Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Italy's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 85.7% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alfonso Domínguez | Uruguay | 1 |
| Alfred Hörtnagl | Austria | 1 |
| Andi Herzog | Austria | 1 |
| Andreas Ogris | Austria | 1 |
| Andy Townsend | Republic of Ireland | 1 |
| Antonio Alzamendi | Uruguay | 1 |
| Bruce Murray | United States | 1 |
| Carlos Aguilera | Uruguay | 1 |
| Chris Morris | Republic of Ireland | 1 |
| Chris Waddle | England | 1 |
| Malta | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Dec 1986 | v Malta | 2–0 | 12′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1986 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Jul 1990 | v England | 2–1 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Third-place play-off |
| 3 Jul 1990 | v Argentina | 1–1 | started | 120 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Semi-final |
| 30 Jun 1990 | v Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Quarter-final |
| 25 Jun 1990 | v Uruguay | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Round of 16 |
| 19 Jun 1990 | v Czech Republic | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 1990 | v United States | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 9 Jun 1990 | v Austria | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1990 · Group stage |
| 6 Dec 1986 | v Malta | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1986 |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.