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Paolo Maldini mmojawapo ya mabeki hodari katika historia ya soka anastaafu mwisho mwa msimu huu.Amechezea mechi zaidi ya 900 kwa muda wa miaka 24.Pamoja na mafanikio yake yote lakini hakupata bahati ya kubeba kombe la dunia au kubeba tuzo ya mchezaji bora wa Ulaya au ya Dunia
AC MILAN wamesema wataipumzisha jezi yake aliyokuwa anaivaa namba 3
AC MILAN wamesema wataipumzisha jezi yake aliyokuwa anaivaa namba 3
Hii rekodi sijui kama kuna mchezaji ataifikia ngoja tusubiri labda Ryan Giggs,Allesandro DelPiero,Javier Zanetti,John Terry,Steven Gerrard,Xavi ,Raul kama wataikaribiaMaldini made his league debut on January 20, 1985, at the age of sixteen, against Udinese as a halftime substitution .It would be his only league appearance of the campaign, but he was in the starting eleven the following season.
The 198788 Scudetto marked Maldini's first major trophy, and the first of seven league titles, with the club He was also part of Milan's undefeated "Dream Team" from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.
In addition to winning his third Champions League and reaching the 1994 FIFA World Cup final, Maldini became the first defender ever to win World Soccer magazine's annual World Player of the Year Award. During his acceptance speech, Maldini called his milestone "a particular matter of pride because defenders generally receive so much less attention from fans and the media than goalscorers. We are more in the engine room rather than taking the glory."[ He then singled out Milan captain Franco Baresi as a player who "really [deserved] to receive the sort of award I have received."
Maldini played his 600th Serie A match on May 13, 2007, in a 11 draw at Catania.[ On September 25, 2005, Maldini broke Dino Zoff's Serie A appearance record after playing his 571st league match against Treviso;[ seven days earlier, he had played his 800th game in all competitions for Milan. On February 16, 2008, Maldini reached 1,000 senior games with Milan and Italy when he entered as a substitute against Parma.
Maldini has participated in eight UEFA Champions League finals during the course of his career, which is more than any other active player, and equals the record held by Francisco Gento, though Gento also appeared in a Cup Winners Cup final, bringing his total European finals to nine. Maldini has lifted the trophy five times, the latest coming in Milan's 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the 2007 Champions League final on 23 May 2007 in Athens. In an interview with ESPN that aired prior to the broadcast of the 2007 final, he labeled the 2005 final, which Milan lost on penalties to Liverpool in extra time after blowing a 30 lead, the worst moment of his career, even though he had scored the fastest-ever goal in a European Clubs' Cup final just 51 seconds into the match, in the process also becoming the oldest player ever to score in a final.
Maldini announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2007-08 season, saying that he would do so with "no regrets."[ He signed an extension on June 6 that will keep him at Milan for the 200809 season. On 18 April 2009 Maldini announced that he will be finally retiring at the end of the 200809 season. On 17 May Maldini played his 900th match for Milan against Udinese. It was announced that Maldini's last match for Milan will be against AS Roma in San Siro Stadium.
Milan plans to retire his number 3 shirt, but it will be bequeathed to one of his sons if one makes the club's senior side. His eldest son, Christian, currently plays for the Milan youth squad.
International career
In 1986, Maldini was called up by his father, Cesare, to the Italian U-21 side, where he earned twelve caps and scored five goals in two years. He made his Azzurri debut at the age of nineteen on March 31, 1988, in a 1-1 friendly draw against Yugoslavia, and made one appearance for Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Maldini featured in all four of Italy's games at Euro 1988, and participated in his first World Cup in 1990, where Italy lost to Argentina in the semifinals on penalties.
Maldini's first international goal came in his 44th career match, in a 2-0 friendly win over Mexico on January 20, 1993. He captained Italy at the start of the 1994 World Cup, losing to Brazil in the final on penalties. He was named in the Team of the Tournament, 32 years after his father received the same honor at the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Euro 1996 would see Italy eliminated in the group stage, and the quarterfinals of the 1998 World Cup. Italy did reach the final of Euro 2000, but lost to France by a whisker; it would be closest that Maldini would come to winning a major tournament.
After Italy were eliminated in the 2002 World Cup round of sixteen, Maldini retired trophyless from international competition as Italy's most capped player. He scored seven international goals, all coming in home games. He spent over half of his sixteen years as an international as team captain, wearing the armband a record seventy-four times.
Honours
- Serie A (7)
- Coppa Italia (1)
- Supercoppa Italiana (5)
- Winner: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004
- Runner-up: 1996, 1999, 2003
- UEFA Champions League (5)
- UEFA Super Cup (5)
- Intercontinental Cup (2)
- FIFA Club World Cup (1)
- Winner: 2007
National team
- FIFA World Cup 1990: 3rd Place
- FIFA World Cup 1994: Runner-up
- UEFA Euro 1988: 3rd Place
- UEFA Euro 2000: Runner-up
Individual
- Under-21 European Footballer of the Year: 1989
- FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament: 1994
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996, 2000
- UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2003
- Serie A Defender of the Year: 2004
- FIFA 100
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2003, 2005
- FIFPro World XI: 2005
- UEFA Champions League Best Defender: 2007
- Italy captain: 1994-2002
- Italy all-time caps: 126
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