The club was formed on 9 March 1908 to allow the foreign players to play in Italy.
[1] Inter played its first competitive match on 10 January 1909 against their cross-town rivals Milan, in which they lost 3–2.
They have also been crowned champions of Europe on three occasions by winning two European Cups back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010.
The club experienced the most successful period in their history from, 2006 to 2011, where the club won five successive league titles, equalling the all-time record,[3] by adding three Italian Cups, four Italian Supercups, one UEFA Champions League and one FIFA Club World Cup.
Ronaldo, who than was signed by Inter for a then world record fee of $27 million, fell one short of 100 appearances for the club, due to various injuries during his Inter career.