 Gattuso akatumidzwa kunzvimbo yeItaly yevatambi makumi maviri nevatatu yeNdebe yeNyika ya2006, uye aive mumwe wevatambi vakakosha mukukunda kweItaly mumutambo uyu pasi pemurairidzi Marcello Lippi; akahwina mubairo weMan of the Match nekuda kwekuita kwake mukukunda kwenyika yake 3 0 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira emutambo, vachipesana neUkraine. Iye naAndrea Pirlo vakaumba mubatanidzwa unoshamisa mumoyo wepakati penzvimbo, naGattuso vachitsigira Pirlo mabasa ekugadzira ekutamba nebasa rake-chiyero uye kugona kuputsa pfuma. Pirlo akapedza semumwe wevanopa rubatsiro rwepamusoro mumakwikwi, Gattuso akakunda matambudziko akawanda kupfuura chero mumwe mutambi mumakwikwi 47 11 kupfuura Patrick Vieira ari panzvimbo yechipiri uye akapedza 351 anopfuura kubva pa392 aakaedza; akapawo rubatsiro panguva yemutambo, achibatsira kuisa chinangwa chaFilippo Inzaghi mukukunda 2 0 pamusoro peCzech Republic mumutambo wekupedzisira weboka reItaly mumutambo uyu musi wa22 Chikumi. Gattuso akawana mukurumbira nokuda kwemhemberero dzake dzapashure pemutambo pashure pokunge Italy yakahwina mukombe weWorld Cuppazvipingamupinyi zvinopesana neFrance musi wa9 Chikunguru, panguva yaakabvisa shorts dzake ndokumhanya achitenderera munda akapfeka mbatya dzake, kusvikira vakuru veFIFA vamumanikidza kuvhara. Akatumidzwa zita rokuti All Star Team yemutambo wacho nokuda kwezvaakaita. 