Paolo Maldini - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Italian player, who obtained 126 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 31/ 3/88 Split Yugoslavia 1-1 2 27/ 4/88 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-0 3 4/ 6/88 Brescia Wales 0-1 4 10/ 6/88 D�sseldorf West Germany 1-1 European Championship 5 14/ 6/88 Frankfurt Spain 1-0 European Championship 6 17/ 6/88 K�ln Denmark 2-0 European Championship 7 22/ 6/88 Stuttgart Soviet Union 0-2 European Championship 8 19/10/88 Pescara Norway 2-1 9 16/11/88 Roma Netherlands 1-0 10 22/12/88 Perugia Scotland 2-0 11 22/ 2/89 Pisa Denmark 1-0 12 25/ 3/89 Wien Austria 1-0 13 29/ 3/89 Sibiu Romania 0-1 14 26/ 4/89 Taranto Hungary 4-0 15 20/ 9/89 Cesena Bulgaria 4-0 16 15/11/89 London England 0-0 17 21/12/89 Cagliari Argentina 0-0 18 21/ 2/90 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-0 19 31/ 3/90 Basel Switzerland 1-0 20 9/ 6/90 Roma Austria 1-0 World Cup 21 14/ 6/90 Roma United States 1-0 World Cup 22 19/ 6/90 Roma Czechoslovakia 2-0 World Cup 23 25/ 6/90 Roma Uruguay 2-0 World Cup 24 30/ 6/90 Roma Ireland 1-0 World Cup 25 3/ 7/90 Napoli Argentina 1-1 (1) World Cup 26 7/ 7/90 Bari England 2-1 World Cup 27 26/ 9/90 Palermo Netherlands 1-0 28 3/11/90 Roma Soviet Union 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 29 1/ 5/91 Salerno Hungary 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 30 5/ 6/91 Oslo Norway 1-2 European Champ. Qual. 31 12/ 6/91 Malm� Denmark 2-0 Scania Cup 32 16/ 6/91 Stockholm Soviet Union 1-1 (2) Scania Cup 33 25/ 9/91 Sofia Bulgaria 1-2 34 2/10/91 Moskva Soviet Union 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 35 13/11/91 Genova Norway 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 36 21/12/91 Foggia Cyprus 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 37 19/ 2/92 Cesena San Marino 4-0 38 31/ 5/92 New Haven Portugal 0-0 US Cup '92 39 4/ 6/92 Boston Ireland 2-0 US Cup '92 40 6/ 6/92 Chicago United States 1-1 US Cup '92 41 9/ 9/92 Eindhoven Netherlands 3-2 42 18/11/92 Glasgow Scotland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 43 19/12/92 La Valletta Malta 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 44 20/ 1/93 Firenze Mexico 2-0 45 24/ 2/93 Porto Portugal 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 46 24/ 3/93 Palermo Malta 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 47 1/ 5/93 Bern Switzerland 0-1 48 14/11/93 Milano Portugal 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 49 16/ 2/94 Napoli France 0-1 50 23/ 3/94 Stuttgart Germany 1-2 51 3/ 6/94 Roma Switzerland 1-0 52 18/ 6/94 New York Ireland 0-1 World Cup 53 23/ 6/94 New York Norway 1-0 World Cup 54 28/ 6/94 Washington Mexico 1-1 World Cup 55 5/ 7/94 Boston Nigeria 2-1 World Cup 56 9/ 7/94 Boston Spain 2-1 World Cup 57 13/ 7/94 New York Bulgaria 2-1 World Cup 58 17/ 7/94 Los Angeles Brazil 0-0 (3) World Cup 59 8/10/94 Tallinn Estonia 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 60 16/11/94 Palermo Croatia 1-2 European Champ. Qual. 61 25/ 3/95 Salerno Estonia 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 62 29/ 3/95 Kiev Ukraine 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 63 26/ 4/95 Vilnius Lithuania 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 64 21/ 6/95 Z�rich Germany 0-2 Centenary Tournament 65 8/10/95 Split Croatia 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 66 11/11/95 Bari Ukraine 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 67 15/11/95 Reggio Emilia Lithuania 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 68 1/ 6/96 Budapest Hungary 2-0 69 11/ 6/96 Liverpool Russia 2-1 European Championship 70 14/ 6/96 Liverpool Czech Republic 1-2 European Championship 71 19/ 6/96 Manchester Germany 0-0 European Championship 72 5/10/96 Chisinau Moldova 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 73 9/10/96 Perugia Georgia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 74 6/11/96 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-2 75 22/ 1/97 Palermo N. Ireland 2-0 76 12/ 2/97 London England 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 77 29/ 3/97 Trieste Moldova 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 78 2/ 4/97 Chorz�w Poland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 79 30/ 4/97 Napoli Poland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 80 8/ 6/97 Lyon Brazil 3-3 Tournoi de France 81 11/ 6/97 Paris France 2-2 Tournoi de France 82 10/ 9/97 Tbilisi Georgia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 83 11/10/97 Roma England 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 84 29/10/97 Moskva Russia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 85 15/11/97 Napoli Russia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 86 28/ 1/98 Catania Slovakia 3-0 87 22/ 4/98 Parma Paraguay 3-1 88 2/ 6/98 G�teborg Sweden 0-1
89 11/ 6/98 Bordeaux Chile 2-2 World Cup 90 17/ 6/98 Montpellier Cameroon 3-0 World Cup 91 23/ 6/98 Paris-St. Denis Austria 2-1 World Cup 92 27/ 6/98 Marseille Norway 1-0 World Cup 93 3/ 7/98 Paris-St. Denis France 0-0 (4) World Cup
94 10/10/98 Udine Switzerland 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 95 18/11/98 Salerno Spain 2-2
96 16/12/98 Roma FIFA 6-2 100th Aniversary IFF 97 10/ 2/99 Pisa Norway 0-0
98 27/ 3/99 K�benhavn Denmark 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 99 31/ 3/99 Ancona Belarus 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 100 28/ 4/99 Zagreb Croatia 0-0 101 5/ 6/99 Bologna Wales 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 102 9/ 6/99 Lausanne Switzerland 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 103 9/10/99 Minsk Belarus 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
104 29/ 3/00 Barcelona Spain 0-2 105 3/ 6/00 Oslo Norway 0-1 106 11/ 6/00 Arnhem Turkey 2-1 European Championship 107 14/ 6/00 Brussel Belgium 2-0 European Championship 108 19/ 6/00 Eindhoven Sweden 2-1 European Championship 109 24/ 6/00 Brussel Romania 2-0 European Championship 110 29/ 6/00 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-0 (5) European Championship 111 2/ 7/00 Rotterdam France 1-2 European Championship 112 3/ 9/00 Budapest Hungary 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 113 7/10/00 Milano Romania 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 114 15/11/00 Torino England 1-0 115 28/ 2/01 Roma Argentina 1-2 116 24/ 3/01 Bucuresti Romania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 117 28/ 3/01 Trieste Lithuania 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 118 25/ 4/01 Perugia South Africa 1-0 119 2/ 6/01 Tbilisi Georgia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 120 1/ 9/01 Kaunas Lithuania 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 121 6/10/01 Parma Hungary 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 122 18/ 5/02 Praha Czech Republic 0-1 123 3/ 6/02 Sapporo Ecuador 2-0 World Cup 124 8/ 6/02 Ibaraki Croatia 1-2 World Cup 125 13/ 6/02 Oita Mexico 1-1 World Cup 126 18/ 6/02 Daejeon South Korea 1-2 World Cup

(1) Italy lost 3-4 on penalty kicks. (2) Italy won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
(3) Italy lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.
(4) Italy lost 3-4 on penalty kicks. (5) Italy won 3-1 on penalty kicks.

NB: following FIFA's decision not to count matches against FIFA XI's or confederational representations as full internationals, match number 96 should be deleted; however, as the Italian FA insists this match is a full international, FIFA and IFFHS have not yet taken a decision.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 126 70 35 21 186- 77 175 69.44

Types of Matches Friendlies 39 World Cup 23 World Cup Qualifiers 22 European Championship 13 European Champ. Qual. 20 Other Tournaments 9

Total 126

Goals:

Cap 44 1 goal Cap 46 1 goal Cap 66 1 goal Cap 77 1 goal Cap 79 1 goal Cap 87 1 goal Cap 101 1 goal

Total: 7 goals

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net) Last updated: 7 Dec 2002