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Cesare Maldini

Maldini in 1969.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1932-02-05) 5 February 1932 (age 81)
Place of birth	Trieste, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1952–1953	Triestina	32	(0)
1954–1966	Milan	347	(3)
1966–1967	Torino	33	(0)
Total		412	(3)
National team
1962–1968	Italy	25	(1)
Teams managed
1973–1974	Milan
1974–1976	Foggia
1976–1977	Ternana
1978–1980	Parma
1986–1996	Italy U-21
1996–1998	Italy
2001	Milan
2001–2002	Paraguay
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Cesare Maldini (born 5 February 1932, Trieste, Venezia Giulia, Italy) is a football manager and former player with AC Milan. His position was centre back. Maldini represented Italy in the 1962 and 1966 World Cups.

Biography [edit]

Born in Trieste, Venezia Giulia, Italy. His parents were working class people of Slovene origin whose surname Maldič was Italianised to Maldini in 1931.^{[citation needed]} He grew up in the predominantly Slovene-speaking suburb of Servola (Slovene:Škedenj), He has a typical Triestine accent.^[1] His son, the legendary Paolo, also a defender, once held the record for the most caps for the Italian national team (now second to Fabio Cannavaro). The younger Maldini captained Milan to the UEFA Champions League title in 2003 and 2007. Maldini's grandsons, Christian^[2] and Daniel play football in junior teams.

Career [edit]

Maldini won the European Cup as team captain of AC Milan in 1963.^[3] He served as an assistant coach on the 1982 FIFA World Cup-winning Italian side. Maldini coached the Italian Under-21 side for ten years, winning the European Under-21 Football Championship on the tournament record of three occasions.^[4] Former protégés Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluigi Buffon and Francesco Totti from the 1996-winning squad went on to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Following that success, he took charge of the senior team that qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. His son, Paolo, was captain. Italy advanced to the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by hosts France on penalties after a scoreless draw. Maldini resigned after the tournament due to media criticism of his ultra-defensive tactics. In January 2002, Maldini became coach of Paraguay's national team.^[5] His appointment caused some controversy as domestic managers were overlooked (prompting the managers union to try to unsuccessfully expel him for immigration breaches), and because he spoke little Spanish. Maldini nonetheless had the support of star goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert and several other senior players.^[6] He took over the team which had already qualified for the 2002 World Cup hosted by South Korea and Japan, becoming the oldest coach in the tournament at the age of 70. (His son Paolo captained Italy in the same tournament). Despite missing Chilavert for the first game due to suspension, Paraguay advanced to the knockout round. They were eliminated by the eventual finalists, Germany, by an 89th minute goal. Maldini returned to AC Milan as a talent scout for the Rossoneri. Maldini is a sports analyst for the Al Jazeera sports channel with Alessandro Altobelli.

Career statistics [edit]

Club [edit]

*European competitions include the UEFA Champions League & UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

International [edit]

Honours [edit]

Club [edit]

• Serie A: 4
  • 1954–55, Milan
  • 1956–57, Milan
  • 1958–59, Milan
  • 1961–62, Milan

• European Cup: 1
  • European Cup 1962-63, Milan

Cesare Maldini international tournaments v t e Italy squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Buffon (c) 2 Losi 3 Radice 4 Salvadore 5 Maldini 6 Trapattoni 7 Mora 8 Maschio 9 Altafini 10 Sívori 11 Menichelli 12 Mattrel 13 Albertosi 14 Rivera 15 Sormani 16 Robotti 17 Pascutti 18 David 19 Janich 20 Tumburus 21 Ferrini 22 Bulgarelli Coach: Mazza & Ferrari v t e Italy squad – 1992 Summer Olympics 1 Antonioli 2 Bonomi 3 Favalli 4 Luzardi 5 Matrecano 6 Orlando 7 Rossini 8 Taccola 9 Verga 10 Albertini 11 Baggio 12 Peruzzi 13 Corini 14 Marcolin 15 Sordo 16 Buso 17 Rocco 18 Ferrante 19 Melli 20 Muzzi Coach: Maldini v t e Italy squad – 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Winners (1st Title) 1 Toldo 2 Cannavaro 3 Colonnese 4 Delli Carri 5 Galante 6 Negro 7 Panucci 8 Tresoldi 9 Berretta 10 Bigica 11 Cherubini 12 Visi 13 Marcolin 14 Rossitto 15 Scarchilli 16 Carbone 17 Inzaghi 18 Muzzi 19 Orlandini 20 Vieri Coach: Maldini v t e Italy squad – 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Winners (3rd Title) 1 Buffon 2 Ametrano 3 Galante 4 Brambilla 5 Cannavaro 6 Fresi 7 Pecchia 8 Morfeo 9 Amoruso 10 Totti 11 Sartor 12 Panucci 13 Nesta 14 Pistone 15 Tacchinardi 16 Delvecchio 17 Tommasi 18 Pagotto Coach: Maldini v t e Italy men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 Pagliuca 2 Panucci 3 Nesta 4 Cannavaro 5 Galante 6 Fresi 7 Ametrano 8 Crippa 9 Branca 10 Brambilla 11 Delvecchio 12 Buffon 13 Pistone 14 Tommasi 15 Pecchia 16 Morfeo 17 Lucarelli 18 Bernardini 19 Sartor Coach: Maldini v t e Italy squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Toldo 2 Bergomi 3 P. Maldini (c) 4 Cannavaro 5 Costacurta 6 Nesta 7 Pessotto 8 Torricelli 9 Albertini 10 Del Piero 11 D. Baggio 12 Pagliuca 13 Cois 14 Di Biagio 15 Di Livio 16 Di Matteo 17 Moriero 18 R. Baggio 19 Inzaghi 20 Chiesa 21 Vieri 22 Buffon Coach: C. Maldini v t e Paraguay squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Chilavert (c) 2 Arce 3 Sarabia 4 Gamarra 5 Ayala 6 Struway 7 Báez 8 Alvarenga 9 Santa Cruz 10 Acuña 11 Campos 12 Villar 13 Paredes 14 Gavilán 15 Bonet 16 Morínigo 17 Franco 18 Cáceres 19 Sanabria 20 Cardozo 21 Caniza 22 Tavarelli 23 Cuevas Coach: Maldini

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