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    Paolo Cesare Maldini Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo malˈdiːni]; born 26 June 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer who played...
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  • Lewisham, London, and was named after former AC Milan and Italy captain Paolo Maldini. His family emigrated to the UK from Albania. His family are from the...
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    manager and player who played as a defender. Father to Paolo Maldini and grandfather to Daniel Maldini, Cesare began his career with Italian side Triestina...
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  • for Serie A club Monza. Maldini was born in Milan, the second son of Paolo Maldini, then captain of AC Milan, and Venezuelan model Adriana Fossa. His grandfather...
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  • Maldini announced his retirement aged 27 to pursue a career as a football agent. Christian is the son of former Milan and Italy player Paolo Maldini,...
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  • without losing a single game. The club's record appearance maker is Paolo Maldini, who has made 902 official appearances between 1985 and 2009. Gunnar...
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    the team of the tournament, and became captain in 2002, following Paolo Maldini's retirement. Cannavaro led Italy to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup...
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    appearances); those players are listed here. Milan's record appearance-maker is Paolo Maldini, who made 902 appearances over his 25 seasons at the club from 1985...
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    loan at Monza. He is best known for his role alongside Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, and Mauro Tassotti, forming one of the greatest defences in Serie A...
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  • the match and took the lead within the first minute through captain Paolo Maldini. Milan striker Hernán Crespo added two more goals before half-time to...
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    second-youngest Italian to play in the UEFA European Championship, behind only Paolo Maldini. He scored an own goal in Italy's 1–0 defeat to Spain in their second...
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    primarily as a substitute to Wojciech Szczęsny, but still managed to break Paolo Maldini's record of 647 appearances in Serie A, as he won a record tenth Serie...
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    Paolo Rossi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo ˈrossi]; 23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward...
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    impetus to the team, and complemented the club's Italian internationals Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta and Roberto Donadoni. Under Sacchi...
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  • It was the club's first season since 1983–84 not to feature captain Paolo Maldini, who retired at the end of the previous campaign. Last updated: 7 June...
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  • subsequently fired. Cesare Maldini, the father of team captain Paolo, was appointed and prospects immediately improved. Maldini's official coaching debut...
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    Baresi was at the heart of a notable all-Italian defence alongside Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta, Mauro Tassotti and later Christian Panucci,...
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  • internationally through his parents. He has regarded Italy international Paolo Maldini as his football idol. As a youth player, Ahanor joined the youth academy...
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  • Produced an iconic EURO moment Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon Defenders Paolo Maldini Franz Beckenbauer Carles Puyol Philipp Lahm Midfielders Andrés Iniesta...
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    backing of club president Silvio Berlusconi, featured players such as Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Mauro Tassotti and Alessandro Costacurta as defenders;...
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    third Brazilian to win the award after Rivaldo (1999) and Ronaldo. Paolo Maldini (Italy) was the best ranked defender, at sixth, while Thierry Henry...
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    still active internationally. Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup Paolo Maldini, 23 Most appearances at the FIFA World Cup qualifiers Gianluigi Buffon...
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    initially served as a back-up to the starting defensive line-up of Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, and Mauro Tassotti, which is...
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    when Finidi George took a corner which bounced off Italian defender Paolo Maldini before being struck into the goal by Emmanuel Amunike. After 75 minutes...
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  • staff from both teams present in Manchester twenty years ago, only Paolo Maldini was still involved with his club as a technical director at the time...
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    (Italy) was the top ranked goalkeeper in the list, in ninth place. Paolo Maldini (Italy) was the best ranked defender in third place, while Thierry Henry...
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  • 330 (with Juventus) Paolo Maldini and Francesco Totti, 25 Paolo Maldini and Francesco Totti, 25 Gianluigi Buffon, 975 Paolo Maldini, 902, with AC Milan...
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    Desailly, Giovane Élber, Pep Guardiola, Filippo Inzaghi, Patrick Kluivert, Paolo Maldini, Fernando Morientes, Hidetoshi Nakata, Emmanuel Petit, Gus Poyet, Oleksandr...
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    Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Paolo Maldini is the player with the fourth-most matches at FIFA World Cups, trailing...
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    and captained the side from 2009 to 2013 following the retirement of Paolo Maldini. Ambrosini retired from professional football in 2014, after a season...
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