FORZA
AZZURRI
STATISTICS
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List of all the Azzurri who had the honour to lead the Italian National Team as Captain
6. Giuseppe BERGOMI
(Inter)
33 Games as Captain
7. Franco BARESI
(Milan)
31 Games as Captain
5. Dino ZOFF
(Juventus)
59 Games as Captain

LEGEND: Nr.of Games, Surname, Name, Position, Date of Debute, Club, Games from Club, Oriundo: Home country.
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: GK - Goalkeeper, DF - Defender, MF - Midfielder, AT - Attacker.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPTAIN: The Captain of the Italian National Team is selected on the basis of the number of games played in Azzurro by each player that is in the starting line-up of each game. The player who played most games in Azzurro will receive the band of Captain for that match. For statistical purposes, only the Captain that started the game as such is considered as Captain; this means that any other player who receives the band of Captain with the game underway as a result of the substitution of the original Captain, will not be listed as captain. 

2. Fabio CANNAVARO
(Parma, Inter, Juventus
& Real Madrid)
79 Games as Captain
Most Captain from
different Clubs.
Most Captain by a Defender.
First Captain from
a Foreign Club.
Most Captain from
a Foreign Club.
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1. Gianluigi BUFFON
(Juventus)
80 Games as Captain
Most Games as Captain
Most Captain by a Goalkeeper
Most Captain from one Club
3. Paolo MALDINI
(Milan)
74 Games as Captain


4. Giacinto FACCHETTI
(Inter)
70 Games as Captain
8. Adolfo BALONCIERI
(Alessandria & Torino)
28 Games as Captain
Most Captain by a Midfielder
9. Leonardo BONUCCI
(Juventus & Milan)
26 Games as Captain
9. Renzo DE VECCHI
(Genoa)
26 Games as Captain

11. Giampiero
BONIPERTI
(Juventus)
24 Games as Captain
Most Captain by an Attacker
12. Giorgio CHIELLINI
(Juventus)
22 Games as Captain
14. Giuseppe MEAZZA
(Inter)
17 Games as Captain
14. Sandro SALVADORE
(Juventus)
17 Games as Captain
16. Umberto CALIGARIS
(Casale & Juventus)
16 Games as Captain
17. Giuseppe MILANO
(Pro Vercelli)
11 Games as Captain
First Competitive Captain
1912
18. Antonio CABRINI
(Juventus)
10 Games as Captain

18. Gaetano SCIREA
(Juventus)
10 Games as Captain

Francesco CALI'
(Andrea Doria)
2 Games as Captain
First Captain - 1910
First Home Captain - 1910
First Away Captain - 1910
First Friendly Captain - 1910
Jorge Luiz JORGINHO
(Chelsea & Arsenal)
2 Game as Captain
Second Oriundo to be Captain
Only Oriundo to be Captain from a Foreign Club
Only Oriundo to be Captain from two foreign clubs
Miguel MONTUORI
(Fiorentina)
2 Games as Captain
First Oriundo to be
Captain - 1959
Only Coloured player
to be Captain
20. Luigi ALLEMANDI
(Inter & Roma)
9 Games as Captain

20. Silvio PIOLA
(Lazio, Juventus & Novara)
9 Games as Captain

80 BUFFON Gianluigi (GK) (Parma 0, Juventus 80)

79 CANNAVARO Fabio (DF) (Parma 5, Inter 19, Juventus 29, Real Madrid 26)

74 MALDINI Paolo (DF) (Milan 74)

70 FACCHETTI Giacinto (DF) (Inter 70)

59 ZOFF Dino (GK) (Napoli 0, Juventus 59)

33 BERGOMI Giuseppe (DF) (Inter 33)

31 BARESI Franco (DF) (Milan 31)

28 BALONCIERI Adolfo (MF) (Alessandria 4, Torino 24)

26 BONUCCI Leonardo (DF) (Bari 0, Juventus 23, Milan 3)
26 DE VECCHI Renzo (DF) (Milan 0, Genoa 26)

24 BONIPERTI Giampiero (AT) (Juventus 24)

23 DONNARUMMA Gianluigi (GK) (Milan 0, Paris St Germain 23)

22 CHIELLINI Giorgio (DF) (Fiorentina 0, Juventus 22)

17 MEAZZA Giuseppe (MF) (Inter 17)
17 SALVADORE Sandro (DF) (Milan 0, Juventus 17)

16 CALIGARIS Umberto (DF) (Casale 2, Juventus 14)

11 MILANO Giuseppe (MF) (Pro Vercelli 11)

10 CABRINI Antonio (DF) (Juventus 10)
10 SCIREA Gaetano (DF) (Juventus 10)

9 ALLEMANDI Luigi (DF) (Juventus 0, Inter 1, Roma 8)
9 PIOLA Silvio (AT) (Lazio 5, Juventus 2, Novara 2)
9 TARDELLI Marco (MF) (Juventus 8, Inter 1)

8 ALTOBELLI Alessandro (AT) (Inter 8)
8 PIRLO Andrea (MF) (Milan 4, Juventus 4, New York City 0)
8 ROSETTA Virginio (DF) (Pro Vercelli 0, Juventus 8)

7 CARAPELLESE Riccardo (AT) (Milan 2, Torino 5, Genoa 0)
7 CEVENINI Luigi (MF) (Inter 6, Novese 0, Juventus 1)
7 DEL PIERO Alessandro (AT) (Juventus 7)

6 ALBERTINI Demetrio (MF) (Milan 6)
6 ANNOVAZZI Carlo (MF) (Milan 6)
6 BUFFON Lorenzo (GK) (Milan 0, Genoa 0, Inter 6)
6 CERVATO Sergio (DF) (Fiorentina 5, Juventus 1)
6 DE ROSSI Daniele (MF) (Roma 6)
6 FOSSATI Virgilio (MF) (Inter 6)
6 MALDINI Cesare (DF) (Milan 6)

5 COMBI Gianpiero (GK) (Juventus 5)
5 MAZZOLA Alessandro (MF) (Inter 5)
5 MAZZOLA Valentino (MF) (Venezia 0, Torino 5)
5 PANDOLFINI Egisto (MF) (Fiorentina 2, Roma 3, Inter 0)

4 ANTOGNONI Giancarlo (MF) (Fiorentina 4)
4 IMMOBILE Ciro (AT) (Torino 0, Borussia Dortmund 0, Lazio 4)
4 RIVERA Gianni (MF) (Milan 4)

3 COSTACURTA Alessandro (DF) (Milan 3)
3 FERRARIS Attilio (MF) (Roma 0, Lazio 3)
3 FLORENZI Alessandro (DF) (Roma 0, Paris St Germain 2, Milan 1)
3 NESTA Alessandro (DF) (Lazio 0, Milan 3)
3 VIALLI Gianluca (AT) (Sampdoria 1, Juventus 2)

2 BARELLA Nicolo (MF) (Cagliari 0, Inter 2)
2 BENETTI Romeo (MF) (Milan 0, Juventus 2, Roma 0)
2 BULGARELLI Giacomo (MF) (Bologna 2)
2 CALI' Francesco (DF) (Andrea Doria 2)
2 CAPPELLI Giulio (AT) (Viareggio 2)
2 COLLOVATI Fulvio (DF) (Milan 0, Inter 2)
2 FERRARI Giovanni (MF) (Alessandria 0, Juventus 0, Inter 2)
2 FERRARIS Pietro (AT) (Napoli 0, Inter 0, Torino 2)
2 FONI Alfredo (DF) (Juventus 2)
2 GATTUSO Gennaro Ivan (MF) (Milan 2)
2 GILARDINO Alberto (A) (Parma 0, Milan 0, Fiorentina1, Bologna 1)
2 JORGINHO Jorge Luiz (MF) (Napoli 0, Chelsea 1, Arsenal 1)
2 MAGNINI Ardico (DF) (Fiorentina 2)
2 MATERAZZI Marco (DF) (Perugia 0, Inter 2)
2 MONTOLIVO Riccardo (MF) (Fiorentina 0, Milan 2)
2 MONTUORI Miguel (MF) (Fiorentina 2) Oriundo: Argentina/Chile
2 NERI Maino (MF) (Modena 2, Inter 0)
2 PAGLIUCA Gianluca (GK) (Sampdoria 0, Inter 2)
2 RAVA Pietro (DF) (Juventus 2, Alessandria 0)
2 SEGATO Armando (MF) (Fiorentina 2)
2 VERRATTI Marco (MF) (Pescara 0, Paris St Germain 2)
2 ZAMBROTTA Gian Luca (DF) (Bari 0, Juventus 0, Barcelona 0, Milan 2)

1 AMBROSINI Massimo (MF) (Milan 1)
1 BERNARDESCHI Federico (MF) (Fiorentina 0, Juventus 1)
1 BERNARDINI Fulvio (MF) (Lazio 0, Inter 0, Roma 1)
1 BRIGHENTI Sergio (AT) (Padova 0, Sampdoria 1)
1 BURGNICH Tarcisio (DF) (Inter 1)
1 CAMPELLI Piero (GK) (Inter 1)
1 CASSANO Antonio (AT) (Roma 0, Real Madrid 0, Sampdoria 0, Milan 1, Parma 0)
1 COLAUSSI Gino (AT) (Triestina 1)
1 DI LORENZO Giovanni (DF) (Napoli 1)
1 DI NATALE Antonio (AT) (Empoli 0, Udinese 1)
1 EL SHAARAWY Stephan (AT) (Milan 0, Monaco 0, Roma 0, Shangai S. 1)
1 FERRARA Ciro (DF) (Napoli 0, Juventus 1)
1 GENTILE Claudio (DF) (Juventus 1)
1 GIANNI Mario (GK) (Bologna 1)
1 INSIGNE Lorenzo (AT) (Napoli 1)
1 LOSI Giacomo (DF) (Roma 1)
1 MORA Bruno (MF) (Sampdoria 0, Juventus 1, Milan 0)
1 NICOLE' Bruno (AT) (Juventus 1, Roma 0)
1 PANUCCI Christian (DF) (Milan 0, Real Madrid 0, Inter 0, Roma 1)
1 PERUZZI Angelo (GK) (Juventus 0, Lazio 1)
1 PITTO Alfredo (MF) (Bologna 0, Fiorentina 0, Inter 1)
1 ROSSI Giuseppe (AT) (Villarreal 1, Fiorentina 0)
1 SANTAMARIA Aristodemo E. (MF) (Genoa 0, Novese 1)
1 SCHIAVIO Angelo (AT) (Bologna 1)
1 SIRIGU Salvatore (GK) (Palermo 0, Paris St Germain 0, Torino 1)
1 TONI Luca (AT) (Palermo 1, Fiorentina 0, Bayern Munich 0)
13. Gianluigi DONNARUMMA
(Paris St Germain)
21 Games as Captain

20. Marco TARDELLI
(Juventus & Inter)
9 Games as Captain