List of Italy national football team captains
List of captains
Updated as of 26 March 2019. Players in bold are still active.

List of Italy national football team captains

Section Title: List of captains
Table Section Text: Updated as of 26 March 2019. Players in bold are still active.

Position	Name	Appearances	Goals	Captain	National years	Captaincy years	Ref

1	Gianluigi Buffon	176	0	80	1997–2018	2010–2018	[1]

2	Fabio Cannavaro	136	2	79	1997–2010	2002–2010	[2]

3	Paolo Maldini	126	7	74	1988–2002	1994–2002	[3]

4	Giacinto Facchetti	94	3	70	1963–1977	1966–1977	[4]

5	Dino Zoff	112	0	59	1968–1983	1977–1983	[5]

6	Giuseppe Bergomi	81	6	33	1982–1998	1988–1991	[6]

7	Franco Baresi	81	1	31	1982–1994	1991–1994	[7]

8	Adolfo Baloncieri	47	25	27	1920–1930	1927–1930	[8]

9	Renzo De Vecchi	43	0	26	1910–1925	1920–1925	[9]

10	Giampiero Boniperti	38	7	24	1947–1960	1952–1960	[10]

11	Giuseppe Meazza	53	33	17	1930–1939	1937–1939	[11]

11	Sandro Salvadore	36	2	17	1960–1970	1963–1966	[12]

13	Umberto Caligaris	59	0	16	1922–1934	1931–1934	[13]

14	Giuseppe Milano	11	0	11	1911–1914	1911–1914	[14]

15	Gaetano Scirea	78	2	10	1975–1986	1985–1986	[15]

16	Antonio Cabrini	73	9	9	1978–1987	1986–1987	[16]

16	Marco Tardelli	81	6	9	1976–1985	1983–1985	[17]

16	Silvio Piola	34	30	9	1935–1952	1940–1947	[18]

16	Luigi Allemandi	24	0	9	1925–1936	1935–1936	[19]

16	Andrea Pirlo	116	13	9	2002–2015	2010–2015	[20]

21	Alessandro Altobelli	61	25	8	1979–1988	1987–1988	[21]

21	Giorgio Chiellini	101	8	8	2004–	2018–	[22]

21	Virginio Rosetta	52	0	8	1920–1934	1931–1932	[23]

24	Leonardo Bonucci	87	6	7	2010–	2014–	[24]

24	Luigi Cevenini	29	11	7	1915–1929	1925–1927	[25]

24	Riccardo Carapellese	16	10	7	1947–1956	1949–1950	[26]

27	Demetrio Albertini	79	3	6	1989–2002	1999–2001	[27]

27	Carlo Annovazzi	17	0	6	1947–1952	1951–1952	[28]

27	Lorenzo Buffon	15	0	6	1958–1962	1961–1962	[29]

27	Sergio Cervato	28	4	6	1951–1960	1956–1957	[30]

27	Daniele De Rossi	117	21	6	2004–2017	2007–2017	[31]

27	Alessandro Del Piero	91	27	6	1995–2008	2004–2008	[32]

27	Cesare Maldini	14	0	6	1960–1963	1962–1963	[33]

27	Virgilio Fossati	12	1	6	1910–1915	1914–1915	[34]

35	Gianpiero Combi	47	0	5	1924–1934	1934	[35]

35	Alessandro Mazzola	70	22	5	1963–1974	1972	[36]

35	Egisto Pandolfini	21	9	5	1950–1957	1954	[37]

35	Valentino Mazzola	12	4	5	1942–1949	1947–1949	[38]

39	Giancarlo Antognoni	73	7	4	1974–1983	1977–1981	[39]

39	Gianni Rivera	60	14	4	1962–1974	1964–1965	[40]

41	Attilio Ferraris	28	0	3	1926–1935	1934–1935	[41]

41	Alberto Gilardino	57	19	3	2004–	2011–	[42]

41	Alessandro Nesta	78	0	3	1996–2006	2004	[43]

41	Gianluca Vialli	59	16	3	1985–1992	1989–1992	[44]

45	Romeo Benetti	55	2	2	1971–1980	1978–1979	[45]

45	Giacomo Bulgarelli	29	7	2	1962–1967	1966	[46]

45	Francesco Calì	2	0	2	1910	1910	[47]

45	Giulio Cappelli	2	1	2	1936	1936	[48]

45	Fulvio Collovati	50	3	2	1979–1986	1985	[49]

45	Giovanni Ferrari	44	14	2	1930–1938	1938	[50]

45	Pietro Ferraris	14	3	2	1935–1947	1947	[51]

45	Alfredo Foni	23	0	2	1936–1942	1936	[52]

45	Gennaro Gattuso	73	1	2	2000–2010	2009	[53]

45	Ardico Magnini	20	0	2	1953–1957	1956–1957	[54]

45	Marco Materazzi	41	2	2	2001–2008	2004–2005	[55]

45	Riccardo Montolivo	66	2	2	2007–	2013–	[56]

45	Miguel Montuori	12	2	2	1956–1960	1959–1960	[57]

45	Maino Neri	8	0	2	1948–1954	1948	[58]

45	Gianluca Pagliuca	39	0	2	1990–1998	1994–1995	[59]

45	Pietro Rava	30	0	2	1935–1946	1939–1942	[60]

45	Armando Segato	20	0	2	1953–1959	1958–1959	[61]

45	Gianluca Zambrotta	98	2	2	1999–2010	2010	[62]

63	Massimo Ambrosini	35	0	1	1999–2008	2006	[63]

63	Roberto Baggio	56	27	1	1988–2004	1992	[64]

63	Fulvio Bernardini	26	3	1	1925–1932	1932	[65]

63	Sergio Brighenti	9	2	1	1959–1961	1961	[66]

63	Alessandro Costacurta	59	2	1	1991–1998	1995–1997	[67]

63	Tarcisio Burgnich	66	2	1	1963–1974	1973	[68]

63	Piero Campelli	11	0	1	1912–1921	1920	[69]

63	Antonio Cassano	39	10	1	2003–	2011	[70]

63	Gino Colaussi	25	15	1	1935–1940	1939	[71]

63	Antonio Di Natale	42	11	1	2002–2012	2009	[72]

63	Ciro Ferrara	49	0	1	1987–2000	2000	[73]

63	Claudio Gentile	71	1	1	1975–1984	1984	[74]

63	Mario Gianni	6	0	1	1927–1933	1932	[75]

63	Ciro Immobile	36	7	1	2014–	2018–	[76]

63	Lorenzo Insigne	30	4	1	2012–	2018–	[77]

63	Giacomo Losi	11	0	1	1960–1962	1962	[78]

63	Bruno Mora	21	4	1	1959–1965	1962	[79]

63	Bruno Nicolè	8	2	1	1958–1964	1961	[80]

63	Christian Panucci	57	4	1	1994–2008	2003	[81]

63	Angelo Peruzzi	31	0	1	1995–2006	2005	[82]

63	Alfredo Pitto	29	2	1	1928–1935	1935	[83]

63	Giuseppe Rossi	30	7	1	2008–	2010–	[84]

63	Aristodemo Santamaria	11	3	1	1915–1923	1921	[85]

63	Angelo Schiavio	21	15	1	1925–1934	1933	[86]

63	Luca Toni	47	16	1	2004–2009	2005	[87]

Total	87 players	815	1910–2019	1910–2019

Sentence(s)

Baggio made his first and only starting appearance as Italy's captain in 1992.

final_sentence: Baggio made his first and only starting appearance as Italy's captain in 1992.