| Paolo Cesare Maldini was born 26 June 1968 in Milan. | | | | 20, 1985 against Udinese. Maldini is Italy's most capped |
| He is an ex-Italian soccer player. He is acknowledged | | | | player. One of the great defenders of all time, he was |
| as one of the greatest defenders of all time. | | | | debatably the best defender of his time at the peak of |
| He expended the entire 25 seasons of his career at | | | | his career, and remains renowned for powerful |
| A.C. Milan, until the age of 40. As long as that period, | | | | captaincy, ice-cool character and sound defending. |
| he won seven Italian Serie A championships, five | | | | Maldini was the first defender to win the World |
| UEFA Champions League Cups, one Coppa Italia, five | | | | Soccer's World Player of the Year Award which |
| Supercoppa Italiana, five UEFA Super Cups, two | | | | positions him in the same class of Michel Platini, Paolo |
| Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. | | | | Rossi and Zico. |
| Maldini's Serie A first appearance came on January | | | | |