FRANCO BARESI

Date Of Birth : 8 May 1960
Position : Sweeper
Nation : Italy
Height : 176 cm
Major Club : AC Milan
Caps : 81Games
World Cup Participation : 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 (10 Games)
Club Honours : 6 Times Italian Series A
3 Times European Cup (1989, 1990, 1994)
1993 European Cup Runner-Up
2 Times Intercontinental Cup (1989, 1990)
1982 Mitropa Cup
International Honours : 1994 FIFA World Cup Runner-Up
1990 FIFA World Cup Third Place
Individual Achievement : 1989 Silver Medal European Footballer Of The Year
1990 Guerin Italian Series A Footballer Of The Year
AC Milan Player Of Century
Italian Sportman Of Century
1990 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team

“Piscinin” Franco Baresi is acknowledged as the greatest defender ever to play the game. He perfectly played as sweeper and being the most important role for AC Milan’s famous defensive line which kept record without conceding a goal in consecutive more than 900 minutes. Baresi was honoured to retire number 6 for AC Milan. Even his lower-average tall of his, He still always managed with aerial ball well. Baresi was a footballer leader with excellent technique, vision and courage on the pitch. Baresi was voted as 5th and 6th Ballon D’or in 1990 and 1993, respectively, 6th and 9th FIFA World player of the year in 1991 and 1994, respectively. In spite of his world-class performance, He was just a start of Italy national team because departure of Gaetano Scirea. His undesirable remembering is mistaking in penalty shootout in world cup 1994 final match leading Italy lost Brazil finally. Baresi was voted in top twenty in Europe’s player of century by IFFHS’s poll and in the greatest player of century in World Soccer’s poll.