Football Club Internazionale Milano is an Italian

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club based in

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, Lombardy. The club was formed on 9 March 1908 to allow foreign players to play in Italy. Inter played its first competitive match on 10 January 1910 against their cross-town rivals

, in which they lost 3–2. The club won its very first title in 1910 – the

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. Since then, the club has won a further nineteen league titles, along with nine Italian Cups and eight Italian Supercups. They have also been crowned champions of Europe on three occasions by winning two

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s back-to-back in

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and

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and then another in

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. The club experienced the most successful period in their history from 2006 to 2011, in which it won five successive league titles, equaling the all-time record at that time, by adding three Italian Cups, four Italian Supercups, one UEFA Champions League and one

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. During the 2009–10 season, Inter became the first and only Italian team to win the Treble and the second team to win five trophies in a calendar year. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 900 players have appeared in competitive first-team matches for the club, some of whom have played at least 100 matches (including substitute appearances).

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, who was signed by Inter for a then world record fee of $27 million, fell one short of 100 appearances for the club, due to various injuries during his Inter career. As of 2025, more than 150 players have played at least 100 matches for the club.

List of players

*Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including

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, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, European Cup/Champions League,

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and Club World Cup matches. *Players are listed in alphabetical order. ''Statistics correct as of 31 May 2025.'' ;Table headers * Nationality – If a player played international football, the country or countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as his country of birth. * Inter career – The year of the player's first appearance for Inter Milan to the year of his last appearance. * Appearances – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

Club captains

Since 1908, 27 players have held the position of club

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for Internazionale. The first club captain was Hernst Marktl, who filled the role for the inaugural season. The longest-serving club captain is

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, who captained the club from 2001 to 2014. Zanetti also has the distinction of having won the most trophies as club captain, with 15; he won five

titles, four Italian Cups, four Italian Super Cups, one

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title and one

Honours

List of players who won at least ten trophies with Internazionale.

Notes

References

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List of players

Club captains

Honours

See also

Notes

References