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Italy has won four World Cups and produced defenders, midfielders, and strikers who changed how football is played. These ten are the finest to wear the Azzurri blue.
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A 25-year career at AC Milan cemented him as the greatest defender in football history.
The sweeper who embodied Milanese elegance and marshalled one of the best defences ever assembled.
A genius with the ball who carried Italy through World Cups on sheer individual brilliance.
A goalkeeper so dominant he won Serie A titles in three different decades.
The deep-lying playmaker who dictated tempo and delivered inch-perfect passes with effortless cool.
Juventus' all-time top scorer known for curling strikes from the edge of the box.
Two-time World Cup winner in the 1930s and the man San Siro stadium is named after.
Rome's eternal captain spent 25 years at AS Roma and became the city's sporting deity.
The attacking full-back who revolutionised defensive football at Inter Milan in the 1960s.
The only defender to win the Ballon d'Or, earned for his superhuman 2006 World Cup displays.
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A 25-year career at AC Milan cemented him as the greatest defender in football history.
The sweeper who embodied Milanese elegance and marshalled one of the best defences ever assembled.
A genius with the ball who carried Italy through World Cups on sheer individual brilliance.
A goalkeeper so dominant he won Serie A titles in three different decades.
The deep-lying playmaker who dictated tempo and delivered inch-perfect passes with effortless cool.
Juventus' all-time top scorer known for curling strikes from the edge of the box.
Two-time World Cup winner in the 1930s and the man San Siro stadium is named after.
Rome's eternal captain spent 25 years at AS Roma and became the city's sporting deity.
The attacking full-back who revolutionised defensive football at Inter Milan in the 1960s.
The only defender to win the Ballon d'Or, earned for his superhuman 2006 World Cup displays.
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