AZZURRO RECORDS: The first non-Italian Club whose players scored in Azzurro. Fabrizio RAVANELLI scored the first Azzurro goal from a non-Italian Club. |
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Profile lists of all the Clubs starting with the letter M that gave players to the Italian National team |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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)
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Alessandro PARISI
First player in Azzurro |
Carmine COPPOLA
Most games in Azzurro |
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. |
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
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Roberto DONADONI
Only player in Azzurro |
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, Northern League, 3 - 1893/94, 1894/95, 1896/97. 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
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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 |
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. |
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 |
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, |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 82 GAMES: 1168 SCORERS: 30 GOALS: 107 CAPTAINS: 11 CAPTAINED GAMES: 138 |

PLAYERS 126 MALDINI Paolo - D, 1988(d) 81 BARESI Franco - D, 1982(d) 79 ALBERTINI Demetrio - M, 1991(d) 70 GATTUSO Gennaro Ivan - M, 2000(d) 63 PIRLO Andrea - M, 2002(d) 60 RIVERA Gianni - M, 1962(d) 59 COSTACURTA Alessandro - D, 1991(d) 59 DONADONI Roberto - M, 1986(d) 35 AMBROSINI Massimo - M, 1999(d) 33 COLLOVATI Fulvio - D, 1979(d) 31 NESTA Alessandro - D, 2002 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) 16 ZAMBROTTA Gian Luca - D, 2008 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 BONERA Daniele - D, 2007 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 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 8 PIRLO Andrea 7 CARAPELLESE Riccardo 7 GILARDINO Alberto 7 MALDINI Paolo 7 PRATI Pierino 6 FRIGNANI Amleto 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 2 GATTUSO Gennaro Ivan 1 AMBROSINI Massimo
UNUSED CALL-UPS ALBERTOSI Enrico - G ARCARI Pietro Sante - A BIGON Alberto -M GALDERISI Giuseppe - A GALLI Filippo - D PASTORE Pietro - A ROSSI Sebastiano - G SALA Luigi - D
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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. French Super Cup (Trophée des Champions), 4 - 1961, 1985, 1997, 2000. Coupe Gambardella, 2 - 1962, 1972. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Coppa delle Alpi, 3 - 1979, 1983, 1984. |
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)
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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
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PLAYERS 6 SORMANI Angelo B. - A, 1962(d)(o) 2 NEGRI William - G, 1962(d) 1 DI GIACOMO Beniamino - A, 1964(d)
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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. |
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. |
Paolo MALDINI
Most games in Azzurro
Most captain in Azzurro |
Gianni RIVERA
Most goals in Azzurro |
Riccardo CARAPELLESE
Firt captain in Azzurro |
PLAYERS 10 FORLIVESI Giuseppe - A, 1920(d) 2 CASSANI Valerio - M, 1948(d) 2 DUGONI Bruno - M, 1925(d) 2 NERI Maino - M, 1948(d) 2 PERNIGO Francesco - A, 1948(d) 2 PICCALUGA Angelo - A, 1929(d) 1 MALINVERNI Ermanno - M, 1947(d)
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Francesco PERNIGO
Most goals in Azzurro |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Angelo PICCALUGA formed part of the Azzurro squad that won the 1930 Coppa Internazionale.Francesco PERNIGO is the Azzurro who scored most goals in his debut match - 4 goals. |
Maino NERI
Only captain in Azzurro |
AZZURRO RECORDS: Flavio ROMA is the Azzurro player with most unused call-ups from the players who played with the Italian national team from a non-Italian club only. |





































































AZZURRO RECORDS: Pioneer Club - Aldo CEVENINI and Pietro LANA played in the first match of the Azzurri. Milan is the third Azzurro Club to give most players, scorers and captains to the Italian National team. It is also the third Azzurro Club whose players played most games, scored most goals and captained most games in Azzurro. Milan is the third Azzurro club with most Italian players who finished in the first four places of the World Cup Championships (23). It is the fourth most Azzurro club with World Champions - 8: 1934 - Pietro ARCARI who never played in Azzurro although formed part of the squad; 1982 - Franco BARESI, Fulvio COLLOVATI; 2006 - Gennaro I. GATTUSO, Alberto GILARDINO, Filippo INZAGHI, Alessandro NESTA, Andrea PIRLO. Milan is the Azzurro club with most Runner-up World Champions - 10: 1970 - Pierino PRATI, Gianni RIVERA, Roberto ROSATO; 1994 - Paolo MALDINI, Franco BARESI, Demetrio ALBERTINI, Alessandro COSTACURTA, Roberto DONADONI, Daniele MASSARO, Mauro TASSOTTI; and the joint-second Azzurro Club with most players who finished third in the World Cup - 4: 1990 - Carlo ANCELOTTI, Franco BARESI, Roberto DONADONI, Paolo MALDINI. Aldo MALDERA formed part of the Azzurro Squad that finished fourth in the 1978 World Cup. Five Milan players became European Champions with the Azzurri in 1968: Angelo ANQUILLETTI, Giovanni LODETTI, Pierino PRATI, Gianni RIVERA and Roberto ROSATO; and another four formed part of the Azzurri squad that finished second in the 2000 European Nations Championship: Paolo MALDINI, Christian ABBIATI, Demetrio ALBERTINI and Massimo AMBROSINI; whilst eight other players formed part of the Azzurri squads that finished fourth: 1980 - Franco BARESI, Ruben BURIANI, Fulvio COLLOVATI, Aldo MALDERA; 1988 - Carlo ANCELOTTI, Franco BARESI, Roberto DONADONI, Paolo MALDINI. Mario MAGNOZZI formed part of the Azzurro squad that finished second in the 1932 Coppa Internazionale, whilst Pietro PASTORE won the Olympic Bronze Medal when the Azzurri finished third in the Football Tournament of the 1928 Olympic Games although he never played with the Italian National team but still formed part of the Azzurri Squad. Paolo MALDINI was the Azzurro Captain of the Italian squad that finished second in the 2000 European Nations Championships and Azzurro Captain in four of the seven matches of the 1994 World Cup when the Azzurri finished Runner-up World Champions. He is the Azzurro player who played most games with the Italian National team (126), led the Azzurri as Captain (74) and the joint Azzurro defender who was most substituted (19). Paolo MALDINI is the player with most full 90 minutes consecutive appearances in World Cup history (23 consecutive 90 minutes games), the player with most World Cup Appearances in Minutes (2217 Minutes), the second player with with most World Cup games appearances (23 games) and by forming part of the Azzurri squad in four different World Cup editions, together with three other Azzurri players amongst them Gianni RIVERA, they are the most Italian players with World Cup Editions Appearances and the third most All-Time World Cup Editions Appearances in World Cup history. He is also the Italian player with most World Cup games appearances (23 games). Franco BARESI was the Azzurro Captain in three of the seven matches of the 1994 World Cup when the Azzurri finished Runner-up World Champions. He is also the first Captain to lose a World Cup Final by a Penalty Shoot-Out in World Cup history. Pietro LANA scored the first Azzurro goal which was also the first Azzurro home goal, the first Azzurro goal in a Friendly match and the first Azzurro Debut goal. He also scored the first Azzurro Penalty and scored the first Azzurro Tripleta (3 goals in the same match). Renzo DE VECCHI was the youngest debutant in Azzurro (16 yrs, 4 mts, 21 dys) and was also the first Azzurro player to enter as a Substitute, whilst Aldo CEVENINI was the first Azzurro player to be substituted. Gennaro Ivan GATTUSO is the Azzurro Midfielder who was most Substituted and Mauro TASSOTTI, besides being the oldest Azzurro debutant at the age of 32 years, 9 months, 25 days received also the longest suspension for misconduct by a player in World Cup history (8 matches) for elbowing an opponent. The Italo-Brazilian Jose ALTAFINI is one of only seven players in World Cup history to play with two different countries in the World Cup (Brazil in 1958 as Mazola and Italy in 1962 as Altafini). Andrea PIRLO won the 2006 FIFA / Addidas Bronze Ball Award after being declared the Third Best Player of the World Cup, the only Azzurro player to win this award. Amleto FRIGNANI and Roberto DONADONI are two of only ten Azzurri players who scored in the first minute of an Azzurro match. |

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 only from Azzurro Game 299 (25 September 1971) till TODAY. It includes also the Squads for the World Cups: 1970, 1966, 1962, 1954, 1950, 1938, 1934; European Nations Cup: 1968; Olympic Games Football Tournaments: 1952, 1948, 1936, 1928, 1924, 1920, 1912.
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. |




FULL NAME: Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912. NICKNAMES: Brianzoli (from Brianza - an area with its own dialect in the western part of the Lombardy Province), Biancorossi (White-Reds), Bagaj (Boys with the Brianza dialect). HISTORY: Founded on the 1 September 1912 as 'Monza Foot Ball Club', a year later it merged with 'Pro Monza', 'Pro Italia' and 'Juventus' to form 'Associazione Calcio Monza'. This name was kept until 1980 with the exception of the 1955 - 1964 period when a sponsor was included in the name to become 'Associazione Sportiva Simmenthal- Monza'. In 1980 the name was changed to 'Calcio Monza' until the club was declared bankrupt in 2004. In the same year it was refounded with the current name. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS: Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 - 1976. |
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
PLAYERS: 0 GAMES: 0 SCORERS: 0 GOALS: 0 CAPTAINS: 0 CAPTAINED GAMES: 0 |
PLAYERS No Monza player ever played in Azzurro
SCORERS No Monza player ever scored in Azzurro
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CAPTAINS No Monza player ever lead the Azzurri as Captain
UNUSED CALL-UPS GIORCELLI Anselmo - G |
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