Italy Players with the Most Games Played in The World Cup
All-Time list of players with more matches played for the National Team of Italy in the Soccer World Cups with detail of games played in each competition.
A total of 400 players represented the Nationa Team of Italy in the Soccer World Cups. Of them, 319 played at least one game. Here you have a list with the players with most games played.
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| Italy Players with the Most Games Played | ||||
Player |
Games Played | World Cups |
Game Detail by World Cup | |
| 1. | 
Paolo Maldini |
23 | 4 | 7 in 1990, 7 in 1994, 5 in 1998, 4 in 2002 |
| 2. |
Antonio Cabrini |
18 | 3 | 7 in 1978, 7 in 1982, 4 in 1986 |
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Fabio Cannavaro |
18 | 4 | 5 in 1998, 3 in 2002, 7 in 2006, 3 in 2010 | |
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Gaetano Scirea |
18 | 3 | 7 in 1978, 7 in 1982, 4 in 1986 | |
| 5. |
Dino Zoff |
17 | 4 | 0 in 1970, 3 in 1974, 7 in 1978, 7 in 1982 |
| 6. |
Roberto Baggio |
16 | 3 | 5 in 1990, 7 in 1994, 4 in 1998 |
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Giuseppe Bergomi |
16 | 4 | 3 in 1982, 3 in 1986, 7 in 1990, 3 in 1998 | |
| 8. |
Gianluigi Buffon |
14 | 5 | 0 in 1998, 4 in 2002, 7 in 2006, 1 in 2010, 2 in 2014 |
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Paolo Rossi |
14 | 3 | 7 in 1978, 7 in 1982, 0 in 1986 | |
| 10. |
Claudio Gentile |
13 | 2 | 7 in 1978, 6 in 1982 |
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Marco Tardelli |
13 | 3 | 6 in 1978, 7 in 1982, 0 in 1986 | |
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Gianluca Zambrotta |
13 | 3 | 4 in 2002, 6 in 2006, 3 in 2010 | |
| 13. |
Dino Baggio |
12 | 2 | 7 in 1994, 5 in 1998 |
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Alessandro Del Piero |
12 | 3 | 4 in 1998, 3 in 2002, 5 in 2006 | |
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Giacinto Facchetti |
12 | 3 | 3 in 1966, 6 in 1970, 3 in 1974 | |
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Sandro Mazzola |
12 | 3 | 3 in 1966, 6 in 1970, 3 in 1974 | |
| 17. |
Demetrio Albertini |
11 | 2 | 7 in 1994, 4 in 1998 |
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Giancarlo Antognoni |
11 | 2 | 5 in 1978, 6 in 1982 | |
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Nicola Berti |
11 | 2 | 4 in 1990, 7 in 1994 | |
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Tarcisio Burgnich |
11 | 3 | 2 in 1966, 6 in 1970, 3 in 1974 | |
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Franco Causio |
11 | 3 | 2 in 1974, 7 in 1978, 2 in 1982 | |
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Bruno Conti |
11 | 2 | 7 in 1982, 4 in 1986 | |
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Alessandro Costacurta |
11 | 2 | 6 in 1994, 5 in 1998 | |
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Roberto Donadoni |
11 | 2 | 5 in 1990, 6 in 1994 | |
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Andrea Pirlo |
11 | 3 | 7 in 2006, 1 in 2010, 3 in 2014 | |
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Francesco Totti |
11 | 2 | 4 in 2002, 7 in 2006 | |
| 27. |
Franco Baresi |
10 | 3 | 0 in 1982, 7 in 1990, 3 in 1994 |
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Fernando De Napoli |
10 | 2 | 4 in 1986, 6 in 1990 | |
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Francesco Graziani |
10 | 2 | 3 in 1978, 7 in 1982 | |
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Gianluca Pagliuca |
10 | 3 | 0 in 1990, 5 in 1994, 5 in 1998 | |
| 31. |
Enrico Albertosi |
9 | 4 | 0 in 1962, 3 in 1966, 6 in 1970, 0 in 1974 |
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Romeo Benetti |
9 | 2 | 3 in 1974, 6 in 1978 | |
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Gennaro Gattuso |
9 | 3 | 2 in 2002, 6 in 2006, 1 in 2010 | |
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Giuseppe Meazza |
9 | 2 | 5 in 1934, 4 in 1938 | |
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Alessandro Nesta |
9 | 3 | 3 in 1998, 3 in 2002, 3 in 2006 | |
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Gianni Rivera |
9 | 4 | 1 in 1962, 2 in 1966, 4 in 1970, 2 in 1974 | |
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Christian Vieri |
9 | 2 | 5 in 1998, 4 in 2002 | |
| 38. |
Fulvio Collovati |
8 | 2 | 7 in 1982, 1 in 1986 |
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Daniele De Rossi |
8 | 3 | 3 in 2006, 3 in 2010, 2 in 2014 | |
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Giovanni Ferrari |
8 | 2 | 4 in 1934, 4 in 1938 | |
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Vincenzo Iaquinta |
8 | 2 | 5 in 2006, 3 in 2010 | |
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Gigi Riva |
8 | 2 | 6 in 1970, 2 in 1974 | |
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Roberto Rosato |
8 | 2 | 2 in 1966, 6 in 1970 | |
| 44. |
Alessandro Altobelli |
7 | 2 | 3 in 1982, 4 in 1986 |
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Roberto Bettega |
7 | 1 | 7 in 1978 | |
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Roberto Boninsegna |
7 | 2 | 6 in 1970, 1 in 1974 | |
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Mauro Camoranesi |
7 | 2 | 5 in 2006, 2 in 2010 | |
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Angelo Di Livio |
7 | 2 | 5 in 1998, 2 in 2002 | |
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Riccardo Ferri |
7 | 1 | 7 in 1990 | |
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Giuseppe Giannini |
7 | 1 | 7 in 1990 | |
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Alberto Gilardino |
7 | 2 | 5 in 2006, 2 in 2010 | |
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Simone Perrotta |
7 | 1 | 7 in 2006 | |
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Salvatore Schillaci |
7 | 1 | 7 in 1990 | |
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Gianluca Vialli |
7 | 2 | 4 in 1986, 3 in 1990 | |
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Pietro Vierchowod |
7 | 3 | 0 in 1982, 4 in 1986, 3 in 1990 | |
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Walter Zenga |
7 | 2 | 0 in 1986, 7 in 1990 | |