Inter captain Samir Handanovic moved onto 537 appearances when he started against Venezia yesterday evening, taking him level with Silvio Pioli in the all-time Serie A appearance charts.
This milestone is highlighted by Italian news outlet FCInter1908, who note that the Slovenian has strengthened his foothold in the list of the top ten appearance-makers in the division.
Handanovic joined Inter from Udinese in the summer of 2012, with the majority of his appearances in the Italian top flight coming in a Nerazzurri shirt.
Handanovic has played for Inter 351 times and Udinese 182 times in Serie A, in addition to three appearances for Treviso and a solitary appearance with Lazio.
The complete list of the top ten appearance-makers in Serie A is as follows, with Handanovic now level with legendary former Juventus striker Pioli:
Gianluigi Buffon 657
Paolo Maldini 647
Francesco Totti 619
Javier Zanetti 615
Gianluca Pagliuca 592
Dino Zoff 570
Pietro Vierchowod 562
Roberto Mancini 541
Silvio Piola 537 – Samir Handanovic 537