List of Italy national football team captains

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This is a list of all the captains who played for the Italy national football team.

Francesco Calì was the first captain of the Italy 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).

Gianluigi Buffon wore the captain band the most times: 80.

Gianluigi Buffon is also the goalkeeper who has worn the captain band the most times: 80.

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 Donnarumma is the current captain of the national team.

List of captains by appearances

Updated as of 16 November 2025.

Players in bold are still active. Players in italics served as the designated captain for his captaincy period.

# Name Captain Appearances Goals National years Captaincy years Ref
1 Gianluigi Buffon 80 176 0 1997–2018 2010–2018 [1]
2 Fabio Cannavaro 79 136 2 1997–2010 2002–2010 [2]
3 Paolo Maldini 74 126 7 1988–2002 1994–2002 [3]
4 Giacinto Facchetti 70 94 3 1963–1977 1966–1977 [4]
5 Dino Zoff 59 112 0 1968–1983 1977–1983 [5]
6 Giuseppe Bergomi 33 81 6 1982–1998 1988–1991 [6]
7 Franco Baresi 31 81 1 1982–1994 1991–1994 [7]
8 Gianluigi Donnarumma 30 79 0 2016– 2021– [8]
9 Adolfo Baloncieri 27 47 25 1920–1930 1927–1930 [9]
10 Renzo De Vecchi 26 43 0 1910–1925 1920–1925 [10]
10 Leonardo Bonucci 26 121 8 2010–2023 2014–2023 [11]
12 Giampiero Boniperti 24 38 7 1947–1960 1952–1960 [12]
13 Giorgio Chiellini 22 117 8 2004–2022 2012–2022 [13]
14 Giuseppe Meazza 17 53 33 1930–1939 1937–1939 [14]
14 Sandro Salvadore 17 36 2 1960–1970 1963–1966 [15]
16 Umberto Caligaris 16 59 0 1922–1934 1931–1934 [16]
17 Giuseppe Milano 11 11 0 1911–1914 1911–1914 [17]
18 Gaetano Scirea 10 78 2 1975–1986 1984–1986 [18]
19 Luigi Allemandi 9 24 0 1925–1936 1934–1936 [19]
19 Silvio Piola 9 34 30 1935–1952 1940–1952 [20]
19 Marco Tardelli 9 81 6 1976–1985 1983–1985 [21]
19 Antonio Cabrini 9 73 9 1978–1987 1983–1987 [22]
19 Andrea Pirlo 9 116 13 2002–2015 2010–2015 [23]
24 Alessandro Altobelli 8 61 25 1980–1988 1986–1987 [24]
24 Virginio Rosetta 8 52 0 1920–1934 1929–1934 [25]
26 Riccardo Carapellese 7 16 10 1947–1956 1949–1950 [26]
26 Luigi Cevenini 7 29 11 1915–1929 1925–1929 [27]
26 Alessandro Del Piero 7 91 27 1995–2008 2004–2008 [28]
29 Demetrio Albertini 6 79 3 1991–2002 1996–2000 [29]
29 Carlo Annovazzi 6 17 0 1947–1952 1951–1952 [30]
29 Lorenzo Buffon 6 15 0 1958–1962 1961–1962 [31]
29 Sergio Cervato 6 28 4 1951–1960 1955–1959 [32]
29 Daniele De Rossi 6 117 21 2004–2017 2007–2017 [33]
29 Virgilio Fossati 6 12 1 1910–1915 1912–1915 [34]
29 Cesare Maldini 6 14 0 1960–1963 1962–1963 [35]
36 Gianpiero Combi 5 47 0 1924–1934 1931–1934 [36]
36 Alessandro Mazzola 5 70 22 1963–1974 1972 [37]
36 Valentino Mazzola 5 12 4 1942–1949 1947–1949 [38]
36 Egisto Pandolfini 5 21 9 1950–1957 1952–1955 [39]
40 Giancarlo Antognoni 4 73 7 1974–1983 1977–1981 [40]
40 Ciro Immobile 4 57 17 2014–2023 2018–2023 [41]
40 Gianni Rivera 4 60 14 1962–1974 1964–1965 [42]
43 Alessandro Costacurta 3 59 2 1991–1998 1995–1997 [43]
43 Attilio Ferraris 3 28 0 1926–1935 1934–1935 [44]
43 Alessandro Florenzi 3 49 2 2012–2022 2020–2022 [45]
43 Alessandro Nesta 3 78 0 1996–2006 2004 [46]
43 Gianluca Vialli 3 59 16 1985–1992 1989–1992 [47]
48 Nicolò Barella 2 68 10 2018– 2024– [48]
48 Romeo Benetti 2 55 2 1971–1980 1978–1979 [49]
48 Giacomo Bulgarelli 2 29 7 1962–1967 1966 [50]
48 Francesco Calì 2 2 0 1910 1910 [51]
48 Giulio Cappelli 2 2 1 1936–1936 1936 [52]
48 Fulvio Collovati 2 50 3 1979–1986 1985 [53]
48 Giovanni Ferrari 2 44 14 1930–1938 1938 [54]
48 Pietro Ferraris 2 14 3 1935–1947 1947 [55]
48 Alfredo Foni 2 23 0 1936–1942 1936 [56]
48 Gennaro Gattuso 2 73 1 2000–2010 2009 [57]
48 Alberto Gilardino 2 57 19 2004–2013 2011–2013 [58]
48 Jorginho 2 57 5 2016–2024 2021–2024 [59]
48 Ardico Magnini 2 20 0 1953–1957 1956–1957 [60]
48 Marco Materazzi 2 41 2 2001–2008 2004–2005 [61]
48 Riccardo Montolivo 2 66 2 2007–2017 2013–2014 [62]
48 Miguel Montuori 2 12 2 1956–1960 1959–1960 [63]
48 Maino Neri 2 8 0 1948–1954 1948 [64]
48 Gianluca Pagliuca 2 39 0 1990–1998 1994–1995 [65]
48 Pietro Rava 2 30 0 1935–1946 1939–1942 [66]
48 Armando Segato 2 20 0 1953–1959 1958–1959 [67]
48 Marco Verratti 2 55 3 2012–2023 2019–2023 [68]
48 Gianluca Zambrotta 2 98 2 1999–2010 2010 [69]
70 Massimo Ambrosini 1 35 0 1999–2008 2006 [70]
70 Roberto Baggio 1 56 27 1988–2004 1992 [71]
70 Federico Bernardeschi 1 39 6 2016–2022 2021 [72]
70 Fulvio Bernardini 1 26 3 1925–1932 1932 [73]
70 Sergio Brighenti 1 9 2 1959–1961 1961 [74]
70 Tarcisio Burgnich 1 66 2 1963–1974 1973 [75]
70 Piero Campelli 1 11 0 1912–1921 1920 [76]
70 Antonio Cassano 1 39 10 2003–2014 2011 [77]
70 Gino Colaussi 1 25 15 1935–1940 1939 [78]
70 Bryan Cristante 1 47 2 2017– 2025– [79]
70 Giovanni Di Lorenzo 1 50 5 2019– 2024– [80]
70 Antonio Di Natale 1 42 11 2002–2012 2009 [81]
70 Stephan El Shaarawy 1 32 7 2012– 2020 [82]
70 Ciro Ferrara 1 49 0 1987–2000 2000 [83]
70 Claudio Gentile 1 71 1 1975–1984 1984 [84]
70 Mario Gianni 1 6 0 1927–1933 1932 [85]
70 Lorenzo Insigne 1 54 10 2012–2022 2018 [86]
70 Giacomo Losi 1 11 0 1960–1962 1962 [87]
70 Bruno Mora 1 21 4 1959–1965 1962 [88]
70 Bruno Nicolè 1 8 2 1958–1964 1961 [89]
70 Christian Panucci 1 57 4 1994–2008 2003 [90]
70 Angelo Peruzzi 1 31 0 1995–2006 2005 [91]
70 Alfredo Pitto 1 29 2 1928–1935 1935 [92]
70 Giuseppe Rossi 1 30 7 2008–2014 2010 [93]
70 Aristodemo Santamaria 1 11 3 1915–1923 1921 [94]
70 Angelo Schiavio 1 21 15 1925–1934 1933 [95]
70 Salvatore Sirigu 1 28 0 2010–2021 2020 [96]
70 Luca Toni 1 47 16 2004–2009 2005 [97]
Total 97 players 895 1910–2025 1910–2025

List of captains by captaincy period

List of captaincy periods of the various captains throughout the years.

  • 1910 Francesco Calì
  • 1911–1914 Giuseppe Milano
  • 1914–1915 Virgilio Fossati
  • 1920–1925 Renzo De Vecchi
  • 1925–1927 Luigi Cevenini
  • 1927–1930 Adolfo Baloncieri
  • 1931–1934 Umberto Caligaris
  • 1934 Gianpiero Combi
  • 1935–1936 Luigi Allemandi
  • 1937–1939 Giuseppe Meazza
  • 1940–1947 Silvio Piola
  • 1947–1949 Valentino Mazzola
  • 1949–1950 Riccardo Carapellese
  • 1951–1952 Carlo Annovazzi
  • 1952–1960 Giampiero Boniperti
  • 1961–1962 Lorenzo Buffon
  • 1962–1963 Cesare Maldini
  • 1963–1966 Sandro Salvadore
  • 1966–1977 Giacinto Facchetti
  • 1977–1983 Dino Zoff
  • 1983–1985 Marco Tardelli
  • 1985–1986 Gaetano Scirea
  • 1986–1987 Antonio Cabrini
  • 1988–1991 Giuseppe Bergomi
  • 1991–1994 Franco Baresi
  • 1994–2002 Paolo Maldini
  • 2002–2010 Fabio Cannavaro
  • 2010–2018 Gianluigi Buffon
  • 2018–2022 Giorgio Chiellini
  • 2022–2023 Leonardo Bonucci
  • 2023 Ciro Immobile
  • 2024– Gianluigi Donnarumma

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