Juventus F.C. and the Italy national football team


Juventus is the club that has contributed the most players to the Italy national team in history. They are the only Italian club that has contributed players to every Italian national teams since the 2nd FIFA World Cup. 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 Football Championship squad.
Juventus have also contributed to a lesser degree to the national sides of other nations. Zinedine Zidane and captain Didier Deschamps were Juventus players when they won the 1998 FIFA World Cup with France, as well as their conational Blaise Matuidi in the 2018 World Cup, making the total number of Juventus :Category:FIFA World Cup-winning players|World Cup winners 25, more than any other club around the world. Three Juventus players have also won the European Football Championship with a nation other than Italy, Luis del Sol won it in 1964 with Spain, while the Frenchmen Michel Platini and Zidane won the competition in 1984 and 2000 respectively. Coach Marcello Lippi won the 2006 FIFA World Cup with Italy while being coach for Juventus.

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

Below is a list of all Juventus F.C. players to have played for the senior national team in official matches during their Juventus career, when Giovanni Giacone became the first Juventus player to play for the national team on 28 March 1920.
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As of 20 November 2018.

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 23 March 2019.
RankNameAppearancesGoalsFirst capLast cap
1Gianluigi Buffon176019972018
2Fabio Cannavaro136219972010
3Andrea Pirlo1151320022015
4Dino Zoff112019681983
5Giorgio Chiellini10182004
6Gianluca Zambrotta98219992010
7Alessandro Del Piero912719952008
8Leonardo Bonucci8662010
9Marco Tardelli81619761985
10Gaetano Scirea78219751986

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