- Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born January 28, 1978) is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Juventus F.C. and the Italian national team. He was transferred to Juventus from childhood club Parma F.C. in 2001, for what was the largest transfer figure ever for a goalkeeper at £32 million. He is widely considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world. - Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro was born in Naples on the 13th of September 1973. Heâs the second of three children (the firstborn Renata and Paolo are his sister and brother). Fabio Cannavaro grew up playing for Napoli, then moved onto Parma - Roberto Donadoni
Roberto Donadoni (born September 9, 1963 in Cisano Bergamasco, Province of Bergamo, Lombardy) is an Italian football (soccer) manager and former player. He was an attacking midfielder or winger known for pace and technique. He was a pillar of the powerhouse A.C. Milan teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and one of the pioneers of Major League Soccer, where he played two seasons for the NY/NJ MetroStars. - Luca Toni
Luca Toni, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian football striker who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. Something of a late bloomer who played for almost ten clubs before finally settling, Toni was also a part of the Italian winning team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. - Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born 27 September 1976 in Rome) is an Italian football player. He plays for A.S. Roma in Serie A and for the Italian national team, with whom he won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Francesco Totti's position is that of a striker or an attacking midfielder, though he is best known for playing as the trequartista (or second striker), a compromise between the two positions where the player acts as a link between midfield and attack. - Antonio Cassano
Antonio Cassano (born July 12, 1982 in Bari) is an Italian professional football player, who currently plays for Spanish club side Real Madrid and is an occasional member of the Italian national team. He is a skillful, two-footed forward. Variously nicknamed "Peter Pan", "Fantantonio", "El Pibe de Bari" (a clear reference to Diego Maradona's nickname) and "Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia" (the jewel of Old Bari), … - Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo (born May 19, 1979), is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. He currently plays for A.C. Milan, as well as the Italy national team. Pirlo was an important key figure of the Italian team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He is known to many fans as the "Maestro" because of his talent for setting up plays. - Paolo Maldini
History: Paolo Maldini (born June 26, 1968, Milan) is a legendary Italian football player. He is the son of Cesare Maldini . Paolo Maldini plays as a defender and, despite being naturally right-footed, predominantly plays the position of left back, although he sometimes plays at centre back. Throughout his long career, he has remained a one club man with A.C. Milan. - Marcello Lippi
Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI, (born April 11, 1948) is an Italian World Cup-winning football coach and former player. Since July 16, 2004, Lippi has been the coach of Italian national team and led Italy to win the FIFA World Cup 2006. He resigned from this position on 12 July 2006, after dismissing widespread calls for him to remain in the position by saying "I believe that I have achieved what I set out to achieve as the coach of the Italian team". - Daniele de Rossi
Daniele De Rossi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (July 24, 1983) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for AS Roma. Among his titles also the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, and the bronze medal gained at 2004 Athens Olympic Games, all with the Italy national football team, are the most prestigious. - Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio (born 18 February 1967 in Caldogno, Veneto) is an Italian retired footballer, among the most technically gifted and popular players in the world throughout the 1990s. He played for the Italy national team in three World Cups, and is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He was the best Italian player of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, carrying his team to the final, and losing the trophy to Brazil on penalties. - Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40. Zoff was a goalkeeper of outstanding ability and has a place in the history of the sport among the very best in this role. - Marco Materazzi
Marco Materazzi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born August 19, 1973 in Lecce) is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Serie A club Internazionale, sometimes known as Inter Milan. He was a part of the Italian team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he was headbutted by Zinedine Zidane, after having provoked him. Materazzi is tall and uses his physique to play as a tough and hard working defender. - Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born November 28, 1977 is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Ligue 1 team Olympique Lyonnais and the Italian national football team. - Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Juventus of the Italian Serie A. He is an attacking left back who has also played in midfield. Chiellini started his career with Livorno where he played for two years each in Serie C1 and Serie B. He was signed by Juventus in summer 2004, for €6.5 million, but immediately sold on co-ownership deal to Fiorentina for €3.5 million, where he played for 2004/05 season. - Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi (born September 23, 1956) is an Italian former football (soccer) player. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball. Rossi is currently the only player to have won all three honours at a single tournament. - Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born July 5 1982 in Biella, Piemonte) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who is a striker for AC Milan and the Italian national team. - Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni is an Italian football coach and former player. He is a former coach of the Italian national team, currently in charge with Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg alongside Lothar Matthäus. The league title they won on 28 April 2007, places Trapattoni alongside Ernst Happel in winning domestic league titles of four different countries. - Arrigo Sacchi
Arrigo Sacchi (born 1 April 1946 at Fusignano) is a former head coach of the Italy national football team (1991-1996), and twice manager of A.C. Milan (1987-1991, 1996-1997). Sacchi never played the game professionally, and before becoming a coach he was a shoe salesman. As manager of the Italian national team, he reached the 1994 World Cup final, losing to Brazil on penalties. At club level, most notably he managed A.C. Milan. His first spell there was a notable success, … - Mauro Camoranesi
Mauro Germán Serra Camoranesi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born October 4, 1976 in Tandil, Argentina) is an Italo-Argentinian World Cup-winning footballer, who currently plays for Juventus football club. Camoranesi is a member of the Italy national football team and was part of the winning squad at the 2006 World Cup. He is a midfielder, and usually plays on the right wing, where he is most comfortable and effective. - Christian Panucci
Christian Panucci (born 12 April, 1973 in Savona) is an Italian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for AS Roma of Italian Serie A. Panucci is a renowned defender who usually plays on the right-hand side. He is a fierce tackler and can also do some good when going up field. He started playing with Genoa in 1992, and then moved to AC Milan. Panucci later moved to Real Madrid (becoming the first Italian to play for the Spanish powerhouse), Inter, Chelsea, … - Vittorio Pozzo
Vittorio Pozzo (born March 2 1886 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy - Ponderano (Biella) December 21 1968) was an Italian football (soccer) coach who was most famous for leading the Italian national team to victory in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cups; managed the side that won the 1930 and 1935 editions of the Central European International Cup, as well as the 1936 Olympic football gold medal and the 1928 Olympic football bronze medal. - Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born September 17, 1977 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer midfielder, who currently plays for A.S. Roma in Serie A. He was member of the Italian national football team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Perrotta lived in England until the age of 6, attending school at St. Ann's primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne. - Silvio Piola
Silvio Piola (September 29, 1913 - October 4, 1996) was an Italian footballer whose career lasted from 1929 until 1954. He won one Football World Cup (1938), and is currently the top scorer in the history of Serie A, with 274 goals. Born in Robbio Lomellina, province of Pavia, Piola began his career with Italian club side Pro Vercelli, making his Serie A debut against Bologna on February 16, 1930, scoring 13 goals in his first year, at the age of 17. - Massimo Oddo
Massimo Oddo, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born June 14, 1976 in Città Sant'Angelo, Pescara) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for A.C. Milan and Italy in the role of right-back. - Enzo Bearzot
Enzo Bearzot (born 26 September 1927 in Aiello del Friuli) is a former Italian football player and manager. He is mostly renowned for having led the Italy national football team to a triumph in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. - Andrea Barzagli
Andrea Barzagli is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays in the role of defender for Serie A team US Palermo. His first football appearances were for Rondinella Firenze; then he played for Pistoiese, Ascoli and Chievo, before being signed by Palermo in the summer of 2004. He has 12 caps for the Italian national football team, … - Gianluca Vialli
Gianluca Vialli (born July 9, 1964 in Cremona) is a retired Italian football striker and manager. - Gianni Rivera
Giovanni (Gianni) Rivera (born August 18, 1943 in Alessandria) is a former Italian football player who was good enough to be European Footballer of the Year in 1969. He is currently a politician. Nicknamed "il golden boy" of Italian football, Rivera was the product of Alessandria's youth soccer academy and made his debut in Serie A for Alessandria against Internazionale on June 2, 1959 at the age of only fifteen years. He played twenty six matches for his first club, … - Vincenzo Iaquinta
Vincenzo Iaquinta, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born November 21, 1979 in Cutro, Crotone) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. As many Calabrians in the 1980s his parents emigrated to Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy, because of better job opportunities. Prior to joining Udinese in 2000, Iaquinta played with his brother in the lower divisions for "Reggiolo" (1996-97), Padova (1998), and Castel di Sangro (1998-2000). - Marco Amelia
Marco Amelia, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born 2 April 1982 in Frascati, Rome) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer goalkeeper, who plays for Lazio. Amelia is also a squad member for the Italy national football team. Amelia scored a dramatic late goal for Livorno in the 2006-07 UEFA Cup group stage match against FK Partizan in Belgrade on Thursday 2 November 2006, having come up for a late free-kick with Livorno trailing 1-0, … - Ferruccio Valcareggi
Ferruccio Valcareggi (12 February 1919 - 2 November 2005) was an Italian football player and coach. Valcareggi was born in Trieste. He played for team such as Fiorentina and Triestina, edning his career in 1953. He led the Italy national football team between 1966 and 1974, guiding them to victory in the 1968 European Championship and the final in the 1970 World Cup. Under Valcareggi, Italy lost only six games in eight years. - Gianfranco Zola
Gianfranco Zola (born July 5, 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia) is a retired Italian footballer. He spent the first decade of his career in Italy, most notably with Napoli and Parma, before moving to English side Chelsea, where he was voted Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1997. He was also capped for Italy and is currently joint coach of the Italian under-21s. - Cristian Zaccardo
Cristian Zaccardo, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born December 21, 1981 in Formigine, Modena) is a world cup-winning Italian footballer who plays for Serie A team US Palermo and the Italy national football team. One of the best products of the Bologna youth system, Zaccardo debuted in the first team in 2001, under the direction of coach Francesco Guidolin, immediately becoming a regular for the "rossoblu" and Italy's "Under 21" national team. - Antonio Cabrini
Antonio Cabrini (born October 8, 1957) is a football (soccer) coach and former successful player from Italy. He played left-back, mainly with Juventus. He won the Football World Cup 1982 with the Italian national team. Cabrini is arguably one of the greatest Italian left-backs in the history of football. - Luigi Riva
Luigi Riva (born November 7, 1944 in Leggiuno, close to Milano), best known as Gigi Riva or by his nickname Rombo di Tuono (Thunder), is a former Italian footballer, the all-time leading scorer for the Italian national team. He was known for sublime shot and split second reaction which made him a master at getting into scoring opportunities. He was also fast, agile and good in the air. His career started in 1962 when he joined Legnano. - Alberto Aquilani
Alberto Aquilani (July 7, 1984) is an Italian football midfielder who currently plays for AS Roma. Aquilani is well-known through out Italy for his playmaking capabilities, his consistent performances, his superb range of passing and most of all his eccentric style of dribbling. - Giovanni Ferrari
Giovanni Ferrari (December 6, 1907 - December 2, 1982) was an Italian football (soccer) player. He played 125 times for Internazionale and scored 35 goals for the club. He also managed Inter from 1942 to 1943. Ferrari was born in Alessandria. He won 5 Championships with Juventus, 2 with Inter and 1 with Bologna. Along with Giuseppe Furino, he is one of two players to have won eight Serie A title. - Giuseppe Bergomi
Giuseppe Bergomi (born December 22, 1963 in Milan) is an Italian former football (soccer) player, who spent his entire career at Internazionale and was a key member of the Italian national team in the 1980s and 1990s. He is affectionately referred to as "Lo zio" ("the uncle") because of the impressive moustache he wore even as an 18 year old in the 1982 World Cup. He thus appeared to be more mature in age than he was, hence the nickname. - Marco Tardelli
Marco Tardelli, (born September 24, 1954) is a former football player from Italy, and currently chairman of Juventus F.C.. He played defensive midfielder with Juventus and the Italian national team. He won the Football World Cup 1982 and was five-time Italian Serie A champion.
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