AZZURRO RECORDS: The first non-Italian Club whose players scored in Azzurro. Fabrizio RAVANELLI scored the first Azzurro goal from a non-Italian Club.

FORZA AZZURRI STATISTICS

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Profile lists of all the Clubs starting with the letter M that gave players to the Italian National team

PROFILES M

Clubs:

MANTOVA

FULL NAME: Associazione Calcio Mantova s.r.l. NICKNAMES: Virgiliani (Virgilians, after the Classical Roman Poet Virgilius who was born in the village of Andes, near Mantova), ACM (Associazione Calcio Mantova). HISTORY: After the merger of 'Vis et Virtus' and 'Gruppo del Calcio' the 'Associazione Mantovana del Calcio' was founded in March 1911. In 1914 it merged again, this time with 'Juventus Football Club Mantova' and in 1918 the name was changed to 'Associazione Calcio Mantova'. The club was declared bankrupt twice, in 1983 and 1994 but on both occasions it was refounded, in 1983 as 'Nuova Associazione Calcio Mantova' and in 1994 as 'Mantova Calcio 1994'. In 2001 the current name was again reinstated. HONOURS: Nil.

CITY: Mantova

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 3          GAMES: 9          SCORERS: 1          GOALS: 2 CAPTAINS: 0          CAPTAINED GAMES: 0

SCORERS 2 SORMANI Angelo B. CAPTAINS No Mantova player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain

Angelo B. SORMANI First player in Azzurro Most games in Azzurro Only scorer in Azzurro

MESSINA

FULL NAME: Football Club Messina Peloro s.r.l. NICKNAMES: Biancoscudati (Whiteshielded), Peloritani (Peloritans), Giallorossi (Yellow-red). HISTORY: A club with a long history of mergers, it was founded on the 1 December 1900 as 'Messina Football Club' but seized to exist in 1910 after financial difficulties due to the great 1908 Messina earthquake. 'Società Ginnastica Garibaldi Messina' immediately took its place but was soon disbanded in 1914 due to World War I. In 1919 a new club was founded, 'Unione Sportiva Messinese' but in 1922 it merged

CITY: Messina

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 2          GAMES: 3          SCORERS: 0          GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0          CAPTAINED GAMES: 0

PLAYERS 2 COPPOLA Carmine - M, 2005(d) 1 PARISI Alessandro - D, 2004(d)

Alessandro PARISI First player in Azzurro

Carmine COPPOLA Most games in Azzurro

METRO STARS NY

FULL NAME: Red Bull New York NICKNAMES: Metro Reds, Reds HISTORY: Founded in 1996 as 'New York' but in 1997 changed name to 'New Jersey Metro Stars'. In 1998 the name was changed to 'Metro Stars NY'. On the 9 March 2006 the name was changed to 'Red Bull New York' after a change of ownership. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: La Manga Cup, 1 - 2004.

CITY: New Jersey (USA)

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 1          GAMES: 4          SCORERS: 0          GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0          CAPTAINED GAMES: 0

PLAYERS 4 DONADONI Roberto - M, 1996

Roberto DONADONI Only player in Azzurro

MIDDLESBROUGH

FULL NAME: Middlesbrough Football Club NICKNAMES: Boro. HISTORY: Founded in 1876 by the 'Middlesbrough Cricket Club' players to stay fit during the winter. NATIONAL HONOURS: Football League Cup, 1 - 2003/04,          FA Amateur Cup 2 - 1894/95, 1897/98. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Anglo-Scotish Cup, 1 - 1976.          Kirin Cup, 1 - 1980.

CITY: Middlesbrough                     (England)

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 2          GAMES: 7          SCORERS: 1          GOALS: 3 CAPTAINS: 0          CAPTAINED GAMES: 0

PLAYERS 6 RAVANELLI Fabrizio - A, 1996 1 MACCARONE Massimo - A, 2002

SCORERS 3 RAVANELLI Fabrizio CAPTAINS No Middlesbrough player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain

Fabrizio RAVANELLI First player in Azzurro Most games in Azzurro Only scorer in Azzurro

Massimo MACCARONE

MODENA

FULL NAME: Modena Football Club s.p.a. NICKNAMES: Canarini (Canaries), Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues). HISTORY: Founded on the 5 April 1912 as 'Modena Football Club' after the merger of 'Associazione Studentesca del Calcio' and 'Audax Foot Ball Club'. For the period 1957 - 1960 the club used the name 'Zenit Modena'. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Anglo-Italian Cup, 2 - 1981, 1982.

CITY: Modena

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 7          GAMES: 21          SCORERS: 2          GOALS: 7 CAPTAINS: 1          CAPTAINED GAMES: 2

SCORERS 5 PERNIGO Francesco 2 FORLIVESI Giuseppe CAPTAINS 2 NERI Maino

Giuseppe FORLIVESI First player in Azzurro Most games in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro

MILAN

FULL NAME: Associazione Calcio Milan s.p.a. NICKNAMES: Il Diavolo (The Devil), Rossoneri (Red-Blacks), Casciavit. HISTORY: Founded on the 16 December 1899 as 'Milan Cricket and Football Club'. In 1919 they changed the name to 'Milan Football Club' and in 1938 to 'Associazione Calcio Milano'. Their current name was adapted in 1945. NATIONAL HONOURS: Italian Champions, 17 - 1901, 1906, 1907, 1950/51, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1961/62, 1967/68, 1978/79, 1987/88, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1998/99,

CITY: Milano

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 81     GAMES: 1113     SCORERS: 30     GOALS: 105 CAPTAINS: 10          CAPTAINED GAMES: 136

PLAYERS 126 MALDINI Paolo - D, 1988(d) 81   BARESI Franco - D, 1982(d) 79   ALBERTINI Demetrio - M, 1991(d) 60   RIVERA Gianni - M, 1962(d) 59   COSTACURTA Alessandro - D, 1991(d) 59   DONADONI Roberto - M, 1986(d) 57   GATTUSO Gennaro Ivan - M, 2000(d) 45   PIRLO Andrea - M, 2002(d) 33   COLLOVATI Fulvio - D, 1979(d) 31   NESTA Alessandro - D, 2002 30   AMBROSINI Massimo - M, 1999(d) 29   BENETTI Romeo - M, 1971(d) 25   INZAGHI Filippo - A, 2001 23   ROSATO Roberto - D, 1967 19   GILARDINO Alberto - A, 2005 17   ANNOVAZZI Carlo - M, 1947(d) 17   LODETTI Giovanni - M, 1964(d) 17   TRAPATTONI Giovanni - M, 1960(d) 14   MALDINI Cesare - D, 1960(d) 14   TOGNON Omero - M, 1949(d) 13   ANCELOTTI Carlo - M, 1987 13   FRIGNANI Amleto - A, 1952(d) 13   PRATI Pierino - A, 1968(d) 12   DE VECCHI Renzo - D, 1910(d) 12   ERANIO Stefano - M, 1992 10   MALDERA Aldo - D, 1976(d) 10   MORA Bruno - M, 1962 9     MASSARO Daniele - A, 1994 9     ODDO Massimo - D, 2007 8     CARAPELLESE Riccardo - A, 1947(d) 8     CEVENINI Aldo - A, 1910(d) 8     COCO Francesco - D, 2000(d) 8     SALVADORE Sandro - D, 1960(d) 7     TASSOTTI Mauro - D, 1992(d) 6     ALTAFINI Jose -A, 1961(d)(o) 6     EVANI Alberigo - M, 1991(d) 6     LENTINI Gianluigi - M, 1992 6     LOVATI Cesare - M, 1920(d) 6     PANCARO Giuseppe - D, 2003 5     CAPELLO Fabio - M, 1976 5     GALLI Carlo - A, 1957 5     RADICE Luigi - D, 1962(d) 4     BATTISTINI Sergio - M, 1984(d) 4     BEAN Gastone - A, 1957(d) 4     BUFFON Lorenzo - G, 1958(d) 4     PANUCCI Christian - D, 1994(d) 4     SABADINI Giuseppe - D, 1973(d) 4     SCHIAFFINO Juan A. - M, 1954(d)(o) 4     SIMONE Marco - A, 1992(d) 4     VIERI Christian - A, 2005 3     BERGAMASCHI Mario - M, 1954(d) 3     BURINI Renzo - M, 1951(d) 3     FONTANA Alfio - M, 1957(d) 3     MAGNOZZI Mario - M, 1932 3     SILVESTRI Arturo - D, 1951(d) 3     TRERE' Attilio - M, 1913 3     ZECCHINI Luciano - D, 1974(d) 2     ABBIATI Christian - G, 2003(d) 2     ANQUILLETTI Angelo - D, 1969(d) 2     BAGGIO Roberto - M, 1995 2     BOFFI Aldo - A, 1938(d) 2     BONERA Daniele - D, 2007 2     BONETTI Dario - D, 1986(d) 2     BURIANI Ruben - M, 1980(d) 2     CAPRA Egidio - M, 1937(d) 2     CARRER Gustavo - M, 1911(d) 2     CHIARUGI Luciano - A, 1974 2     GROSSO Pietro -M, 1951(d) 2     LANA Pietro - M, 1910(d) 2     MALATRASI Saul - D, 1969 2     RIZZI Giuseppe - M, 1911 2     ROSSI Paolo - A, 1986 2     TREBBI Mario - D, 1961(d) 1     BONOMI Andrea - D, 1951(d) 1     BROCCHI Cristian - M, 2006 (d) 1     DAVID Mario - M, 1962 1     GHEZZI Giorgio - G, 1961 1     NOVELLINO Walter A. - A, 1978(d) 1     RICAGNI Eduardo - M, 1955(o) 1     SALA Marco - D, 1912(d) 1     SGARBI Abdon - M, 1929(d)

Aldo CEVENINI First player in Azzurro

SCORERS 14 RIVERA Gianni 10   INZAGHI Filippo 7   CARAPELLESE Riccardo 7   GILARDINO Alberto 7   MALDINI Paolo 7   PRATI Pierino 6   FRIGNANI Amleto 6   PIRLO Andrea 5   ALTAFINI Jose 5   DONADONI Roberto 3   ALBERTINI Demetrio 3   COLLOVATI Fulvio 3   ERANIO Stefano 3   LANA Pietro 2   COSTACURTA Alessandro 2   LODETTI Giovanni 2   MORA Bruno 1   BAGGIO Roberto 1   BARESI Franco 1   BATTISTINI Sergio 1   BURINI Renzo 1   CARRER Gustavo 1   CEVENINI Aldo 1   GALLI Carlo 1   GATTUSO Gennaro Ivan 1   MAGNOZZI Mario 1   MASSARO Daniele 1   PANUCCI Christian 1   TRAPATTONI Giovanni 1   VIERI Christian CAPTAINS 74 MALDINI Paolo 31 BARESI Franco 6   ALBERTINI Demetrio 6   ANNOVAZZI Carlo 6   MALDINI Cesare 4   RIVERA Gianni 3   COSTACURTA Alessandro 3   NESTA Alessandro 2   CARAPELLESE Riccardo 1   AMBROSINI Massimo UNUSED CALL-UPS ROSSI Sebastiano - G SALA Luigi - D

MONACO

FULL NAME: Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club NICKNAMES: Les Rouge et Blanc (The Red and Whites) HISTORY: Founded in 1919. NATIONAL HONOURS: French Ligue Champions, 7 - 1961, 1963, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2000.          French Cup, 5 - 1960, 1963, 1980, 1985, 1991.          French League Cup, 1 - 2003.          Trophée des champions, 2 - 1997, 2000. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Coppa delle Alpi, 3 - 1979, 1983, 1984.

CITY: Monaco (France)

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS: 1          GAMES: 3          SCORERS: 0          GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0          CAPTAINED GAMES: 0

PLAYERS 3 ROMA Flavio - G, 2005(d)

Flavio ROMA Only player in Azzurro

SCORERS No Monaco player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No Monaco player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain UNUSED CALL-UPS VIERI Christian - A

PLAYERS 6 SORMANI Angelo B. - A, 1962(d)(o) 2 NEGRI William - G, 1962(d) 1 DI GIACOMO Beniamino - A, 1964(d)

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.

SCORERS No Metro Stars NY player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No Metro Stars NY player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain

Pietro LANA First player in Azzurro First goal in Azzurro

twice with two other clubs, in October with 'Umberto Messina' to create 'Unione Sportiva Messinese Umberto' and in November with 'Messina Sporting Club' to refound 'Messina Football Club'. This new club held for just two seasons and in December 1924 it was disbanded and 'Unione Sportiva Messinese' was again refounded. In 1927 the club changed its name to 'Associazione Calcio Messina' until it was disbanded in 1941. But a new club immediately took its place, the 'Unione Sportiva Peloro 1906' after changing its name to 'Unione Sportiva Mario Passamonte'. This new club merged with 'Associazione Polisportiva Messina' in 1945, soon after the end of the Second World War, to create 'Associazione Sportiva Messina'. Some dissident players and officials were not happy with this merger and formed a new club, the 'Giostra Messina', but after just one season they merged again to create the  'Associazione Calcio Riunite Messina'. In 1992 the club was declared bankrupt but a year later it was refounded as 'Associazione Sportiva Messina'. In July 1997 the club merged with 'Peloro' to create the current name. HONOURS: Nil.

SCORERS No Messina player ever scored in Azzurro CAPTAINS No Messina player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain

AZZURRO RECORDS: The first non-Italian Club to give a player to the Italian National team. Roberto DONADONI was the first Azzurro player to play in Azzurro from a foreign club.

William NEGRI

2003/04.          Coppa Italia, 5 - 1966/67, 1971/72, 1972/ 73, 1976/77, 2002/03.          Italian Super Cup, 5 - 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS:  UEFA Champions League, 7 - 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007.           Cup Winners Cup, 2 - 1968, 1973.          European Super Cup, 5 - 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007.           Intercontinental Cup (FIFA Club World Championship), 4 - 1969, 1989, 1990, 2007.          Mitropa Cup, 1 - 1981/82.          Coppa Latina, 2 - 1951, 1956.          Mondialito, 1 - 1987.