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.

 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
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|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
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|2006/07||18||1||0||0||9||0||27||1
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|2007/08||17||1||0||0||4||0||21||1
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|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
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!Total||126||7
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 International goals 
 Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1.20 January 1993Florence, Italy2–02–0Friendly2.24 March 1993Palermo, Italy6–16–11994 FIFA World Cup Qualifying3.11 November 1995Bari, Italy3–13–1Euro 1996 Qualifying4.29 March 1997Trieste, Italy1–03–01998 FIFA World Cup Qualifying5.30 April 1997Napoli, Italy2–03–06.22 April 1998Parma, Italy1–03–1Friendly7.5 June 1999Bologna, Italy3–04–0Euro 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

 References 

Other websites



 Paolo Maldini  at AIC 
 Paolo Maldini at LegaSerieA.it.  .
 Paolo Maldini – Hall of Fame profile at acmilan.com 
 Paolo Maldini at FIGC 
 Paolo Maldini at Italia1910.com 

Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:Association football defenders
Category:Association football full-backs
Category:Footballers from Milan