He received a call - up from the Italian national team in April 2006 , when manager Marcello Lippi held trails for the 23 - man squad that would go on to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup .
He never made his international debut .
He received a call - up from the Italian national team in April 2006 , when manager Marcello Lippi held trails for the 23 - man squad that would go on to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup , but he never made his international debut .