Cesare Maldini

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Cesare Maldini
Personal information
Date of birth	February 5, 1932 (1932-02-05) (age 76)
Place of birth	Trieste, Venezia Giulia, Italy
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1952-1953 1954-1966 1966-1967	Triestina A.C. Milan Torino
National team
1962-1968	Italy	25 (1)
Teams managed
1973-1974 1974-1976 1976-1977 1978-1980 1986-1996 1996-1998 2001 2001-2002	Milan Foggia Ternana Parma Italy U21 Italy Milan Paraguay
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Cesare Maldini (born February 5, 1932) is an Italian football coach and former player. Maldini's playing position was at centre half. His son, Paolo Maldini, is also an accomplished professional footballer. The younger Maldini captained A.C. Milan to the European Cup title in 2003, 40 years after his father had achieved the same feat.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Honours 2.1 Club 3 Career 3.1 Player 3.2 Club Manager 3.3 International Manager 4 References

[edit] Biography

Maldini was born in Trieste, Venezia Giulia.

He lifted the European Cup with A.C. Milan in 1963 as team captain. He served as an assistant coach on the 1982 FIFA World Cup-winning Italian side.

He coached the Italian Under-21 side for ten years, winning the European Under-21 Football Championship on the tournament record of three occasions.

He was then called up to lead the senior national team, and helped the team qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, captained by his son Paolo. Italy advanced to the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by hosts France on penalties after a scoreless draw. Maldini resigned after the tournament due to media criticism of his ultra-defensive tactics.

Maldini became coach of Paraguay's national team in January 2002. His appointment caused some controversy as domestic managers were overlooked (prompting the managers union to try to unsuccessfully expel him for immigration breeches), and because he spoke little Spanish. Maldini nonetheless had the support of star goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert and several other senior players.[1] He led the team to qualify for the 2002 World Cup hosted by South Korea and Japan, becoming the oldest coach in the tournament at the age of 70. (His son Paolo captained Italy in the same tournament.) Despite missing Chilavert for the first two games due to suspension, Paraguay advanced to the knockout round. They were eliminated by eventual finalists Germany by an 89th minute goal.

The experienced coach returned to A.C. Milan as a scout for young talent for the Rossoneri.

He is currently a sports analyst for Al-Jazeera sports channel, with Alessandro Altobelli. ^[1]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

• Serie A: 4
  • 1954–55, AC Milan
  • 1956–57, AC Milan
  • 1958–59, AC Milan
  • 1961–62, AC Milan

• UEFA Champions League: 1
  • UEFA Champions League 1962-63, AC Milan

[edit] Career

[edit] Player

• 1952-1953 Triestina
• 1954-1966 A.C. Milan
• 1966-1967 Torino

[edit] Club Manager

• 1974-1976 Foggia
• 1976-1977 Ternana
• 1978-1980 Parma
• 2001-2001Milan

[edit] International Manager

• 1986-1996 Italy U21
• 1996-1998 Italy
• 2001-2002 Paraguay

Preceded by Arrigo Sacchi

Italy managers 1996 - 1998

Succeeded by Dino Zoff

v • d • e Italy squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Buffon • 2 Losi • 3 Radice • 4 Salvadore • 5 Maldini • 6 Trapattoni • 7 Mora • 8 Maschio • 9 Altafini • 10 Sivori • 11 Menichelli • 12 Mattrel • 13 Albertosi • 14 Rivera • 15 Sormani • 16 Robotti • 17 Pascutti • 18 David • 19 Janich • 20 Tumburus • 21 Ferrini • 22 Bulgarelli • Coach: Mazza & Ferrari

v • d • e Italy squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Toldo • 2 Bergomi • 3 P. Maldini • 4 Cannavaro • 5 Costacurta • 6 Nesta • 7 Pessotto • 8 Torricelli • 9 Albertini • 10 Del Piero • 11 D. Baggio • 12 Pagliuca • 13 Cois • 14 Di Biagio • 15 Di Livio • 16 Di Matteo • 17 Moriero • 18 R. Baggio • 19 Inzaghi • 20 Chiesa • 21 Vieri • 22 Buffon • Coach: C. Maldini

v • d • e Paraguay squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Chilavert • 2 Arce • 3 Sarabia • 4 Gamarra • 5 Ayala • 6 Struway • 7 Báez • 8 Alvarenga • 9 Santa Cruz • 10 Acuña • 11 Campos • 12 Villar • 13 Paredes • 14 Gavilán • 15 Bonet • 16 Morínigo • 17 Franco • 18 Cáceres • 19 Sanabria • 20 Cardozo • 21 Caniza • 22 Tavarelli • 23 Cuevas • Coach: Maldini

v • d • e Italy national football team – Managers Technical commission (1910–12) • Pozzo (1912) • Technical commission (1912–24) • Pozzo (1924) • Technical commission (1924–25) • Rangone (1925–28) • Carcano (1928–29) • Pozzo (1929–48) • Novo (as Technical Commission Chairman) (1949–50) • Technical commission (1951) • Beretta (1952–53) • Technical commission (1953) • Czeizler (as Technical Commission Chairman) (1954) • Technical commission (1954–59) • Viani (1960) • Ferrari (1960–61) • Ferrari and Mazza (1962) • Fabbri (1962–66) • Herrera and Valcareggi (1966–67) • Valcareggi (1967–74) • Bernardini (1974–75) • Bearzot (1975–1986) • Vicini (1986–91) • Sacchi (1991–96) • Maldini (1996–98) • Zoff (1998–2000) • Trapattoni (2000–04) • Lippi (2004–06) • Donadoni (2006–)

v • d • e A.C. Milan – Managers Kilpin (1900–06) • Angeloni (1906–07) • Technical commission (1907–10) • Camperio (1910–11) • Technical commission (1911–14) • Moda (1915–22) • Oppenheim (1922–24) • Pozzo (1924–26) • Moda (1926) • Burgess (1926–28) • König (1928–31) • Bánás (1931–33) • Viola (1933–34) • Baloncieri (1934–37) • Garbutt (1937) • Felsner (1937–38) • Viola (1938–40) • Ara (1940–41) • Magnozzi (1941–43) • Santagostino (1943–45) • Baloncieri (1946) • Bigogno (1946–49) • Czeizler (1949–52) • Gren (1952) • Sperone (1952–53) • Guttmann (1953–54) • Busini (1954) • Puricelli (1954–56) • Viani (1957–60) • Todeschini (1960–61) • Rocco (1961–63) • Carniglia (1963–64) • Liedholm (1963–66) • Cattozzo (1966) • Silvestri (1966–67) • Rocco (1966–72) • Maldini (1973–74) • Trapattoni (1974) • Giagnoni (1974–75) • Rocco (1975) • Barison (1975–76) • Trapattoni (1976) • Marchioro (1976–77) • Rocco (1977) • Liedholm (1977–79) • Giacobini (1979–81) • Galbiati (1981) • Radice (1981–82) • Galbiati (1982) • Zagatti (1982) • Castagner (1982–84) • Galbiati (1984) • Liedholm (1984–87) • Capello (1987) • Sacchi (1987–91) • Capello (1991–96) • Tabárez (1996) • Morini (1996–97) • Sacchi (1997) • Capello (1997–98) • Zaccheroni (1998–2001) • Maldini (2001) • Terim (2001) • Ancelotti (2001–)

[edit] References