Franco Baresi

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Franco Baresi
Personal information
Full name Franceschino Baresi
Date of birth May 8, 1960 (1960-05-08) (age 48)
Place of birth    Travagliato (BS), Italy
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Sweeper
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1977-1997 AC Milan 532 (16)   
National team
1982-1994 Italy 081 0(1)
Teams managed
2002-2006
2006-		 AC Milan Primavera
AC Milan Berretti

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Franco Baresi (born May 8, 1960 in Travagliato, province of Brescia) is an Italian youth team coach and former football defender with A.C. Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was colloquially called "piscinin", Milanese dialect for "little one". He is the younger brother of Inter Milan legend Giuseppe Baresi.

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[edit] Club career

Baresi led the AC Milan team and its defence for the best part of a decade; a period during which Milan's defence was considered by many observers to be one of the best back fours in the history of football, consisting of Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti. He is also one of the few players who spent his entire career at one club, AC Milan, for whom he played 532 games, scoring 16 goals.

He retired from playing in 1997 aged 37. With Milan, Baresi won six scudetti (Serie A league titles) and three European Cups. He mentored defensive partner Paolo Maldini in his later years, whose career has followed a similar path. His #6 jersey was retired by the club, a rarity for Italian football. After a short spell as Director of Football at Fulham, Baresi returned to Milan as a youth team coach in 2002.

[edit] International career

Baresi played in two World Cups for Italy. Baresi was part of the 1982 World Cup squad in Spain aged 22 as substitute of another great defender, Gaetano Scirea, but didn't play. His international debut came later that year in a match against Romania. He also missed the 1986 tournament and made his World Cup debut in 1990 when Italy were the hosts. The Azzurri lost to Argentina in the semi-finals, but went on to beat England in the third place play off.

In the 1994 World Cup he was one step closer to lifting the trophy, losing to Brazil in the final. Despite missing four matches after being injured in Italy's group match against Norway, he underwent emergency surgery and returned to captain the team in the final. He missed the first penalty in the shootout after the 0-0 full-time and extra-time score.

He was also a member of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

[edit] Honours

On March 4, 2004, at a gala ceremony in London, to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football revealed the FIFA 100. The list contains choice of the "greatest living footballers", Baresi was one of many from the legendary Milan teams of the 1990's to be included.

[edit] Coaching career

In 2002, Baresi was appointed head coach of AC Milan's Primavera Under-20 squad. In 2006, he was moved by the club to coach the Berretti Under-19 squad, with his former fellow Filippo Galli replacing him at the helm of the Primavera squad.

[edit] Trivia

In September 1997 a young A.C. Milan fan from Ancona finally came out of a coma thanks to a taped message from former captain Franco Baresi and A.C. Milan President Silvio Berlusconi. Baresi then presented one of his famous number six shirts to the fan.[citation needed]

[edit] Honors

Club

[edit] Honours

[edit] Individual honours

  • 1989
  • 1990
    • Top Scorer Italian Cup : (4 goals) Total (14 goals) Italian Cup.
    • Italian League The Best Player of the Year.
    • Best Silver Player World of the Year IFFHS : 1989
  • 1999
    • Player of AC Milan of the Century Club.
  • 2004

[edit] Statistics


Club Performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Total
1977-78 Milan Serie A 1 0
1978-79 30 0
1979-80 28 0
1980-81 Serie B 31 0
1981-82 Serie A 18 2
1982-83 Serie B 30 4
1983-84 Serie A 21 3
1984-85 26 0
1985-86 20 0
1986-87 28 2
1987-88 27 1
1988-89 33 2
1989-90 30 1
1990-91 31 0
1991-92 33 0
1992-93 29 0
1993-94 31 0
1994-95 28 0
1995-96 30 1
1996-97 26 0
Total Italy 531 16
Career Total 531 16

[edit] See also

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Italy squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title)
1 Zoff • 2 Baresi • 3 Bergomi • 4 Cabrini • 5 Collovati • 6 Gentile • 7 Scirea • 8 Vierchowod • 9 Antognoni • 10 Dossena • 11 Marini • 12 Bordon • 13 Oriali • 14 Tardelli • 15 Causio • 16 Conti • 17 Massaro • 18 Altobelli • 19 Graziani • 20 Rossi • 21 Selvaggi • 22 Galli • Coach: Bearzot
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Italy squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Third Place
1 Zenga • 2 Baresi • 3 Bergomi • 4 De Agostini • 5 Ferrara • 6 Ferri • 7 Maldini • 8 Vierchowod • 9 Ancelotti • 10 Berti • 11 De Napoli • 12 Tacconi • 13 Giannini • 14 Marocchi • 15 Baggio • 16 Carnevale • 17 Donadoni • 18 Mancini • 19 Schillaci • 20 Serena • 21 Vialli • 22 Pagliuca • Coach: Vicini
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Italy squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Pagliuca • 2 Apolloni • 3 Benarrivo • 4 Costacurta • 5 Maldini • 6 Baresi • 7 Minotti • 8 Mussi • 9 Tassotti • 10 R. Baggio • 11 Albertini • 12 Marchegiani • 13 D. Baggio • 14 Berti • 15 Conte • 16 Donadoni • 17 Evani • 18 Casiraghi • 19 Massaro • 20 Signori • 21 Zola • 22 Bucci • Coach: Sacchi
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Persondata
NAME Baresi, Franceschino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baresi, Franco
SHORT DESCRIPTION Italian footballer
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1960 (1960-05-08) (age 48)
PLACE OF BIRTH Travagliato (BS), Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH