Paolo Maldini part 2

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Paolo Cesare Maldini is a former Italian footballer who played as a left back and centre back. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club AC Milan, before retiring at the age of 40 in 2009. 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.

A.C Milan:-
Serie A: 1987--88, 1991--92, 1992--93, 1993--94, 1995--96, 1998--99, 2003--04

Coppa Italia: 2002--03

Supercoppa Italiana: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004

European Cup/Champions League:1988--89, 1989--90, 1993--94, 2002--03, 2006--07

UEFA Super Cup: 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007

Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990

FIFA Club World Cup:2007

Italy:-
FIFA World Cup Third-place: 1990

FIFA World cup Runners-up: 1994

UEFA European Football Championship: Runners-up 2000

Individual:-
Under-21 European Footballer of the Year:1989

FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament: 1994

UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988, 1996, 2000

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990, 1994

UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match:2003

1995 FIFA World Player of the Year

Silver Award

Ballon d'Or Bronze Award:1994, 2003

Serie A Defender of the Year: 2004

FIFA 100

UEFA Team of the Year: 2003, 2005

ESM Team of the Year: 1994--95, 1995--96, 1999--2000, 2002--03

FIFPro World XI:2005

UEFA Champions League Best Defender: 2007

Italy captain: 1994--2002

UEFA Champions League Achievement Award: 2009

AC Milan all-time highest number of appearances: 1902

UEFA Champions League Record of most appearances: 1168

Serie A highest number of appearances: 1647

4th Class / Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2000




5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana:1991

Category:

Education

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• football
• documentary
• Paolo
• maldini
• italy
• milan
• best
• defender
• history
• soccer

[songwriter83]

best defender to ever play the game, period.

[salvi1979]

Best Defender ever no question. Shut down some of the greatest players ever. Amazing

[Pusiotastic]

5 champions league titles. pure class. Maldini the KING!!!!!!!!

[salvi1979]

@Amusement73

The best at defending and best of all leading.

[Amusement73]

@salvi1979 besides, it looks that people have no clue about the differences those two players had, the position for a start. Bechenbauer was a libero, Maldini was a left back although his natural was right. He moved as a central defender when he was older. However, both great players.

[salvi1979]

@salvi1979

I agree for his time....but Maldini was the best in the Modern era...80's and on...

[chickenboy000]

@salvi1979 Franz Beckenbauer is the BEST!!!

[maldini3dani]

when u think of milan...u think of maldini....

[rafael38490]

The most compleate player ever!!!

Forza Paolo!!!

[londra45]

well maldini is right about croatia(sarcasm),we were so inferior,that we beat them in palermo 2-1 in 1994,and draw 1-1 in split..we had one of the best generation in football in the 90s,that were banned to play euro 92 and world cup 1994.just for example,we took on german in 1/4 final of euro 96,and being one man down,we were better side,and referee robbed us with that foul ziege made on jarni when sammer scored second goal for germany.eventually,we did had our revenge in france beating them 3-0

[colunaprestes]

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