List of Italy national football team captains

This is a list of all the captains who played for 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).

Gianluigi Buffon wore the captain band the most times: 80.[2]

Gianluigi Buffon is also the goalkeeper who has worn the captain band the most times: 80.

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.

Giorgio Chiellini is the current captain of the national team.

List of captains

Updated as of 18 November 2020.[3]

Players in bold are still active. Players in italics served as the designated captain for his captaincy period.

# Name Captain Appearances Goals National years Captaincy years Ref
1 Gianluigi Buffon 80 176 0 1997–2018 2010–2018[nb 1]
2 Fabio Cannavaro 79 136 2 1997–2010 2002–2010[nb 2]
3 Paolo Maldini 74 126 7 1988–2002 1994–2002
4 Giacinto Facchetti 70 94 3 1963–1977 1966–1977
5 Dino Zoff 59 112 0 1968–1983 1977–1983
6 Giuseppe Bergomi 33 81 6 1982–1998 1988–1991
7 Franco Baresi 31 81 1 1982–1994 1991–1994
8 Adolfo Baloncieri 27 47 25 1920–1930 1927–1930
9 Renzo De Vecchi 26 43 0 1910–1925 1920–1925
10 Giampiero Boniperti 24 38 7 1947–1960 1952–1960
11 Giuseppe Meazza 17 53 33 1930–1939 1937–1939
11 Sandro Salvadore 17 36 2 1960–1970 1963–1966
13 Umberto Caligaris 16 59 0 1922–1934 1931–1934
14 Leonardo Bonucci 14 99 7 2010– 2014–
15 Giorgio Chiellini 12 105 8 2004– 2018–
16 Giuseppe Milano 11 11 0 1911–1914 1911–1914
17 Gaetano Scirea 10 78 2 1975–1986 1984–1986
18 Luigi Allemandi 9 24 0 1925–1936 1934–1936
18 Silvio Piola 9 34 30 1935–1952 1940–1952
18 Marco Tardelli 9 81 6 1976–1985 1983–1985
18 Antonio Cabrini 9 73 9 1978–1987 1983–1987
18 Andrea Pirlo 9 116 13 2002–2015 2010–2015
23 Alessandro Altobelli 8 61 25 1980–1988 1986–1987
23 Virginio Rosetta 8 52 0 1920–1934 1929–1934
25 Riccardo Carapellese 7 16 10 1947–1956 1949–1950
25 Luigi Cevenini 7 29 11 1915–1929 1925–1929
25 Alessandro Del Piero 7 91 27 1995–2008 2004–2008
28 Demetrio Albertini 6 79 3 1991–2002 1996–2000
28 Carlo Annovazzi 6 17 0 1947–1952 1951–1952
28 Lorenzo Buffon 6 15 0 1958–1962 1961–1962
28 Sergio Cervato 6 28 4 1951–1960 1955–1959
28 Daniele De Rossi 6 117 21 2004–2017 2007–2017
28 Virgilio Fossati 6 12 1 1910–1915 1912–1915
28 Cesare Maldini 6 14 0 1960–1963 1962–1963
35 Gianpiero Combi 5 47 0 1924–1934 1931–1934
35 Alessandro Mazzola 5 70 22 1963–1974 1972
35 Valentino Mazzola 5 12 4 1942–1949 1947–1949
35 Egisto Pandolfini 5 21 9 1950–1957 1952–1955
39 Giancarlo Antognoni 4 73 7 1974–1983 1977–1981
39 Gianni Rivera 4 60 14 1962–1974 1964–1965
41 Alessandro Costacurta 3 59 2 1991–1998 1995–1997
41 Attilio Ferraris 3 28 0 1926–1935 1934–1935
41 Alessandro Nesta 3 78 0 1996–2006 2004
41 Gianluca Vialli 3 59 16 1985–1992 1989–1992
45 Romeo Benetti 2 55 2 1971–1980 1978–1979
45 Giacomo Bulgarelli 2 29 7 1962–1967 1966
45 Francesco Calì 2 2 0 1910 1910
45 Giulio Cappelli 2 2 1 1936–1936 1936
45 Fulvio Collovati 2 50 3 1979–1986 1985
45 Giovanni Ferrari 2 44 14 1930–1938 1938
45 Pietro Ferraris 2 14 3 1935–1947 1947
45 Alessandro Florenzi 2 40 2 2012– 2020–
45 Alfredo Foni 2 23 0 1936–1942 1936
45 Gennaro Gattuso 2 73 1 2000–2010 2009
45 Alberto Gilardino 2 57 19 2004–2013 2011–2013
45 Ardico Magnini 2 20 0 1953–1957 1956–1957
45 Marco Materazzi 2 41 2 2001–2008 2004–2005
45 Riccardo Montolivo 2 66 2 2007–2017 2013–2014
45 Miguel Montuori 2 12 2 1956–1960 1959–1960
45 Maino Neri 2 8 0 1948–1954 1948
45 Gianluca Pagliuca 2 39 0 1990–1998 1994–1995
45 Pietro Rava 2 30 0 1935–1946 1939–1942
45 Armando Segato 2 20 0 1953–1959 1958–1959
45 Gianluca Zambrotta 2 98 2 1999–2010 2010
65 Massimo Ambrosini 1 35 0 1999–2008 2006
65 Roberto Baggio 1 56 27 1988–2004 1992
65 Fulvio Bernardini 1 26 3 1925–1932 1932
65 Sergio Brighenti 1 9 2 1959–1961 1961
65 Tarcisio Burgnich 1 66 2 1963–1974 1973
65 Piero Campelli 1 11 0 1912–1921 1920
65 Antonio Cassano 1 39 10 2003–2014 2011
65 Gino Colaussi 1 25 15 1935–1940 1939
65 Antonio Di Natale 1 42 11 2002–2012 2009
65 Stephan El Shaarawy 1 28 6 2012– 2020–
65 Ciro Ferrara 1 49 0 1987–2000 2000
65 Claudio Gentile 1 71 1 1975–1984 1984
65 Mario Gianni 1 6 0 1927–1933 1932
65 Ciro Immobile 1 42 10 2014– 2018–
65 Lorenzo Insigne 1 38 7 2012– 2018–
65 Giacomo Losi 1 11 0 1960–1962 1962
65 Bruno Mora 1 21 4 1959–1965 1962
65 Bruno Nicolè 1 8 2 1958–1964 1961
65 Christian Panucci 1 57 4 1994–2008 2003
65 Angelo Peruzzi 1 31 0 1995–2006 2005
65 Alfredo Pitto 1 29 2 1928–1935 1935
65 Giuseppe Rossi 1 30 7 2008–2014 2010
65 Aristodemo Santamaria 1 11 3 1915–1923 1921
65 Angelo Schiavio 1 21 15 1925–1934 1933
65 Salvatore Sirigu 1 26 0 2010– 2020–
65 Luca Toni 1 47 16 2004–2009 2005
65 Marco Verratti 1 38 3 2012– 2019–
Total 91 players 831 1910–2020 1910–2020

Notes
  1. Gianluigi Buffon served as second acting captain in UEFA Euro 2008 after Alessandro Del Piero was named the team's acting captain, as Cannavaro was injured and unable to take part in the competition, however Del Piero was frequently deployed as a substitute.[4] Although Buffon was officially named Italy's new captain in 2010,[5] following Fabio Cannavaro's retirement subsequent to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Andrea Pirlo was named the Italian national team's acting captain after the tournament (while Daniele De Rossi was named the team's second acting captain),[5][6][7] as Buffon was ruled out until the end of the year due to injury, and only made his first appearance as Italy's official captain on 9 February 2011, in a 1–1 friendly away draw against Germany.[5][8][9][10]
  2. During UEFA Euro 2008, Alessandro Del Piero was named the Italian national team's acting captain, as Cannavaro was injured and unable to take part in the competition, however Gianluigi Buffon was often played as captain as Del Piero was frequently deployed as a substitute.[11][12][4]

References
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  7. "Pirlo, ricetta Nazionale "Ritroviamo la qualità"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  8. "Motta, Giovinco and Matri news. Among the 23 players Buffon's return". FIGC. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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  10. Micaela Del Monte (29 March 2012). "Capitani Azzurri: Gianluigi Buffon (2008 - Oggi)" (in Italian). TuttoNazionali.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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