This is a list of all the captains who played for the Italy national football team .
Francesco Calì was the first captain of the Italy 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.
Ciro Immobile is the current captain of the national team.
Updated as of 17 October 2023. [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 |
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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 | |
9 | Leonardo Bonucci | 26 | 121 | 8 | 2010– | 2014– | |
11 | Giampiero Boniperti | 24 | 38 | 7 | 1947–1960 | 1952–1960 | |
12 | Giorgio Chiellini | 22 | 117 | 8 | 2004–2022 | 2012–2022 | |
13 | Giuseppe Meazza | 17 | 53 | 33 | 1930–1939 | 1937–1939 | |
13 | Sandro Salvadore | 17 | 36 | 2 | 1960–1970 | 1963–1966 | |
15 | Umberto Caligaris | 16 | 59 | 0 | 1922–1934 | 1931–1934 | |
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 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | 9 | 58 | 0 | 2016– | 2021– | |
18 | Andrea Pirlo | 9 | 116 | 13 | 2002–2015 | 2010–2015 | |
24 | Alessandro Altobelli | 8 | 61 | 25 | 1980–1988 | 1986–1987 | |
24 | Virginio Rosetta | 8 | 52 | 0 | 1920–1934 | 1929–1934 | |
26 | Riccardo Carapellese | 7 | 16 | 10 | 1947–1956 | 1949–1950 | |
26 | Luigi Cevenini | 7 | 29 | 11 | 1915–1929 | 1925–1929 | |
26 | Alessandro Del Piero | 7 | 91 | 27 | 1995–2008 | 2004–2008 | |
29 | Demetrio Albertini | 6 | 79 | 3 | 1991–2002 | 1996–2000 | |
29 | Carlo Annovazzi | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1947–1952 | 1951–1952 | |
29 | Lorenzo Buffon | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1958–1962 | 1961–1962 | |
29 | Sergio Cervato | 6 | 28 | 4 | 1951–1960 | 1955–1959 | |
29 | Daniele De Rossi | 6 | 117 | 21 | 2004–2017 | 2007–2017 | |
29 | Virgilio Fossati | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1910–1915 | 1912–1915 | |
29 | Cesare Maldini | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1960–1963 | 1962–1963 | |
36 | Gianpiero Combi | 5 | 47 | 0 | 1924–1934 | 1931–1934 | |
36 | Alessandro Mazzola | 5 | 70 | 22 | 1963–1974 | 1972 | |
36 | Valentino Mazzola | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1942–1949 | 1947–1949 | |
36 | Egisto Pandolfini | 5 | 21 | 9 | 1950–1957 | 1952–1955 | |
40 | Giancarlo Antognoni | 4 | 73 | 7 | 1974–1983 | 1977–1981 | |
40 | Ciro Immobile | 4 | 57 | 17 | 2014– | 2018– | |
40 | Gianni Rivera | 4 | 60 | 14 | 1962–1974 | 1964–1965 | |
43 | Alessandro Costacurta | 3 | 59 | 2 | 1991–1998 | 1995–1997 | |
43 | Attilio Ferraris | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1926–1935 | 1934–1935 | |
43 | Alessandro Florenzi | 3 | 49 | 2 | 2012– | 2020– | |
43 | Alessandro Nesta | 3 | 78 | 0 | 1996–2006 | 2004 | |
43 | Gianluca Vialli | 3 | 59 | 16 | 1985–1992 | 1989–1992 | |
48 | Romeo Benetti | 2 | 55 | 2 | 1971–1980 | 1978–1979 | |
48 | Giacomo Bulgarelli | 2 | 29 | 7 | 1962–1967 | 1966 | |
48 | Francesco Calì | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1910 | 1910 | |
48 | Giulio Cappelli | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1936–1936 | 1936 | |
48 | Fulvio Collovati | 2 | 50 | 3 | 1979–1986 | 1985 | |
48 | Giovanni Ferrari | 2 | 44 | 14 | 1930–1938 | 1938 | |
48 | Pietro Ferraris | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1935–1947 | 1947 | |
48 | Alfredo Foni | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1936–1942 | 1936 | |
48 | Gennaro Gattuso | 2 | 73 | 1 | 2000–2010 | 2009 | |
48 | Alberto Gilardino | 2 | 57 | 19 | 2004–2013 | 2011–2013 | |
48 | Ardico Magnini | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1953–1957 | 1956–1957 | |
48 | Marco Materazzi | 2 | 41 | 2 | 2001–2008 | 2004–2005 | |
48 | Riccardo Montolivo | 2 | 66 | 2 | 2007–2017 | 2013–2014 | |
48 | Miguel Montuori | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1956–1960 | 1959–1960 | |
48 | Maino Neri | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1948–1954 | 1948 | |
48 | Gianluca Pagliuca | 2 | 39 | 0 | 1990–1998 | 1994–1995 | |
48 | Pietro Rava | 2 | 30 | 0 | 1935–1946 | 1939–1942 | |
48 | Armando Segato | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1953–1959 | 1958–1959 | |
48 | Marco Verratti | 2 | 55 | 3 | 2012– | 2019– | |
48 | Gianluca Zambrotta | 2 | 98 | 2 | 1999–2010 | 2010 | |
68 | Massimo Ambrosini | 1 | 35 | 0 | 1999–2008 | 2006 | |
68 | Roberto Baggio | 1 | 56 | 27 | 1988–2004 | 1992 | |
68 | Federico Bernardeschi | 1 | 39 | 6 | 2016– | 2021 | |
68 | Fulvio Bernardini | 1 | 26 | 3 | 1925–1932 | 1932 | |
68 | Sergio Brighenti | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1959–1961 | 1961 | |
68 | Tarcisio Burgnich | 1 | 66 | 2 | 1963–1974 | 1973 | |
68 | Piero Campelli | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1912–1921 | 1920 | |
68 | Antonio Cassano | 1 | 39 | 10 | 2003–2014 | 2011 | |
68 | Gino Colaussi | 1 | 25 | 15 | 1935–1940 | 1939 | |
68 | Antonio Di Natale | 1 | 42 | 11 | 2002–2012 | 2009 | |
68 | Stephan El Shaarawy | 1 | 29 | 6 | 2012– | 2020– | |
68 | Ciro Ferrara | 1 | 49 | 0 | 1987–2000 | 2000 | |
68 | Claudio Gentile | 1 | 71 | 1 | 1975–1984 | 1984 | |
68 | Mario Gianni | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1927–1933 | 1932 | |
68 | Lorenzo Insigne | 1 | 54 | 10 | 2012– | 2018– | |
68 | Jorginho | 1 | 48 | 5 | 2016– | 2021– | |
68 | Giacomo Losi | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1960–1962 | 1962 | |
68 | Bruno Mora | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1959–1965 | 1962 | |
68 | Bruno Nicolè | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1958–1964 | 1961 | |
68 | Christian Panucci | 1 | 57 | 4 | 1994–2008 | 2003 | |
68 | Angelo Peruzzi | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1995–2006 | 2005 | |
68 | Alfredo Pitto | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1928–1935 | 1935 | |
68 | Giuseppe Rossi | 1 | 30 | 7 | 2008–2014 | 2010 | |
68 | Aristodemo Santamaria | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1915–1923 | 1921 | |
68 | Angelo Schiavio | 1 | 21 | 15 | 1925–1934 | 1933 | |
68 | Salvatore Sirigu | 1 | 28 | 0 | 2010– | 2020– | |
68 | Luca Toni | 1 | 47 | 16 | 2004–2009 | 2005 | |
Total | 94 players | 869 | 1910–2023 | 1910–2023 |
List of captaincy periods of the various captains throughout the years. [13]
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