Juventus F.C. and the Italy national football team

Updated on Feb 04, 2024

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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. These successful periods principally have coincided with two golden ages (known as Il Quinquennio d’Oro (The Golden Quinquennium)), from 1931 until 1935, and Il Ciclo Leggendario (The Legendary Cycle), from 1972 to 1986.

Two Juventus players have won the golden boot 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, making the total number of Juventus World Cup winners 24 (including 22 for the Italy team since 1934), 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.

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

Below is a list of all Juventus F.C. players to have played in the senior national team (or Nazionale A in Italian) in official matches since 1920.

Source: (Italian) www.figc.it
Legend:

(WC) = FIFA World Cup winners during their careers at Juventus

(EC) = European Football Championship winners during their careers at Juventus

(O) Olympic football tournament winners during their careers at Juventus

(CEIC) = Central European International Cup winners during their careers at Juventus

(*) Oriundi footballers.

As of 31 May 2016.

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

Below is a list of all Juventus F.C. players to have played in the Italy national Olympic team (o Nazionale Under 23) in official matches.

Source: (Italian) www.figc.it
As of 10 August 2008.

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

Below is a list of all Juventus F.C. players to have played in the Italy national youth teams in official matches. The Torinese side is the biggest benefactor of the Italy Under 21 and Italy Under 20 teams, two young national teams that have formed the laboratory test and the reservoir of footballers who later would be used for the asbolute team. Also, Juventus is one of the clubs with one of the most call-ups to the Italy Under-19 team.

List of call-ups to the Italy Under 21 team

Below is a list of all Juventus F.C. players to have played in the Italy Under 21 team in official matches. La società torinese vanta il primato di convocazioni alla nazionale della categoria.

* Massimo Bonini has played in the Italy Under 21 team because the San Marino Football Federation was not officially recognised by UEFA until 1990.