Cesare Maldini
Maldini in 1969
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cesare Maldini | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Trieste, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 3 April 2016 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1950–1952 | Triestina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1954 | Triestina | 32 | (0) |
| 1954–1966 | Milan | 347 | (3) |
| 1966–1967 | Torino | 33 | (0) |
| Total | 412 | (3) | |
| National team | |||
| 1960–1963 | Italy | 14 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1970–1972 | Milan (assistant manager) | ||
| 1972–1974 | Milan | ||
| 1974–1976 | Foggia | ||
| 1976–1977 | Ternana | ||
| 1978–1980 | Parma | ||
| 1980–1986 | Italy (assistant manager) | ||
| 1986–1996 | Italy U21 | ||
| 1996–1998 | Italy | ||
| 2001 | Milan | ||
| 2001–2002 | Paraguay | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Cesare Maldini (5 February 1932 – 3 April 2016) was an Italian professional football manager and player, who played as a defender.
Father to Paolo Maldini, Cesare began his career with Italian side Triestina, before transferring to Milan in 1954, with whom he won four Serie A league titles and one European Cup during his twelve seasons with the club. He retired in 1967, after a season with Torino. Internationally, he played for the Italian national team, earning 14 caps and participating in the 1962 World Cup. He served as team captain for both Milan and Italy.
As a manager, he also coached his former club Milan on two occasions, as well as Italian sides Foggia, Ternana and Parma. He had a successful career in charge of the Italy under-21 side, winning the European Under-21 Championship a record three consecutive times; he later also coached the Italy senior team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and the Paraguay national football team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
The son of Albino Maldini, a sailor, and Maria, Cesare Maldini was born in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Cesare Maldini's mother may have been an ethnic Slovenian but reference to this is not very reliable. His father's roots were from Padova, however, as a great lineage of Maldini's originated from there. Cesare Maldini never referenced any origins other than his Italian ones. He married Maria Luisa (Marisa; née Mazzucchelli, 1939–2016) in 1962; together they had six children: three sons and three daughters. One of his sons, Paolo, also had a successful football career as a defender with Milan, and also once held the record for the most caps for the Italian national team (now third behind Gianluigi Buffon and Fabio Cannavaro). The younger Maldini captained Milan to the UEFA Champions League title in 2003 and 2007, and won the trophy five times in total. Maldini's grandsons Christian and Daniel play football in the Milan youth teams.
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