Franco Baresi
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Franco Baresi

Personal information
Date of birthMay 8, 1960(age 50)
Place of birthTravagliato (Brescia), Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9.2 in)
Playing positionSweeper (Retired)

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Franco Baresi (born May 8, 1960 in Travagliato, province of Brescia) is an Italian youth team coach and former football defender with Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was colloquially called "piscinin", Milanese dialect for "little one".
He is also the younger brother of Internazionale assistant manager Giuseppe Baresi. Hoping Franco could play with him in the nerazzurri; Giuseppe brought him for a trial in Inter's youth team, but Franco was rejected. Despite this setback, he didn't give up and decided to try out for arch-rivals Milan, where he was accepted.

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Jamie Carragher poses for the media during a photocall - Express.co.uk Tweet this news
Express.co.uk--“The two best defenders for me, probably of all time, are -Franco Baresi- and Paolo Maldini - and he has coached them both, told them what they needed to do. ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 02:09:53 GMT+00:00
Franco Baresi backs Marco van Basten for Milan's coaching job - Italian Soccer (blog) Tweet this news
Italian Soccer (blog)--Milan legend -Franco Baresi- is backing his former teammate Marco van Basten to take over and succeed as the next Rossoneri coach. Milan are looking for a new ... - Date : Sat, 08 May 2010 14:49:20 GMT+00:00
Franco Baresi: Looking back at an AC Milan legend - Sportingo Tweet this news
Sportingo---...- where his team Italy had just lost on penalties to Brazil in the sweltering heat of Pasadena's Rosebowl, captain -Franco Baresi- - looking mentally, ... - Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 09:38:32 GMT+00:00
Liverpool Legend Holds Clinic for Kids - Jakarta Globe Tweet this news
Jakarta Globe--After former AC Milan and Italy defender -Franco Baresi- graced the Indonesian capital, famed Liverpool striker Ian Rush visited on Saturday. ... - Date : Sun, 16 May 2010 14:57:39 GMT+00:00
England Manager Capello: Rooney Is A Born Leader - Goal.com Tweet this news
Goal.com--"He is a born leader who reminds me of others of that kind, like -Franco Baresi- and Raul. "The three of them have a lot of charisma. ... - Date : Thu, 13 May 2010 06:00:07 GMT+00:00
EXCLUSIVE: Franco Baresi: Milan's Season Has Been A Success - Goal.com Tweet this news
Goal.com--Former Milan legend -Franco Baresi- has told Goal.com Italia the club needs to bring in a defender, a midfielder and a striker in the next ... - Date : Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:10:13 GMT+00:00
Editor's Choice: Gerry Britton guides Celtic legends to Dubai Cup success ... - Scottish Daily Record Tweet this news
Scottish Daily Record--Then you play in the Final against -Franco Baresi's- AC Milan. At this point you normally wake up because this is the stuff of comic-book dreams - the kind of ... - Date : Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:19:27 GMT+00:00

Youth career
YearsClub
Milan

Senior career
YearsClubAppsGoals
1977-1997Milan53116

National Team
YearsTeamAppsGoals
1982-1994Italy811

Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Total
1977-78 Milan Serie A 1 0 2 0
1978-79 30 0 4 0
1979-80 28 0 5 0
1980-81 Serie B 31 0 4 1
1981-82 Serie A 18 2 4 0
1982-83 Serie B 30 4 9 2
1983-84 Serie A 21 3 9 2
1984-85 26 0 10 0
1985-86 20 0 4 0
1986-87 28 2 6 3
1987-88 27 1 6 0
1988-89 33 2 8 2
1989-90 30 1 7 4
1990-91 31 0 1 0
1991-92 33 0 6 1
1992-93 29 0 7 0
1993-94 31 0
1994-95 28 0
1995-96 30 1 3 0
1996-97 26 0 1 0
Total Italy 531 16 97 15 628 31
Career Total 531 16 97 15 628 31



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