Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini (born 26 June 1968) is a former Italian football player. He had played for Milan and Italy national team. Maldini is considered by many to be one of the greatest defenders of all time and, by some, to be the greatest ever. He is the second-highest appearance maker in the history of Serie A.

Paolo Maldini

Personal information
Full name	Paolo Cesare Maldini
Date of birth	(1968-06-26) 26 June 1968
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender (retired)
Youth career
1978-1984	Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984-2009	Milan
National team
1988-2002	Italy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career statistics

Club statistics			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
1984/85	Milan	Serie A	1	0	0	0	-		1	0
1985/86			27	0	6	0	6	0	39	0
1986/87			30	1	7	0	-		37	1
1987/88			26	2	1	0	2	0	29	2
1988/89			26	0	7	0	7	0	40	0
1989/90			30	1	6	0	8	0	44	1
1990/91			26	4	3	0	4	0	33	4
1991/92			31	3	7	1	-		38	4
1992/93			31	2	8	0	10	1	49	3
1993/94			30	1	2	0	10	1	42	2
1994/95			29	2	1	0	11	0	41	2
1995/96			30	3	3	0	8	0	41	3
1996/97			26	1	3	0	6	0	35	1
1997/98			30	0	7	0	-		37	0
1998/99			31	1	2	0	-		33	1
1999/00			27	1	4	0	6	0	37	1
2000/01			31	1	4	0	14	0	49	1
2001/02			15	0	0	0	4	0	19	0
2002/03			29	2	1	0	19	0	49	2
2003/04			30	0	0	0	9	0	39	0
2004/05			33	0	0	0	13	1	46	1
2005/06			14	2	0	0	9	0	23	2
2006/07			18	1	0	0	9	0	27	1
2007/08			17	1	0	0	4	0	21	1
2008/09			30	0	0	0	2	0	32	0
Country	Italy		648	29	72	1	161	3	881	33
Total			648	29	72	1	166	3	886	33

International career statistics

Italy national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	10	0
1989	7	0
1990	11	0
1991	8	0
1992	7	0
1993	5	2
1994	12	0
1995	7	1
1996	7	0
1997	11	2
1998	11	1
1999	7	1
2000	11	0
2001	7	0
2002	5	0
Total	126	7

International goals

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 January 1993	Florence, Italy	Mexico	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	24 March 1993	Palermo, Italy	Malta	6–1	6–1	1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
3.	11 November 1995	Bari, Italy	Ukraine	3–1	3–1	Euro 1996 Qualifying
4.	29 March 1997	Trieste, Italy	Moldova	1–0	3–0	1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
5.	30 April 1997	Napoli, Italy	Poland	2–0	3–0
6.	22 April 1998	Parma, Italy	Paraguay	1–0	3–1	Friendly
7.	5 June 1999	Bologna, Italy	Wales	3–0	4–0	Euro 2000 Qualifying

Honours

Club[edit]

Milan

Winner (26)

• Serie A (7): 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
• Coppa Italia (1): 2002–03
• European Cup/Champions League (5): 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2006–07
• UEFA Super Cup (5): 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007
• Intercontinental Cup (2): 1989, 1990
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2007
• Supercoppa Italiana (5): 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004

Runner-up (15)

• Intercontinental Cup (3): 1993, 1994, 2003
• UEFA Champions League (3): 1992–93, 1994–95, 2004–05
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 1993
• Serie A (3): 1989–90, 1990–91, 2004–05
• Coppa Italia (2): 1989–90, 1997–98
• Supercoppa Italiana (3): 1996, 1999, 2003

International

Italy

• FIFA World Cup: Runners-up 1994, Third-place 1990
• UEFA European Football Championship: Runners-up 2000, Semi-finalists 1988
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runners-up 1986

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988, 1996, 2000
• Bravo Award: 1989
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990, 1994
• Ballon d'Or: Winner 1994, 2003
• World Soccer Player of the Year: 1994
• ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2002–03
• FIFA World Player of the Year: Silver Award 1995
• Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea": 2002
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
• FIFA XI: 2002
• UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2003
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2003, 2005
• UEFA President's Award: 2003
• Serie A Defender of the Year: 2004
• FIFA 100
• UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #10
• FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2005
• UEFA Club Defender of the Year: 2007
• Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti: 2008
• FIFA Order of Merit: 2008
• UEFA Champions League Achievement Award: 2009
• Marca Leyenda: 2009
• Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2012
• World Soccer Greatest XI of all time: 2013
• One Club Man Award: 2016
• UEFA Euro All-time XI
• A.C. Milan Hall of Fame

Records

• Most appearances in all competitions (A.C. Milan): 902
• Most league appearances (only Serie A regular-seasons): 647
• Most league appearances for A.C. Milan (only Serie A regular-seasons): 647
• Most UEFA club competitions appearances: 174
• Most UEFA club competitions appearances for A.C. Milan: 174
• Most European competitions appearances: 168
• Most European competitions appearances for A.C. Milan: 168
• Most UEFA Champions League appearances for A.C. Milan: 139
• Most finals played in UEFA Champions League – 8 (tied with Francisco Gento)
• Youngest first-team player (A.C. Milan): 16 years and 208 days (against Udinese, 20 January 1985)
• Longest-serving player (A.C. Milan): 24 years and 132 days (from 20 January 1985 to 31 May 2009)
• Most FIFA World Cup appearances for Italy: 23
• Record of minutes played in the World Cups: 2216
• Fastest goal scored in UEFA Champions League/European Cup final history: 50 seconds, 2005
• Oldest player to score a goal in UEFA Champions League/European Cup final history: aged 36 years and 333 days, playing for A.C. Milan against Liverpool, 2005

Orders

4th Class / Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2000

5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 1991