Veteran Sampdoria forward Fabio Quagliarella has been handed an Italy recall after equalling a Serie A record.
Quagliarella, whose last Italy cap came in 2010, is included in Roberto Mancini s squad for a Coverciano training camp next week.
The 36-year-old has hit 16 goals in 20 appearances this season to top the Serie A scoring charts ahead of Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
Quagliarella has found the net in 11 consecutive appearances in the league, levelling the competition record set by Gabriel Batistuta while playing for Fiorentina in 1994.
11 Fabio has scored in 11 consecutive Serie A games played, the joint-longest such run in the history of the competition, equalling Gabriel Omar Batistuta (11 in a row in 1994). Olympus.
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