Francesco Janich

Francesco Janich (born 27 March 1937 in Udine) is an Italian former footballer.

During his career he played for Atalanta (1956–58), Lazio (1958–61), and Bologna (1961–72). He earned 6 caps for the Italy national football team, and played in both the 1962 and 1966 World Cups.^[1]

Records

Francesco Janich to this day holds the Serie A record for playing the highest number of games, 426, without scoring a goal.

References

Italy squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Buffon (c) 2 Losi 3 Radice 4 Salvadore 5 Maldini 6 Trapattoni 7 Mora 8 Maschio 9 Altafini 10 Sívori 11 Menichelli 12 Mattrel 13 Albertosi 14 Rivera 15 Sormani 16 Robotti 17 Pascutti 18 David 19 Janich 20 Tumburus 21 Ferrini 22 Bulgarelli Coach: Mazza & Ferrari

Italy squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup 1 Albertosi 2 Anzolin 3 Barison 4 Bulgarelli 5 Burgnich 6 Facchetti 7 Fogli 8 Guarneri 9 Janich 10 Juliano 11 Landini 12 Leoncini 13 Lodetti 14 Mazzola 15 Meroni 16 Pascutti 17 Perani 18 Pizzaballa 19 Rivera 20 Rizzo 21 Rosato 22 Salvadore (c) Coach: Fabbri