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ZOFF

Dino Zoff
ITALY · ITA · GOALKEEPER · #1
28 FEB 1942 · Udinese, Mantova, Napoli, Juventus
★ 1 WORLD CUPS
Dino
ITALY · #1

🌎 WORLD CUP RECORD

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TITLES
17
MATCHES
0
GOALS
YEARHOSTAPPSGOALSRESULT
1974West Germany30 GROUP STAGE
1978Argentina70 4TH PLACE
1982Spain70 ★ WINNER
█ ATTRIBUTES
PACE 72
SHOOTING 38
PASSING 74
DRIBBLING 66
DEFENDING 93
PHYSICAL 90

⚡ DEFINING MOMENTS

▲ 1972 · A record that stood for eleven years
Between September 1972 and June 1974 Zoff went 1,142 international minutes without conceding — a shutout streak that lasted across twelve matches and stood as a record for years. It was the calm, unspectacular accumulation of a goalkeeper who simply did not make mistakes, and it announced him as the man Italy would build behind for a decade.
▲ 1982 · Captain and oldest world champion
At 40 years, 4 months and 13 days he lifted the World Cup as Italy's captain in Madrid, the oldest player ever to win it. A late dive to claw away Oscar's header against Brazil in the second round had already become the save of the tournament; in the 3-1 final win over West Germany he conceded only a late Breitner consolation and was named in the team of the tournament.
▲ 1983 · Bowing out at forty-one
He played his last international in May 1983, a fifth most-capped Azzurro with 112 appearances, then closed a Juventus career that had brought six Italian titles. He had been Italy's first-choice goalkeeper across four World Cups, finally retiring at an age when most keepers were long gone.

📜 CAREER TIMELINE

1968
Wins the European Championship on home soil with Italy after only his fourth cap, taking the best-goalkeeper award.
1970
Travels to the World Cup in Mexico as deputy to Albertosi; watches from the bench as Italy lose the final 4-1 to Brazil.
1972
Joins Juventus, where he will play for eleven seasons and win six Italian league titles.
1978
Captains Italy to fourth place in Argentina, his second World Cup and first as a starter at the finals.
1982
Lifts the World Cup as Italy's 40-year-old captain in Spain, the oldest champion in the tournament's history.
1983
Retires at 41 with 112 caps, the most-capped goalkeeper in Italy's history at the time.
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█ THE ALMANAC SPEAKS
PROF. INKSWORTH:

He won it last and won it oldest, and that is the line history keeps — captain at forty, lifting the trophy in Madrid in 1982 as the oldest world champion there has ever been. The almanac records 17 finals appearances across four tournaments, from the 1970 bench behind Albertosi to the group-stage exit of 1974, fourth place in 1978, and the title in 1982. A goalkeeper's ledger shows no goals, but his real record was the absence of them: clean sheets, calm hands, and a streak of 1,142 unbeaten international minutes that nobody hurried to break.

  • Oldest player ever to win the World Cup — 40 years, 4 months and 13 days old as Italy's captain in 1982.
  • Won the World Cup and the European Championship fourteen years apart, in 1982 and 1968.
  • Once went 1,142 minutes without conceding for Italy — a goalkeeping record that stood for years.
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Zone: Historical