page_title: Italy national football team records and statistics
section_title: Appearances
hierarchical_section_title: Italy national football team records and statistics / Individual records / Appearances
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Gianluigi Buffon in 2014.
context_section_description: As of 18 November 2019, the players with the most appearances for Italy are:
  Players in bold are still active.
  Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup
  Paolo Maldini, 23
  Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup qualifiers
  Gianluigi Buffon, 39
  Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup and FIFA World Cup qualifiers
  Fabio Cannavaro, 50
  Most minutes played in FIFA World Cup matches
  Paolo Maldini, 2216 minutes
  Most FIFA World Cups part of the squad
  Gianluigi Buffon, 5
  Most FIFA World Cups played in
  Gianluigi Buffon, Gianni Rivera, Giuseppe Bergomi, Paolo Maldini, and Fabio Cannavaro, all at 4
  Most appearances at the UEFA European Championship
  Gianluigi Buffon, 17
  Most appearances in UEFA European Championship qualifying
  Gianluigi Buffon, 41
  Most appearances at the UEFA European Championship and UEFA European Championship qualifying
  Gianluigi Buffon, 58
  Most minutes played in European Championship matches
  Gianluigi Buffon, 1620 minutes
  Most UEFA European Championships played in
  Gianluigi Buffon and Alessandro Del Piero, 4
  Most appearances at the FIFA Confederations Cup
  Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Riccardo Montolivo, all at 8
  Most FIFA Confederations Cups played in
  Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Daniele De Rossi, Andrea Pirlo, Riccardo Montolivo, Alberto Gilardino, all at 2
  Most appearances at the Central European International Cup
  Giuseppe Meazza, 16
  Most appearances at the Olympics
  Adolfo Baloncieri, 11
  Most appearances as a substitute
  Alessandro Del Piero, 30
  Most appearances as a substitute at the FIFA World Cup
  Alessandro Del Piero, 7
  Most appearances as a substitute at the UEFA European Championship
  Alessandro Del Piero, 6
  Most appearances for Italy wearing the number 10 shirt
  Giancarlo Antognoni
  Most FIFA World Cup matches won
  Paolo Maldini, 14
  Oldest player
  Dino Zoff, 41 years 89 days, 29 May 1983, 0–2 vs. Sweden
  Youngest player
  Renzo De Vecchi, 16 years 112 days, 26 May 1910, 6–1 vs. Hungary
  Youngest outfield player to feature in a match post-World War II
  Giuseppe Bergomi, 18 years 113 days, 14 April 1982, 0–1 vs. East Germany
  Youngest unofficial player to feature in a match
  Rodolfo Gavinelli, 16 years 98 days, 9 April 1911, 2–2 vs. France
  Youngest forward to start in a match
  Eugenio Mosso, 18 years 238 days, 5 April 1914, 1–1 vs. Switzerland
  Youngest unofficial forward to start in a match
  Rodolfo Gavinelli, 16 years 98 days, 9 April 1911, 2–2 vs. France
  Oldest debutant
  Emiliano Moretti, 33 years 160 days, 18 November 2014, 1–0 vs. Albania
  Oldest player to feature at the FIFA World Cup
  Dino Zoff, 40 years 133 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany
  Youngest player to feature at the FIFA World Cup
  Giuseppe Bergomi, 18 years 195 days, 5 July 1982, 3–2 vs. Brazil
  Oldest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final
  Dino Zoff, 40 years 133 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany
  Youngest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final
  Giuseppe Bergomi, 18 years 201 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany
  Youngest goalkeeper to feature in a match
  Gianluigi Donnarumma, 17 years 189 days, 1 September 2016, 1–3 vs. France
  Youngest goalkeeper to start a match
  Gianluigi Donnarumma, 18 years 31 days, 28 March 2017, 2–1 vs. Netherlands
  Most FIFA World Cup titles
  Giovanni Ferrari, Giuseppe Meazza, Eraldo Monzeglio, all at 2 (1934 and 1938)
  Most Central European International Cup titles
  Giuseppe Meazza, Eraldo Monzeglio, Alfredo Pitto, all at 2 (1927–30 and 1933–35)
  Only player to win both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship
  Dino Zoff (1968 and 1982)
  Only players to win both the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Gold Medal
  Sergio Bertoni, Alfredo Foni, Ugo Locatelli, Pietro Rava (1936 and 1938)
  Longest career
  Gianluigi Buffon, 29 October 1997–23 March 2018, 20 years, 145 days
caption: Gianluigi Buffon is the most capped player in the history of Italy with 176 caps.
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