From the legendary Luis Monti in the 1930s to current Serie A players such as Gabriel Paletta and Franco Vazquez, the list is a long and hallowed one. The two nations have also had an intertwined and rather controversial history of Argentines (whose ancestors were Italian rimpatriati or repatriates) moving to Italy and playing for the Azzurri.
Two nations at the helm of tactical innovations during every era, right from the likes of Cesar Luis Menotti and Vittorio Pozzo to the modern day names of Diego Simeone and Antonio Conte.Īlso read: Football's greatest partnerships: Part 2 - That night in Barcelona Two of the most storied nations playing the game.
More significantly still, they were and still are among the most widely renowned names of a breed caught in a web of football, history and international politics – the Oriundi.Īrgentina and Italy.
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