Di Lorenzo's 56 Italy caps are the most won by any Napoli player
The captain is injured and misses Italy's game against France at San Siro on Thursday 12 November, which leaves Vergara as Napoli's only player in the squad.
Di Lorenzo made his Italy debut on 15 October 2019, when he was already at Napoli. He has since played 56 times for his country and scored 5 goals, all as a Napoli player. Nobody has won more caps while at the club.
Insigne is second with 54 caps and 10 goals, all of them as a Napoli player. De Napoli is third: he joined from Avellino with five caps already and won 49 more at Napoli. Zoff and Juliano, European champions in 1968, are also on the list, and Politano completes it with 17 of his 20 caps won at Napoli. Over a whole career the record belongs to Cannavaro, with 136 caps, but he won none of them during his first spell at the club.
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Di Lorenzo will not add to his total this time. He has a lesion in the adductor longus of his left thigh, is mostly working in the gym and will miss the Torino game. At San Siro on Thursday 12 November, Vergara is the only Napoli player in Mancini's squad and is expected to start on the bench.
Napoli players once made up a real part of the national team. Now the club ranks tenth, with a single call-up. After the international break, Napoli host Torino at the Maradona on Saturday 21 November at 20:45 CET.
Source: www.diretta-napoli.com
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