Biography of Paolo Maldini: Profile, Biodata, Career, Record, Achievements of Tough Defender from Italy

Paolo Maldini is a legendary Italian soccer player. He plays as a center back and left back. Maldini is considered one of the best defenders of all time. He became a legend of the AC Milan club and the Italian national team. Many trophies and records have been inscribed by Paolo Maldini throughout his career.

Maldini who was born on June 26, 1968 only spent a career in one club, namely AC Milan until he retired from the world of football. This time we will discuss the profile and biography of Paolo Maldini along with the club's career, Paolo Maldini's record and achievements in full.

Biology of Paolo Maldini

Full name: Paolo Cesare Maldini

TTL: Milan, Italy, June 26, 1968

Country: Italy

Height: 186 cm

Position: Center back, left back

Biography of Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini's debut in Serie A occurred in 1985 when he was 16 years old. Since then he has had a brilliant career, winning many trophies with AC Milan. Maldini won 7 Serie A titles and 5 Champions League titles. Maldini can also be said to be the best defender in the world at the peak of his career. This is marked by the success of Maldini won third place in the Ballon d'Or in 1994 and 2003.

Maldini is one of the players with the most appearances for the Italian national team, although he has never won an international title. Maldini participated in four World Cups (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) and participated in the 1994 World Cup finals.

He later retired from the national team after the 2002 World Cup with 126 appearances and scored 7 goals. In addition, Paolo Maldini also entered the Italian squad three times in the European Cup (1988, 1996, 2000). At the 2000 European Cup Maldini became the captain of the Italian national team which lost dramatically to France in the final. He is considered one of the best defenders of all time.

Club Career Paolo Maldini

1978-1985 - AC Milan (junior career)

1985-2009 - AC Milan

1988-2002 - Italian national team (126 games, 7 goals)

Paolo Maldini's achievements

With the Italian national team

FIFA World Cup runner-up (1 time) - 1994

Rank 3 FIFA World Cup (1 time) - 1990

Runner up UEFA EURO (1st time) - 2000

UEFA EURO Semifinals (1st time) - 1988

With AC Milan

Champions League (5 times) - 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007

Italian Serie A (7 times) - 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004

Coppa Italia (1st time) - 2003

Supercoppa Italiana (3 times) - 1992, 1993, 2004

UEFA Super Cup (4 times) - 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003

Intercontinental Cup (2 times) - 1989, 1990

FIFA Club World Cup (1 time) - 2007

Paolo Maldini's record

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1990, 1994)

3rd Ballon d'Or Rank (1994, 2003)

2nd place in FIFA World Player of the Year (1995)

UEFA EURO Team of the Tournament (1988, 1996, 2000)

Bravo Award (1989)

FIFPro World XI (2005)

World Soccer Player of the Year (1994)

UEFA Team of the Year (2003, 2005)

UEFA Presidents Award (2003)

FIFA Order of Merit (2008)

FIFA World Cup Dream Team (2002)

UEFA EURO All-Time XI (2016)

The player with the most appearances in AC Milan of all time (902 times)

Player with the most appearances in Serie A of All Time (647 times)

Player with the 2nd most appearances in European Competition (168 times)

Player with the most appearances in the Champions League Final (8 times)

AC Milan's youngest player of all time (16 years 208 days)

Oldest player to defend AC Milan (24 years 132 days)

The Player with the Longest Playing Minutes in the World Cup of All Time (2216 minutes)

The oldest player to score in the Champions League Final (36 years 333 days)

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