Camoranesi was eligible for
Italian citizenship through a great-grandfather, Luigi, who in 1873 emigrated from
Potenza Picena, in Italy's
Marche region, to Argentina. His
dual citizenship made him eligible to play for either Argentina or Italy, but the
Azzurri showed interest in him first and, on 12 February 2003, he made his international debut in a friendly match against
Portugal, which his team won 1–0 under manager
Giovanni Trapattoni; consequently, Camoranesi became the first
oriundo to appear for Italy in 40 years, with the last being the Brazilian-born
Angelo Sormani. Under Trapattoni, Camoranesi played for Italy at
UEFA Euro 2004, where they were eliminated in the first round. Camoranesi's first senior international goal came in a
2006 World Cup qualifier away to
Belarus on 7 September 2005, which the Italians won 4–1. Camoranesi was also part of
Marcello Lippi's Italy team which won the
2006 FIFA World Cup. During the
2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, he admitted the reason for not singing Italy's
national anthem before their matches was because he did not know the words, although he could be seen singing (at least a part of) the anthem during the World Cup celebrations in
Circus Maximus on 10 July 2006. Camoranesi was not the first Juventus player born in Argentina to play for Italy;
Omar Sívori played for the
Azzurri, as well as
Luis Monti and
Raimundo Orsi, who also won the World Cup while playing for Juventus. Fellow
oriundi Anfilogino Guarisi,
Attilio Demaría,
Enrique Guaita, and
Michele Andreolo also won the World Cup with Italy before him under manager
Vittorio Pozzo in the 1930s, with Camoranesi being the only
oriundo to win the World Cup with Italy after
World War II. At the end of
2006 FIFA World Cup Final match in Germany, in which Italy defeated
France 5–3 in a
penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw, Camoranesi had teammate
Massimo Oddo chop off a large chunk of his long hair as the rest of the squad danced around them in a circle. Camoranesi then went up to the camera and dedicated the triumph by saying in Spanish: "Para los pibes del barrio" (For the guys from the neighbourhood). He was successively called up to Italy's squad for
UEFA Euro 2008 under manager
Roberto Donadoni; Italy were knocked out on penalties by eventual champions
Spain, following a goalless draw. Upon Lippi's return, he also took part at the
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Italy were eliminated in the group stage following a 3–0 loss to eventual champions
Brazil in their third first-round match. Later that same year, he scored Italy's first goal with a header from a corner in a 2–2 away draw against
Ireland on 10 October, which allowed Italy to
qualify for the 2010 World Cup with two games to spare; this was his final international goal. Camoranesi took part at the
2010 FIFA World Cup; the latter tournament was his last experience with the Italy national team, with his final appearance coming in Italy's second group match, a 1–1 draw against
New Zealand. Italy were eliminated in the first round once again, following a 3–2 defeat to
Slovakia, finishing bottom of their group. In total, Camoranesi was capped 55 times by Italy between 2003 and 2010, and scored four goals. ==Managerial career==