### Clue: Old Italian footballer recalled first couple of internationals — it's a long time since he scored (7)
### Answer: ROSSINI 
 ### Explanation: Definition: it's a long time since he scored
A charade of ROSSI (Paolo, 'old Italian footballer') plus NI, a reversal ('recalled') of IN ('first couple of **IN**ternationals'), for the composer Gioachino Rossini.