Paolo Maldini - Century of International Appearances


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   Düsseldorf      West Germany    1-1     European Championship
  5  14/ 6/88   Frankfurt       Spain           1-0     European Championship
  6  17/ 6/88   Köln            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   Malmö           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   Zürich          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   Chorzów         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   Göteborg        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   København       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

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