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Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini
Personal information
Full namePaolo Cesare Maldini
Date of birth26 June 1968(age 45)
Place of birthMilan, Italy
Height1.86 m
Playing positionDefender

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Paolo Cesare Maldini (born 26 June 1968) is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club. During that period, he won the Champions League five times, as well as seven Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa Italiana, five European Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups. He played for 14 years for the Italian national team, making his debut in 1988 before retiring in 2002 with 126 caps and four World Cup participations.

Maldini played at a world class level for his entire career spanning 2 and a half decades, and won the Best Defender trophy at the UEFA Club Football Awards at the age of 39. He came second to George Weah for the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 1995, the closest a defender had ever reached to winning the award at the time. He was also the Milan and Italy captain for many years and was considered a leader amongst leaders by fellow footballers, leading to the nickname "Il Capitano" (the Captain). Paolo's father Cesare formerly played for and captained Milan, and is a successful national U-21 coach.

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Football Fun: Six steps to winning a multi-million football contract - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Players like -Paolo Maldini-, Francesco Totti, Ryan Giggs and Raul Gonzalez are a dying breed. We are living in an era where players kiss the badges on their ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:38:12 GMT+00:00
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Independent--Why not, indeed, when you have done almost everything it is possible for a football man to do; when you have played alongside -Paolo Maldini- and Franco ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:01:01 GMT+00:00
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Peace FM Online--AC Milan legend -Maldini- has revealed Florentino Perez tried to lure him in 2002, in the time when the first version of the Galacticos were built. ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:30:39 GMT+00:00
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Who Ate All The Pies--“I remember coming back from scouting him and thinking 'I've seen the new -Paolo Maldini-'. I watched him a couple more times but the game that did it for me ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:15:29 GMT+00:00
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Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog)--Naming them shouldn't have been too difficult: they were of course Italy's -Paolo Maldini- and Germany's Lothar Matthaeus. They are the only players to have ... - Date : Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:51:13 GMT+00:00
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Hindustan Times--Anyway, the best generation of good looking Italian players � the -Paolo Maldini- generation �has gone,” she sighs. Her pick for the winner? ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:33:13 GMT+00:00
World Cup 2010: USA 1-2 Ghana - USA Defense Analysis - Goal.com America Tweet this news
Goal.com America--Let's face it: If the USA rolled out a back line of, say, John Terry, -Paolo Maldini-, Patrice Evra, and Carles Puyol, they probably still would have not won ... - Date : Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:26:11 GMT+00:00
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World Cup Blog (blog)--The 2006 squad was for me the complete dream team of Serie A (minus my long-time heroes -Paolo Maldini-, Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri) - this year ... - Date : Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:05:20 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Iraq Younis Mahmoud
La Gazzetta dello Sport's Facchetti Award
2008
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Franco Baresi
A.C. Milan Captain
1997-2009
Succeeded by
Massimo Ambrosini
Preceded by
Franco Baresi
Italy Captain
1994-2002
Succeeded by
Fabio Cannavaro
Preceded by
Carles Puyol
UEFA Club Defender of the Year
2006-07
Succeeded by
Incumbent

Team Season Serie A Coppa Italia European
Competition1
Other
Tournaments2
Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Milan 1984 � 85 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0
1985 � 86 27 0 6 0 6 0 1 0 40 0
1986 � 87 29 1 7 0 - - 13 - 37 1
1987 � 88 26 2 1 0 2 0 - - 29 2
1988 � 89 26 0 7 0 7 0 - - 40 0
1989 � 90 30 1 6 0 10 0 1 0 47 1
1990 � 91 26 4 3 0 5 0 1 0 35 4
1991 � 92 31 3 7 1 - - - - 38 4
1992 � 93 31 2 8 0 10 1 1 0 50 3
1993 � 94 30 1 2 0 12 1 2 0 46 2
1994 � 95 29 2 1 0 12 0 1 0 43 2
1995 � 96 30 3 3 0 8 0 - - 41 3
1996 � 97 26 1 3 0 6 0 1 0 36 1
1997 � 98 30 0 7 0 - - - - 37 0
1998 � 99 31 1 2 0 - - - - 33 1
1999 � 00 27 1 4 0 6 0 1 0 38 1
2000 � 01 31 1 4 0 14 0 - - 49 1
2001 � 02 15 0 - - 4 0 - - 19 0
2002 � 03 29 2 1 0 19 0 - - 49 2
2003 � 04 30 0 - - 10 0 2 0 42 0
2004 � 05 33 0 - - 13 1 1 0 47 1
2005 � 06 14 2 - - 9 0 - - 23 2
2006 � 07 18 1 - - 9 0 - - 27 1
2007 � 08 17 1 - - 4 0 2 0 23 1
2008 � 09 30 0 - - 2 0 - - 32 0
Career Total 647 29 72 1 168 3 15 0 902 33

1988 10 0
1989 7 0
1990 11 0
1991 8 0
1992 7 0
1993 5 2
1994 12 0
1995 7 1
1996 7 0
1997 11 2
1998 11 1
1999 7 1
2000 11 0
2001 7 0
2002 5 0
Total 126 7

International goals :
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 January 1993 Florence, Italy Mexico 2 � 0 Win Friendly
2. 24 March 1993 Palermo, Italy Malta 6 � 1 Win FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualification
3. 11 November 1995 Bari, Italy Ukraine 3 � 1 Win UEFA Euro 1996 Qualification
4. 29 March 1997 Trieste, Italy Moldova 3 � 0 Win FIFA World Cup 1998 Qualification
5. 30 April 1997 Naples, Italy Poland 3 � 0 Win FIFA World Cup 1998 Qualification
6. 22 April 1998 Parma, Italy Paraguay 3 � 1 Win Friendly
7. 5 June 1999 Bologna, Italy WAL 4 � 0 Win UEFA Euro 2000 Qualification

FIFA 100

UEFABaggio * Ballack * Banks * Baresi * Beckenbauer * Beckham * Bergkamp * Bergomi * Best * Boniek * Boniperti * Breitner * Buffon * Butragueño * Cantona * Ceulemans * Charlton * Cruyff * Dalglish * Dasayev * Davids * Del Piero * Desailly * Deschamps * Emre * Eusébio * Facchetti * Figo * Fontaine * Gullit * Hagi * Henry * Kahn * Keane * Keegan * Klinsmann * Kluivert * Kopa * B. Laudrup * M. Laudrup * Lineker * Luis Enrique * Maier * Maldini * Masopust * Matthäus * Müller * Nedvěd * Neeskens * Nesta * Owen * Papin * Pfaff * Pirès * Platini * Puskás * Raúl * Rensenbrink * Rijkaard * Rivera * Rossi * Rui Costa * Rummenigge * Rüştü * Schmeichel * Seedorf * Seeler * Shearer * Shevchenko * Stoichkov * Šuker * Thuram * Totti * Trésor * Trezeguet * van Basten * R. van de Kerkhof * W. van de Kerkhof * Van der Elst * van Nistelrooy * Vieira * Vieri * Zidane * Zoff
CONMEBOLCarlos Alberto * Batistuta * Cafu * Crespo * Cubillas * di Stéfano * Falcão * Figueroa * Francescoli * Júnior * Kempes * Maradona * Passarella * Pelé * Rivaldo * Rivelino * Roberto Carlos * Romário * Romerito * Ronaldinho * Ronaldo * Djalma Santos * Nílton Santos * Saviola * Sívori * Sócrates * Valderrama * Verón * Zamorano * Zanetti * Zico
CAFDiouf * Milla * Okocha * Abédi Pelé * Weah
CONCACAFAkers * Hamm * Sánchez
AFCHong * Nakata

Serie A Defender of the Year

2000: Nesta * 2001: Nesta * 2002: Nesta * 2003: Nesta * 2004: Maldini * 2005: Cannavaro * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Materazzi * 2008: Chiellini * 2009: Chiellini

World Soccer Player of the Year

1982: Rossi * 1983: Zico * 1984: Platini * 1985: Platini * 1986: Maradona * 1987: Gullit * 1988: van Basten * 1989: Gullit
1990: Matthäus * 1991: Papin * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Baggio * 1994: Maldini * 1995: Vialli * 1996: Ronaldo * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Zidane * 1999: Rivaldo
2000: Figo * 2001: Owen * 2002: Ronaldo * 2003: Nedvěd * 2004: Ronaldinho * 2005: Ronaldinho * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: C. Ronaldo * 2009: Messi

Bravo Award|titlestyle=background:gold;|1978: Case * 1979: Birtles * 1980: Müller * 1981: Wark * 1982: Shaw * 1983: Bonini * 1984: Righetti * 1985: Butragueño * 1986: Butragueño * 1987: van Basten * 1988: Ohana * 1989: Maldini * 1990: Baggio * 1991: Prosinečki * 1992: Guardiola * 1993: Giggs * 1994: Panucci * 1995: Kluivert * 1996: Del Piero * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Ronaldo * 1999: Buffon * 2000: Casillas * 2001: Hargreaves * 2002: Metzelder * 2003: Rooney * 2004: C.Ronaldo * 2005: Robben * 2006: Fàbregas * 2007: Messi * 2008: Benzema * 2009: Agüero

1978: Case * 1979: Birtles * 1980: Müller * 1981: Wark * 1982: Shaw * 1983: Bonini * 1984: Righetti * 1985: Butragueño * 1986: Butragueño * 1987: van Basten * 1988: Ohana * 1989: Maldini * 1990: Baggio * 1991: Prosinečki * 1992: Guardiola * 1993: Giggs * 1994: Panucci * 1995: Kluivert * 1996: Del Piero * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Ronaldo * 1999: Buffon * 2000: Casillas * 2001: Hargreaves * 2002: Metzelder * 2003: Rooney * 2004: C.Ronaldo * 2005: Robben * 2006: Fàbregas * 2007: Messi * 2008: Benzema * 2009: Agüero

Italy squad UEFA Euro 1988 semi-finalists

Zenga, Baresi, Bergomi, Cravero, Ferrara, Ferri, Francini, Maldini, Ancelotti, De Agostini, De Napoli, Tacconi, Fusi, Giannini, Romano, Altobelli (c), Donadoni, Mancini, Rizzitelli, Vialli
Coach : Vicini

Italy squad 1990 FIFA World Cup Third Place

Zenga, Baresi, Bergomi (c), De Agostini, Ferrara, Ferri, Maldini, Vierchowod, Ancelotti, Berti, De Napoli, Tacconi, Giannini, Marocchi, Baggio, Carnevale, Donadoni, Mancini, Schillaci, Serena, Vialli, Pagliuca
Coach : Vicini

Italy squad 1994 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

Pagliuca, Apolloni, Benarrivo, Costacurta, Maldini, Baresi (c), Minotti, Mussi, Tassotti, R. Baggio, Albertini, Marchegiani, D. Baggio, Berti, Conte, Donadoni, Evani, Casiraghi, Massaro, Signori, Zola, Bucci
Coach : Sacchi

Italy squad UEFA Euro 1996

Peruzzi, Apolloni, Maldini (c), Carboni, Costacurta, Nesta, Donadoni, Mussi, Torricelli, Albertini, D. Baggio, Toldo, Rossitto, Del Piero, Di Livio, Di Matteo, Fuser, Casiraghi, Chiesa, Ravanelli, Zola, Bucci
Coach : Sacchi

Italy squad 1998 FIFA World Cup

Toldo, Bergomi, P. Maldini (c), Cannavaro, Costacurta, Nesta, Pessotto, Torricelli, Albertini, Del Piero, D. Baggio, Pagliuca, Cois, Di Biagio, Di Livio, Di Matteo, Moriero, R. Baggio, Inzaghi, Chiesa, Vieri, Buffon
Coach : C. Maldini

Italy squad UEFA Euro 2000 Runners-up

Abbiati, Ferrara, Maldini (c), Albertini, Cannavaro, Negro, Di Livio, Conte, Inzaghi, Del Piero, Pessotto, Toldo, Nesta, Di Biagio, Iuliano, Ambrosini, Zambrotta, Fiore, Montella, Totti, Delvecchio, Antonioli
Coach : Zoff

Italy squad 2002 FIFA World Cup

Buffon, Panucci, Maldini (c), Coco, Cannavaro, Zanetti, Del Piero, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Totti, Doni, Abbiati, Nesta, Di Biagio, Iuliano, Di Livio, Tommasi, Delvecchio, Zambrotta, Montella, Vieri, Toldo, Materazzi
Coach : Trapattoni



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