Paolo Maldini
What is there left to say about the extraordinary career
of the greatest left-back in the history of the game? Having spent his
entire club career in the red and black No.3 shirt of Milan, Paolo
Maldini enjoyed a record-breaking 25 years in the first team. In that
time, he won seven Serie A championships, one Coppa Italia, five
Supercoppa Italianas, five Champions Leagues, five European Super Cups,
two Intercontinental Cups and one Fifa Club World Cup.Undeniably world class until 38 – an age where former Italy coach Marcello Lippi attempted to coax him out of international retirement for the 2006 World Cup - Maldini captained the Rossoneri to Champions League glory one month short of his 39th birthday in 2007. And when he retired at 40 years and 11 months in May 2009 he had just been Milan’s best defender that season.
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