List of Italy national football team captains

This article lists all the captains of the Italy national football team.

Francesco Calì was the first captain of the Italian national football team.

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).

Fabio Cannavaro is the player who has worn the captain band the most times: 79.^[1]

Gianluigi Buffon is the goalkeeper who has worn the captain band the most times: 60.

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.

Gianluigi Buffon is the current captain of the national team.

List of Captains

Updated as of 29 March 2016.^[2]

Position	Name	Appearances	Goals	Captain	National years	Captaincy years	Ref
1	Fabio Cannavaro	136	2	79	1997–2010	2002–2010
2	Paolo Maldini	126	7	74	1988–2002	1994–2002
3	Giacinto Facchetti	94	3	70	1963–1977	1966–1977
4	Gianluigi Buffon	156	0	60	1997–	2011–
5	Dino Zoff	112	0	59	1968–1983	1977–1983
6	Giuseppe Bergomi	81	6	33	1982–1998	1988–1990
7	Franco Baresi	81	1	31	1982–1994	1990–1994
8	Adolfo Baloncieri	47	25	28	1920–1930	1926–1930
9	Renzo De Vecchi	43	0	26	1910–1925	1920–1925
10	Giampiero Boniperti	38	7	24	1947–1960	1952–1960
11	Giuseppe Meazza	53	33	17	1930–1939	1937–1939
11	Sandro Salvadore	36	2	17	1960–1970	1962–1966
13	Umberto Caligaris	59	0	16	1922–1934	1930–1934
14	Giuseppe Milano	11	0	11	1911–1914	1911–1914
15	Gaetano Scirea	78	2	10	1975–1986	1985–1986
15	Antonio Cabrini	73	9	10	1978–1987	1986–1987
17	Marco Tardelli	81	6	9	1976–1985	1983–1985
17	Silvio Piola	34	30	9	1935–1952	1940–1947
17	Luigi Allemandi	24	0	9	1925–1936	1935–1936
20	Andrea Pirlo	116	13	8	2002–	2010–
20	Alessandro Altobelli	61	25	8	1979–1988	1987–1988
20	Virginio Rosetta	52	0	8	1920–1934	1931–1932
23	Alessandro Del Piero	91	27	7	1995–2008	2004–2008
23	Luigi Cevenini	29	11	7	1915–1929	1925–1926
23	Riccardo Carapellese	16	10	7	1947–1956	1949–1950
26	Demetrio Albertini	79	3	6	1989–2002	1999–2001
26	Sergio Cervato	28	4	6	1951–1960	1956–1957
26	Carlo Annovazzi	17	0	6	1947–1952	1951–1952
26	Lorenzo Buffon	15	0	6	1958–1962	1961–1962
26	Cesare Maldini	14	0	6	1960–1963	1962–1963
26	Virgilio Fossati	12	1	6	1910–1915	1914–1915
32	Alessandro Mazzola	70	22	5	1963–1974	1972
32	Gianpiero Combi	47	0	5	1924–1934	1934
32	Egisto Pandolfini	21	9	5	1950–1957	1954
32	Valentino Mazzola	12	4	5	1942–1949	1948–1949
36	Daniele De Rossi	101	17	4	2004–	2007–
36	Giancarlo Antognoni	73	7	4	1974–1983	1977–1981
36	Gianni Rivera	60	14	4	1962–1974	1964–1965
39	Alessandro Costacurta	59	2	3	1991–1998	1995–1997
39	Attilio Ferraris	28	0	3	1926–1935	1934–1935
39	Alessandro Nesta	78	0	3	1996–2006	2004
39	Gianluca Vialli	59	16	3	1985–1992	1989–1992
43	Romeo Benetti	55	2	2	1971–1980	1978–1979
43	Giacomo Bulgarelli	29	7	2	1962–1967	1966
43	Francesco Calì	2	0	2	1910	1910
43	Giulio Cappelli	2	1	2	1936	1936
43	Giorgio Chiellini	82	6	2	2004–	2012–
43	Fulvio Collovati	50	3	2	1979–1986	1985
43	Giovanni Ferrari	44	14	2	1930–1938	1938
43	Pietro Ferraris	14	3	2	1935–1947	1947
43	Alfredo Foni	23	0	2	1936–1942	1936
43	Gennaro Gattuso	73	1	2	2000–2010	2009
43	Alberto Gilardino	57	19	2	2004–	2011–
43	Ardico Magnini	20	0	2	1953–1957	1956–1957
43	Marco Materazzi	41	2	2	2001–2008	2004–2005
43	Riccardo Montolivo	61	2	2	2007–	2013–
43	Miguel Montuori	12	2	2	1956–1960	1959–1960
43	Maino Neri	8	0	2	1948–1954	1948
43	Gianluca Pagliuca	39	0	2	1990–1998	1994–1995
43	Pietro Rava	30	0	2	1935–1946	1939–1942
43	Armando Segato	20	0	2	1953–1959	1958–1959
43	Gianluca Zambrotta	98	2	2	1999–2010	2010
63	Massimo Ambrosini	35	0	1	1999–2008	2006
63	Fulvio Bernardini	26	3	1	1925–1932	1932
63	Leonardo Bonucci	53	3	1	2010–	2014–
63	Sergio Brighenti	9	2	1	1959–1961	1961
63	Tarcisio Burgnich	66	2	1	1963–1974	1973
63	Piero Campelli	11	0	1	1912–1921	1920
63	Antonio Cassano	39	10	1	2003–	2011
63	Gino Colaussi	25	15	1	1935–1940	1939
63	Antonio Di Natale	42	11	1	2002–2012	2009
63	Ciro Ferrara	49	0	1	1987–2000	2000
63	Claudio Gentile	71	1	1	1975–1984	1984
63	Mario Gianni	6	0	1	1927–1933	1932
63	Giacomo Losi	11	0	1	1960–1962	1962
63	Bruno Mora	21	4	1	1959–1965	1962
63	Bruno Nicolè	8	2	1	1958–1964	1961
63	Christian Panucci	57	4	1	1994–2008	2003
63	Angelo Peruzzi	31	0	1	1995–2006	2005
63	Alfredo Pitto	29	2	1	1928–1935	1935
63	Giuseppe Rossi	30	7	1	2008–	2010–
63	Aristodemo Santamaria	11	3	1	1915–1923	1921
63	Angelo Schiavio	21	15	1	1925–1934	1933
63	Luca Toni	47	16	1	2004–2009	2005
Total	84 players			778	1910–2016	1910–2016

• Players in bold are still active.

References

1. "Founders: Fabio Cannavaro". Fondazione Cannavaro-Ferrara. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
2. "Capitani". FIGC.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

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