Legendary Players & Coaches
20 entries in the Italy National Team compendium.
Legendary Players & Coaches — Era Chart
Gianni RiveraItaly's 'Golden Boy': the elegant playmaker who scored the decisive goal in the 1970 WorldLuigi RivaItaly's all-time leading goalscorer with 35 goals in 42 appearances.Vittorio PozzoThe only manager to win two FIFA World Cups with a national team, plus an Olympic gold.Marcello LippiThe coach who led Italy to the 2006 World Cup title.Roberto BaggioThe divine playmaker who carried the hopes of a nation on his shoulders.Paolo RossiThe striker who led Italy to the 1982 World Cup title, winning the Golden Boot and Golden Franco BaresiThe captain who led Italy to a World Cup final and was named to the 1990 All-Star Team on Arrigo SacchiThe manager who led Italy to the 1994 World Cup final and introduced a new tactical identiAlessandro Del PieroThe joint fourth highest scorer for Italy, who won the 2006 World Cup and reached the EuroFabio CannavaroThe defender who led Italy to the 2006 FIFA World Cup victory and won the Ballon d'Or.Gianluigi BuffonItaly's most capped player and 2006 World Cup-winning goalkeeper.Andrea PirloThe deep-lying playmaker who orchestrated Italy's 2006 World Cup victory and led them to tFrancesco TottiThe boy from Trastevere who made the Azzurri number ten look effortless for a decade and aPaolo MaldiniTwo decades in blue, two World Cups, and not a single wasted step.Dino ZoffThe last wall Italy ever needed — a goalkeeper who outlived his own legend.Giuseppe MeazzaThe Balilla whose name now echoes through the hallowed stands of San Siro.Gaetano ScireaThe poet in the back line, whose genius was cut short before Italy's 1990 World Cup.Silvio PiolaThirty-three goals, one unbreakable jaw — the Dog who outscored an era.Alessandro NestaThe calmest hands in the storm — Italy's most elegant wall.Marco TardelliThe scream that silenced a stadium and crowned Italy kings of the world in 1982.
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