List of A.C. Milan players

Paolo Maldini is Milan's all-time record appearance-maker.

Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian professional football club based in Milan. The club was founded in December 1899 as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club, and played their first competitive match on 15 April 1900, when they entered the semi-final of the 1900 Italian Football Championship. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 900 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom almost 150 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute 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 to 2009. Gunnar Nordahl is the club's top goalscorer with 221 goals in 268 appearances. Four other players have made more than 500 appearances: Franco Baresi (719), Alessandro Costacurta (663), Gianni Rivera (658) and Mauro Tassotti (583). Nordahl is the only player to have scored more than 200 goals for Milan, while nine other players have scored more than 100.

List of players

Swedish forward Gunnar Nordahl is Milan's all-time top goalscorer.

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including domestic league (Serie A, Serie B, Divisione Nazionale, Prima Divisione, Prima Categoria), domestic cup (Coppa Italia, Supercoppa Italiana, Torneo Estivo del 1986) UEFA competition (European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup, Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup), pre-UEFA European competition (Latin Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Mitropa Cup, Coppa dell'Amicizia, Coppa delle Alpi) and FIFA Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded
• Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.

Statistics correct as of match played 29 April 2015

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• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• Milan career – The year of the player's first appearance for Milan to the year of his last appearance.

Franco Baresi, club captain from 1982 to 1997, has made the second-highest number of appearances for Milan.

Gianni Rivera was the first player to make more than 500 appearances for the club, reaching 658 when he retired.

Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf is Milan's record appearance-maker among foreign players.

Christian Abbiati has made more appearances for Milan than any other goalkeeper.

Andriy Shevchenko is Milan's second-highest all-time goalscorer.

List of A.C. Milan players with at least 100 appearances

Name	Nationality	Position	Milan career	Appearances	Goals	Ref
Scarioni, AlessandroAlessandro Scarioni	Italy	4 !HB	1909–1915, 1916–1921	118	2	[1]
Lovati, CesareCesare Lovati	Italy	4 !HB	1911–1915, 1916–1922	101	6	[2]
Soldera, FrancescoFrancesco Soldera	Italy	4 !HB	1914–1924	108	9	[3]
Bronzini, PietroPietro Bronzini	Italy	4 !HB	1919–1926	139	5	[4]
Santagostino, GiuseppeGiuseppe Santagostino	Italy	6 !FW	1921–1932	236	106	[5]
De Franceschini, AlfredoAlfredo De Franceschini	Italy	4 !HB	1922–1929	104	0	[6]
Schienoni, AlessandroAlessandro Schienoni	Italy	2 !FB	1924–1933	211	0	[7]
Perversi, LuigiLuigi Perversi	Italy	2 !FB	1925–1926 1927–1940	341	0	[8]
Pomi, FrancescoFrancesco Pomi	Italy	2 !FB	1926–1933	224	1	[9]
Marchi, GiuseppeGiuseppe Marchi	Italy	4 !HB	1926–1933	134	2	[10]
Torriani, GiuseppeGiuseppe Torriani	Italy	6 !FW	1927–1935	206	34	[11]
Compiani, DarioDario Compiani	Italy	1 !GK	1927–1935	220	0	[12]
Arcari, PietroPietro Arcari	Italy	6 !FW	1930–1936	186	70	[13]
Bonizzoni, GiuseppeGiuseppe Bonizzoni	Italy	2 !FB	1931–1940	266	2	[14]
Moretti, GiovanniGiovanni Moretti	Italy	6 !FW	1931–1939	223	68	[15]
Bortoletti, AntonioAntonio Bortoletti	Italy	4 !HB	1933–1940	225	1	[16]
Rigotti, CarloCarlo Rigotti	Italy	4 !HB	1933–1937	124	0	[17]
Zorzan, MarioMario Zorzan	Italy	1 !GK	1935–1941	176	0	[18]
Boffi, AldoAldo Boffi	Italy	6 !FW	1936–1943	187	131	[19]
Antonini, GiuseppeGiuseppe Antonini	Italy	4 !HB	1937–1944, 1945–1949	275	23	[20]
Boniforti, EnricoEnrico Boniforti	Italy	2 !FB	1939–1943	109	5	[21]
Toppan, GianniGianni Toppan	Italy	4 !HB	1940–1948	150	1	[22]
Rossetti, GiovanniGiovanni Rossetti	Italy	1 !GK	1941–1951	146	0	[23]
Bonomi, AndreaAndrea Bonomi	Italy	4 !HB	1942–1952	233	3	[24]
Tognon, OmeroOmero Tognon	Italy	4 !HB	1945–1956	342	2	[25]
Puricelli, EttoreEttore Puricelli	Italy	6 !FW	1945–1949	116	57	[26]
Annovazzi, CarloCarlo Annovazzi	Italy	4 !HB	1945–1953	287	55	[27]
Carapellese, RiccardoRiccardo Carapellese	Italy	6 !FW	1946–1949	106	52	[28]
Foglia, MarioMario Foglia	Italy	2 !FB	1946–1951	127	0	[29]
Burini, RenzoRenzo Burini	Italy	6 !FW	1948–1953	194	88	[30]
Nordahl, GunnarGunnar Nordahl	Sweden	6 !FW	1949–1956	268	221	[31]
Gren, GunnarGunnar Gren	Sweden	4 !HB	1949–1953	137	38	[32]
Liedholm, NilsNils Liedholm	Sweden	4 !HB	1949–1961	394	89	[33]
Buffon, LorenzoLorenzo Buffon	Italy	1 !GK	1950–1959	300	0	[34]
Silvestri, ArturoArturo Silvestri	Italy	2 !FB	1950–1955	163	7	[35]
Frignani, AmletoAmleto Frignani	Italy	6 !FW	1951–1956	142	29	[36]
Zagatti, FrancescoFrancesco Zagatti	Italy	2 !FB	1952–1962	252	2	[37]
Beraldo, ErosEros Beraldo	Italy	4 !HB	1952–1959	133	4	[38]
Fontana, AlfioAlfio Fontana	Italy	2 !FB	1953–1955, 1956–1960	170	7	[39]
Bergamaschi, MarioMario Bergamaschi	Italy	4 !HB	1953–1958	151	4	[40]
Maldini, CesareCesare Maldini	Italy	2 !FB	1954–1966	412	3	[41]
Schiaffino, Juan AlbertoJuan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay /  Italy	4 !HB	1954–1960	171	60	[42]
Galli, CarloCarlo Galli	Italy	6 !FW	1956–1961	128	57	[43]
Trapattoni, GiovanniGiovanni Trapattoni	Italy	5 !MF	1958–1971	351	6	[44]
Trebbi, MarioMario Trebbi	Italy	2 !FB	1958–1966	167	1	[45]
Altafini, JoséJosé Altafini	Brazil /  Italy	6 !FW	1958–1965	246	161	[46]
Ghezzi, GiorgioGiorgio Ghezzi	Italy	1 !GK	1959–1965	144	0	[47]
Pelagalli, AmbrogioAmbrogio Pelagalli	Italy	4 !HB	1960, 1961–1966	154	1	[48]
David, MarioMario David	Italy	2 !FB	1960–1965	140	8	[49]
Rivera, GianniGianni Rivera	Italy	5 !MF	1960–1979	658	164	[50]
Lodetti, GiovanniGiovanni Lodetti	Italy	5 !MF	1962–1970	288	26	[51]
Mora, BrunoBruno Mora	Italy	6 !FW	1962–1969	148	33	[52]
Barluzzi, DarioDario Barluzzi	Italy	1 !GK	1962–1967	102	0	[53]
Fortunato, GiulianoGiuliano Fortunato	Italy	6 !FW	1962–1967	104	22	[54]
Amarildo, Amarildo	Brazil	6 !FW	1963–1967	131	38	[55]
Santin, NelloNello Santin	Italy	3 !DF	1963–1969	104	0	[56]
Schnellinger, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Schnellinger	West Germany	3 !DF	1965–1974	334	3	[57]
Sormani, AngeloAngelo Sormani	Italy	6 !FW	1965–1970	180	65	[58]
Rosato, RobertoRoberto Rosato	Italy	3 !DF	1966–1973	269	8	[59]
Prati, PierinoPierino Prati	Italy	6 !FW	1966, 1967–1973	209	102	[60]
Anquilletti, AngeloAngelo Anquilletti	Italy	3 !DF	1966–1977	418	2	[61]
Cudicini, FabioFabio Cudicini	Italy	1 !GK	1967–1972	183	0	[62]
Benetti, RomeoRomeo Benetti	Italy	5 !MF	1970–1976	251	49	[63]
Biasiolo, GiorgioGiorgio Biasiolo	Italy	5 !MF	1970–1977	215	17	[64]
Zignoli, GiulioGiulio Zignoli	Italy	3 !DF	1970–1974, 1975–1976	110	1	[65]
Bigon, AlbertoAlberto Bigon	Italy	5 !MF	1971–1980	329	90	[66]
Sabadini, GiuseppeGiuseppe Sabadini	Italy	3 !DF	1971–1978	244	17	[67]
Maldera, AldoAldo Maldera	Italy	3 !DF	1972, 1973–1982	310	39	[68]
Chiarugi, LucianoLuciano Chiarugi	Italy	6 !FW	1972–1976	155	60	[69]
Turone, MaurizioMaurizio Turone	Italy	3 !DF	1972–1978	191	2	[70]
De Vecchi, WalterWalter De Vecchi	Italy	5 !MF	1974, 1978–1981	112	11	[71]
Albertosi, EnricoEnrico Albertosi	Italy	1 !GK	1974–1980	233	0	[72]
Bet, AldoAldo Bet	Italy	3 !DF	1974–1981	204	2	[73]
Calloni, EgidioEgidio Calloni	Italy	6 !FW	1974–1978	143	54	[74]
Collovati, FulvioFulvio Collovati	Italy	3 !DF	1976–1982	198	8	[75]
Morini, GiorgioGiorgio Morini	Italy	7 !U	1976–1980	107	7	[76]
Buriani, RubenRuben Buriani	Italy	5 !MF	1977–1982	180	14	[77]
Antonelli, RobertoRoberto Antonelli	Italy	6 !FW	1977–1982	143	32	[78]
Baresi, FrancoFranco Baresi	Italy	3 !DF	1978–1997	719	33	[79]
Novellino, WalterWalter Novellino	Italy	5 !MF	1978–1982	151	14	[80]
Romano, FrancescoFrancesco Romano	Italy	5 !MF	1979–1983	108	4	[81]
Battistini, SergioSergio Battistini	Italy	5 !MF	1979–1985	201	37	[82]
Piotti, OttorinoOttorino Piotti	Italy	1 !GK	1980–1984	132	0	[83]
Tassotti, MauroMauro Tassotti	Italy	3 !DF	1980–1997	583	10	[84]
Icardi, AndreaAndrea Icardi	Italy	5 !MF	1981–1986	162	6	[85]
Evani, AlberigoAlberigo Evani	Italy	5 !MF	1981–1993	393	19	[86]
Verza, VinicioVinicio Verza	Italy	5 !MF	1982–1985	106	17	[87]
Galli, FilippoFilippo Galli	Italy	3 !DF	1983–1996	325	4	[88]
Di Bartolomei, AgostinoAgostino Di Bartolomei	Italy	5 !MF	1984–1987	122	14	[89]
Virdis, Pietro PaoloPietro Paolo Virdis	Italy	6 !FW	1984–1989	186	76	[90]
Wilkins, RayRay Wilkins	England	5 !MF	1984–1987	105	3	[91]
Maldini, PaoloPaolo Maldini	Italy	3 !DF	1985–2009	902	33	[92]
Costacurta, AlessandroAlessandro Costacurta	Italy	3 !DF	1986, 1987–2007	663	3	[93]
Donadoni, RobertoRoberto Donadoni	Italy	5 !MF	1986–1996, 1997–1999	390	23	[94]
Galli, GiovanniGiovanni Galli	Italy	1 !GK	1986–1990	147	0	[95]
Massaro, DanieleDaniele Massaro	Italy	6 !FW	1986–1988, 1989–1995	306	70	[96]
Ancelotti, CarloCarlo Ancelotti	Italy	5 !MF	1987–1992	160	11	[97]
Colombo, AngeloAngelo Colombo	Italy	5 !MF	1987–1990	115	7	[98]
Gullit, RuudRuud Gullit	Netherlands	5 !MF	1987–1993, 1994	171	56	[99]
van Basten, MarcoMarco van Basten	Netherlands	6 !FW	1987–1993	201	124	[100]
Rijkaard, FrankFrank Rijkaard	Netherlands	5 !MF	1988–1993	201	26	[101]
Albertini, DemetrioDemetrio Albertini	Italy	5 !MF	1989–1990, 1991–2002	406	28	[102]
Simone, MarcoMarco Simone	Italy	6 !FW	1989–1997, 2001–2002	260	75	[103]
Rossi, SebastianoSebastiano Rossi	Italy	1 !GK	1990–2002	330	0	[104]
Eranio, StefanoStefano Eranio	Italy	5 !MF	1992–1997	140	12	[105]
Savićević, DejanDejan Savićević	Yugoslavia	5 !MF	1992–1998	144	34	[106]
Boban, ZvonimirZvonimir Boban	Yugoslavia /  Croatia	5 !MF	1992–2001	251	30	[107]
Panucci, ChristianChristian Panucci	Italy	3 !DF	1993–1997	134	12	[108]
Desailly, MarcelMarcel Desailly	France	5 !MF	1993–1998	186	7	[109]
Weah, GeorgeGeorge Weah	Liberia	6 !FW	1995–1999	147	58	[110]
Ambrosini, MassimoMassimo Ambrosini	Italy	5 !MF	1995–1997, 1998–2013	489	36	[111]
Leonardo, Leonardo	Brazil	6 !FW	1997–2001, 2002–2003	124	30	[112]
Bierhoff, OliverOliver Bierhoff	Germany	6 !FW	1998–2001	119	44	[113]
Helveg, ThomasThomas Helveg	Denmark	3 !DF	1998–2003	147	2	[114]
Abbiati, ChristianChristian Abbiati	Italy	1 !GK	1999–2005, 2008–	372	0	[115]
Shevchenko, AndriyAndriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	6 !FW	1999–2006, 2008–2009	322	175	[116]
Serginho, Serginho	Brazil	3 !DF	1999–2008	281	24	[117]
Gattuso, GennaroGennaro Gattuso	Italy	5 !MF	1999–2012	468	11	[118]
Dida, Dida	Brazil	1 !GK	2000–2001, 2002–2010	302	0	[119]
Kaladze, KakhaKakha Kaladze	Georgia	3 !DF	2001–2009	284	13	[120]
Brocchi, CristianCristian Brocchi	Italy	5 !MF	2001–2005, 2006–2008	161	6	[121]
Inzaghi, FilippoFilippo Inzaghi	Italy	6 !FW	2001–2012	300	126	[122]
Rui Costa, Rui Costa	Portugal	5 !MF	2001–2006	192	11	[123]
Pirlo, AndreaAndrea Pirlo	Italy	5 !MF	2001–2011	401	41	[124]
Simic, DarioDario Šimić	Croatia	3 !DF	2002–2008	129	1	[125]
Tomasson, Jon DahlJon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	6 !FW	2002–2005	115	36	[126]
Nesta, AlessandroAlessandro Nesta	Italy	3 !DF	2002–2012	326	10	[127]
Seedorf, ClarenceClarence Seedorf	Netherlands	5 !MF	2002–2012	432	62	[128]
Cafu, Cafu	Brazil	3 !DF	2003–2008	166	4	[129]
Kaká, Kaká	Brazil	5 !MF	2003–2009, 2013–2014	307	104	[130]
Abate, IgnazioIgnazio Abate	Italy	3 !DF	2003–2004, 2009–	199	1	[131]
Gilardino, AlbertoAlberto Gilardino	Italy	6 !FW	2005–2008	132	44	[132]
Jankulovski, MarekMarek Jankulovski	Czech Republic	3 !DF	2005–2011	158	5	[133]
Bonera, DanieleDaniele Bonera	Italy	3 !DF	2006–	199	0	[134]
Pato, AlexandreAlexandre Pato	Brazil	6 !FW	2008–2012	150	63	[135]
Flamini, MathieuMathieu Flamini	France	5 !MF	2008–2013	122	8	[136]
Zambrotta, GianlucaGianluca Zambrotta	Italy	3 !DF	2008–2012	107	2	[137]
Antonini, LucaLuca Antonini	Italy	3 !DF	2008–2013	111	1	[138]
Thiago Silva, Thiago Silva	Brazil	3 !DF	2009–2012	119	6	[139]
Boateng, Kevin-PrinceKevin-Prince Boateng	Ghana	5 !MF	2010–2013	100	17	[140]
Robinho, Robinho	Brazil	6 !FW	2010–2014	144	32	[141]
Emanuelson, UrbyUrby Emanuelson	Netherlands	5 !MF	2011–2013, 2013–2014	106	5	[142]
Mexès, PhilippePhilippe Mexès	France	3 !DF	2011–	103	6	[143]

Club captains

Since 1899, 40 players have held the position of club captain for Milan.^[144] The first club captain was David Allison, who filled the role for the inaugural season.^[144] The longest-serving club captain is Franco Baresi, who captained the club from 1982 to 1997.^[144] Baresi also has the distinction of having won the most trophies as club captain, with 18; he won five Serie A tiles, five Italian Super Cups, three European Cup/Champions League titles, three European Super Cups and two Intercontinental Cups. The current club captain is Riccardo Montolivo, who took over after Massimo Ambrosini left Milan in 2013.

List of A.C. Milan club captains

Dates[144]	Name	Nationality	Notes
1899–1900	Allison, DavidDavid Allison	England	First club captain and one of the charter members of the club[145]
1900–1908	Kilpin, HerbertHerbert Kilpin	England	Founding father of the club; also served as player-manager from 1899 to 1906[146]
1908–1909	Radice, GerolamoGerolamo Radice	Italy	First club captain from Italy
1909–1910	Moda, GuidoGuido Moda	Italy
1910–1911	Tobias, MaxMax Tobias	Belgium
1911–1913	Rizzi, GiuseppeGiuseppe Rizzi	Italy
1913–1915	Van Hege, LouisLouis Van Hege	Belgium
1915–1916	Sala, MarcoMarco Sala	Italy
1916–1919	Cevenini, AldoAldo Cevenini	Italy
1919–1921	Scarioni, AlessandroAlessandro Scarioni	Italy
1921–1922	Lovati, CesareCesare Lovati	Italy
1922–1924	Soldera, FrancescoFrancesco Soldera	Italy
1924–1926	Bronzini, PietroPietro Bronzini	Italy
1926–1927	Barzan, GianangeloGianangelo Barzan	Italy
1927–1929	Sgarbi, AbdonAbdon Sgarbi	Italy
1929–1930	Schienoni, AlessandroAlessandro Schienoni	Italy
1930–1933	Magnozzi, MarioMario Magnozzi	Italy
1933–1934	Rigotti, CarloCarlo Rigotti	Italy
1934–1936	Bonizzoni, GiuseppeGiuseppe Bonizzoni	Italy
1936–1938	Perversi, LuigiLuigi Perversi	Italy
1938–1939	Bonizzoni, GiuseppeGiuseppe Bonizzoni (2)	Italy
1939–1940	Bortoletti, AntonioAntonio Bortoletti	Italy
1940–1941	Arcari, BrunoBruno Arcari	Italy
1941–1942	Meazza, GiuseppeGiuseppe Meazza	Italy
1942–1944	Antonini, GiuseppeGiuseppe Antonini	Italy
1944–1945	Todeschini, PaoloPaolo Todeschini	Italy
1945–1948	Antonini, GiuseppeGiuseppe Antonini (2)	Italy
1948	Puricelli, EttoreEttore Puricelli	Italy
1948–1952	Bonomi, AndreaAndrea Bonomi	Italy
1952–1953	Annovazzi, CarloCarlo Annovazzi	Italy
1953–1954	Tognon, OmeroOmero Tognon	Italy
1954–1956	Nordahl, GunnarGunnar Nordahl	Sweden
1956–1961	Liedholm, NilsNils Liedholm	Sweden
1961	Zagatti, FrancescoFrancesco Zagatti	Italy
1961–1966	Maldini, CesareCesare Maldini	Italy
1966–1975	Rivera, GianniGianni Rivera	Italy
1975–1976	Benetti, RomeoRomeo Benetti	Italy
1976–1979	Rivera, GianniGianni Rivera (2)	Italy
1979–1980	Bigon, AlbertoAlberto Bigon	Italy
1980–1981	Maldera, AldoAldo Maldera	Italy
1981–1982	Collovati, FulvioFulvio Collovati	Italy
1982–1997	Baresi, FrancoFranco Baresi	Italy	Won more trophies than any other Milan captain
1997–2009	Maldini, PaoloPaolo Maldini	Italy
2009–2013	Ambrosini, MassimoMassimo Ambrosini	Italy
2013–	Montolivo, RiccardoRiccardo Montolivo	Italy

Notes

References

General

• "Totali presenze" [Appearance totals] (PDF). magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 April 2014. 
• "Totali gol" [Goal totals] (PDF). magliarossonera.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 April 2014. 

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