzurro in that year and with that                                    club.                             (o) - Oriundo UNUSED CALL-UPS: Statistics covered from Game 469 (9 June 1990) till TODAY. Until now all Unused Call-Ups from previous games are not considered. The Players displayed for each club are not necessary the best or most memorable players from the club, but statistically they are the main players. Displayed are mainly, the first players to play in Azzurro, score in Azzurro and Captain the Azzurri from the club and the players who played the most in Azzurro, scored most in Azzurro and Captained most the Azzurri from the Club. Where space permitted other significant statistical players from the club were displayed.

Egisto PANDOLFINI First captain in Azzurro

Renzo DE VECCHI Most games in Azzurro Only captain in Azzurro

SCORERS 33 MEAZZA Giuseppe 25 ALTOBELLI Alessandro 22 MAZZOLA Alessandro 13 VIERI Christian 11 CEVENINI Luigi 9   BONINSEGNA Roberto 8   CONTI Leopoldo 8   FROSSI Annibale 6   BERGOMI Giuseppe 5   DOMENGHINI Angelo 4   CORSO Mario 4   FERRI Riccardo 4   FERRARI Giovanni 4   LORENZI Benito 4   SERENA Aldo 3   AEBI Ermanno 3   AMADEI Amedeo 3   BERTI Nicola 3   CEVENINI Aldo 3   DEMARIA Attilio 3   FACCHETTI Giacinto 2   BAGNI Salvatore 2   BONTADINI Franco 2   BURGNICH Tarcisio 2   MATERAZZI Marco 2   MORIERO Francesco 1   BERNARDINI Fulvio 1   BERTINI Mario 1   CANNAVARO Fabio 1   CAPPELLINI Renato 1   DI BIAGIO Luigi 1   PITTO Alfredo 1   FERRARIS Pietro 1   FOSSATI Virgilio 1   GUARNERI Aristide 1   NESTI Fulvio 1   ORIALI Gabriele 1   RIVOLTA Enrico 1   ZANETTI Cristiano CAPTAINS 70 FACCHETTI Giacinto 33 BERGOMI Giuseppe 19 CANNAVARO Fabio 17 MEAZZA Giuseppe 8   ALTOBELLI Alessandro 6   BUFFON Lorenzo 6   CEVENINI Luigi 6   FOSSATI Virgilio 5   MAZZOLA Alessandro 2   COLLOVATI Fulvio 2   FERRARI Giovanni 2   MATERAZZI Marco 2   PAGLIUCA Gianluca 1   ALLEMANDI Luigi 1   BURGNICH Tarcisio 1   CAMPELLI Piero 1   PITTO Alfredo 1   TARDELLI Marco UNUSED CALL-UPS DELVECCHIO Marco - A FONTOLAN Davide - A FRESI Salvatore - D PASQUALE Giovanni - D VENTOLA Nicola - A

- 1939/40, 1960/61, 1965/66, 1974/75, 1995/96, 2000/01.          Italian Super Cup, 1 - 1996. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Cup Winners Cup, 1 -1960/61.          Mitropa Cup, 1 - 1966.           Anglo-Italian League Cup, 1 - 1975.          Coppa delle Alpi, 1 - 1989.

Sergio CERVATO Most captain in Azzurro

Giancarlo DE SISTI

Ardico MAGNINI

Armando SEGATO

Giovanni GALLI

Luca TONI Most goals in Azzurro

Roberto BAGGIO

Miguel MONTUORI

AZZURRO RECORDS: Six Fiorentina players won the World Cup: 1934 - Mario PIZZIOLO; 1982 - Giancarlo ANTOGNONI, Francesco GRAZIANI, Daniele MASSARO, Pietro VIERCHOWOD (who never played in Azzurro with Fiorentina); 2006 - Luca TONI. Giancarlo DE SISTI and Ugo FERRANTE formed part of the Azzurri Squad that finished Runner-up in the 1970 World Cup, Roberto BAGGIO in that of 1990 when the Azzurri finished third and Giancarlo ANTOGNONI in the 1978 Squad that finished fourth. Two Fiorentina players won the European Nations Championship of 1968: Enrico ALBERTOSI and Giancarlo DE SISTI. Angelo DI LIVIO and Francesco TOLDO formed part of the Azzurri Squad that finished Runner-up European Champions in 2000, whilst Giancarlo ANTOGNONI and Giovanni GALLI formed part of the 1980 squad that finished fourth. Alfonso NEGRO and Achille PICCINI won the Gold Medal when the Italian National Team finished first in the Football Tournament of the 1936 Olympic Games. Mario PIZZIOLO won the 1935 Coppa Internazionale and Alfredo PITTO formed part of the Azzurri Squad that finished Runner-up in the 1932 Coppa Internazionale. Miguel MONTUORI is the only Oriundo to ever lead the Italian National Team as Captain and is also the only Italo-Argentinian/Chilean Oriundo to play in Azzurro. Giancarlo ANTOGNONI is the Azzurro who received most Red Cards (two) and the Azzurro Midfielder to be most Substituted, whilst  Francesco TOLDO is the most Unused Call-Up Azzurro from one club (30 unused call-ups).

Giovanni STROPPA Most games in Azzurro

Romano MICELLI First player in Azzurro

NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 9 - 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1914/15, 1922/23, 1923/24. Coppa Italia, 1 - 1936/37. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Coppa delle Alpi, 3 - 1962, 1964, 1991.          Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 - 1996. Coppa dell' Amicizia Italo-Francese, 1 - 1963.

Virgilio F. LEVRATTO Most goals in Azzurro

Guglielmo BREZZI First goal in Azzurro

Ottavio BARBIERI

Giovanni DE PRA'

AZZURRO RECORDS: Four Genoa players won the World Cup: 1934 - Pietro ARCARI who never played with the Italian National team but formed part of the Azzurri Squad; 1938 - Sergio BERTONI, Mario GENTA, Mario PERAZZOLO. Three Genoa players won the Olympic Bronze Medal when the Azzurri finished third in the Football Tournament of the 1928 Olympic Games: Delfo BELLINI, Giovanni DE PRA', Virgilio F. LEVRATTO. Two Genoa players won the 1930 Coppa Internazionale: Giovanni DE PRA', Virgilio F. LEVRATTO, whilst Elvio BANCHERO formed part of the Azzurri Squad that finished second in the 1932 Coppa Internazionale. Renzo DE VECCHI was the first Azzurro player to score an own goal.

inserted in the name to became 'Associazione Calcio Ambrosiana-Inter Milano'. This name remained in use until 1942 when the current name was adapted. NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 15 - 1909/10, 1919/20, 1929/30, 1937/38, 1939/40, 1952/53, 1953/54, 1962/63, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1970/71,  1979/80, 1988/89, 2005/06, 2006/07 (The 2005/06 Championship was awarded to Inter after Juventus, the actual champions and Milan, the actual Runner-ups, were disqualified for malpractice. Inter had finished third with 15 points less than the actual champions).          Coppa Italia, 5 - 1938/39, 1977/78, 1981/82, 2004/05, 2005/06. Italian Super Cup, 3 - 1989, 2005, 2006. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: UEFA Champions League, 2 - 1964, 1965.          UEFA Cup, 3 - 1991, 1994, 1998.          Intercontinental Cup, 2 - 1964, 1965.          Mondialito, 1 - 1981.

Enrico ALBERTOSI

PLAYERS 94 FACCHETTI Giacinto - D, 1963(d) 81 BERGOMI Giuseppe - D, 1982(d) 70 MAZZOLA Alessandro - M, 1963(d) 66 BURGNICH Tarcisio - D, 1963(d) 61 ALTOBELLI Alessandro - A, 1980(d) 58 ZENGA Walter - G, 1986(d) 53 MEAZZA Giuseppe - M, 1930(d) 45 FERRI Riccardo - D, 1986(d) 39 BERTI Nicola - M, 1988(d) 38 MATERAZZI Marco - D, 2001 31 CONTI Leopoldo - M,1920(d) 28 ORIALI Gabriele - M, 1978(d)