Juventus FC and the Italy national football team

Juventus is the club that has contributed the most players to the Italy national team in history.[1] They are the only Italian club that has contributed players to every Italy national teams since its first appearance at the 2nd FIFA World Cup.[2] Juventus have contributed numerous players to Italy's World Cup campaigns.

Two Juventus players have won the golden boot and the golden ball award at the World Cup with Italy; Paolo Rossi in 1982 and Salvatore Schillaci in 1990. As well as contributing to Italy's World Cup winning sides, Alfredo Foni and Pietro Rava represented Italy in the gold medal winning squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and Sandro Salvadore, Ernesto Castano and Giancarlo Bercellino made Italy's 1968 European Championship squad.[3] In 2021, four Juventus players (captain Giorgio Chiellini, Federico Bernardeschi, Leonardo Bonucci and Federico Chiesa) won the UEFA Euro 2020.

List of call-ups of Juventus players to the Italy national team

Below is a list of all Juventus players to have played for the senior national team (or Nazionale A in Italian) in official matches during their Juventus career, when Giuseppe Giaccone became the first Juventus player to play for the national team on 28 March 1920.[4]

Source: (in Italian) [1] Archived 9 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Legend:

As of 11 July 2021.

Top 10 national team appearances for Juventus players

Not all appearances made for the national team by the players were made while they were under contract with Juventus. Updated on 15 June 2023.

Rank Player Appearances Goals First cap Last cap
1 Gianluigi Buffon 176 0 1997 2018
2 Fabio Cannavaro 136 2 1997 2010
3 Leonardo Bonucci 121 8 2010
4 Giorgio Chiellini 117 8 2004 2022
5 Andrea Pirlo 115 13 2002 2015
6 Dino Zoff 112 0 1968 1983
7 Gianluca Zambrotta 98 2 1999 2010
8 Alessandro Del Piero 91 27 1995 2008
9 Marco Tardelli 81 6 1976 1985
10 Gaetano Scirea 78 2 1975 1986

See also

Footnotes and references

  1. ^ "Italian national team: J-L Italian club profiles". Italian national team records & statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Juve players at the World Cup". juventus.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2006.
  3. ^ "European Championship 1968 - Details Final Tournament". RSSSF. 8 June 2007.
  4. ^ "La storia di una leggenda" (in Italian). juventus.com.

Bibliography

  • Giacone, Gianni (1993). Juve Azzurri - I bianconeri che hanno fatto grande la Nazionale (in Italian). Hurrà Juventus – Fabbri Editori.
  • Tavella, Renato (2001). Dizionario della grande Juventus. Dalle origini ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Newton Compton. ISBN 88-8289-639-0.

(in Italian) National team in figures: the call-ups to all Italy national football teams (Major, Olympic and Under) by clubs (research in the FIGC official website)[permanent dead link]