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.

Club career statistics 

|-
|1984/85||rowspan="25"|Milan||rowspan="25"|Serie A||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|1985/86||27||0||6||0||6||0||39||0
|-
|1986/87||30||1||7||0||colspan="2"|-||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||colspan="2"|-||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||colspan="2"|-||37||0
|-
|1998/99||31||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||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
648||29||72||1||161||3||881||33
648||29||72||1||166||3||886||33
|}

International career statistics 

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|1988||10||0
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|1989||7||0
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|1990||11||0
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|1991||8||0
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|1992||7||0
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|1993||5||2
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|1994||12||0
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|1995||7||1
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|1996||7||0
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|1997||11||2
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|1998||11||1
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|1999||7||1
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|2000||11||0
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|2001||7||0
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|2002||5||0
|-
!Total||126||7
|}

International goals 
 Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.

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: Third-place 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

References 

1968 births
Living people
Association football defenders
Association football full-backs
Italian footballers
Sportspeople from Milan