Biography
Italian Paolo Maldini for his career managed to play more than a thousand official matches and achieved the unlawful status of the best defender of world football. The athlete throughout the professional biography keeps loyalty to one club. Maldini performed for "Milan" from juniors, having walked for "Rossoneri" for more than 30 years, and remains there now as part of the coaching staff.Childhood and youth
Paolo Maldini justifies the folk wisdom "where born, and came in handy there." He was born in 1968 in Milan, the glorious football traditions, and it turned out that the Italian was able to strengthen and increase the Italian. The guy was lucky enough to continue the sports dynasty: his father Cesare played for the club "Milan," where he was captain, achieving the team of championship results.
The man was waiting for his son with impatience, and at first girls were born. Paolo did not just please the Father by the appearance, but also justified his wildest hopes. Following him, two more sons were born, and the boy was grew in the atmosphere of a cohesive family. He was enthusiastically engaged in football, which became a passion from ornamental years, no wonder in the youth team of Milan, Maldini fell at the 10th age. Since then, the player has not rented a red-black striped T-shirt to the end of a professional career.
Personal life
With the future wife of Adrian Fossia, Paolo met in his youth on a disco. The beauty model is interested in a football player, although he was incomprehensive, and the girl at that time was also a guy. However, this did not prevent a rapid rapprochement, which led to the fact that a year later, young people began to live together, and in the 1994th married.The couple raised two children: Firstborn Christian was born in 1996, when his father defended the colors of the Italian flag at the European Championships. Daniel appeared 5 years later. Both went on parental footsteps and continued the glorious Maldini Dynastin in Milan. The eldest son got the honor to play under the legendary number 3, which was forever fastened for Paolo, and no one in the club since the end of his career could not play under him.
Football
For the first time in the adult "Milan" Paolo came out on the field at the age of 16, and a year later he became a full-fledged player of the foundation. Accidentally or not, but with the advent of Maldini, the Golden Era began in the history of the club. A football player with an increase in 187 cm and weighing 85 kg turned out to be indispensable in defense, playing on the position of the left, and then the central defender. Paolo became the captain of the team and gathered all the imaginable titles with her, becoming the champion of the country and the winner of the Cups.
Maldini Champions League with Milan won 5 times, spending more than 100 matches for his career in a prestigious tournament, which was able to read the players, including David Beckham, Luis Figu and Oliver Kan.
In 1994, the World Soccer magazine recognized the defender with the best football player of the world, and a year later, he almost became a player of the year FIFA, giving the title of a colleague in George Vea club. Since then, the titles and awards of the Italian just aggravated, and Paolo hardly mention his own regalia, because it consists of all the "best of the best" lists, which are in modern football. For the national team of Italy, Maldini performed 14 years old, scoring in 126 matches 7 goals, but never leading the country to the coveted championship status.
Paolo Maldini now
From August 2018, Paolo consists in the corporate and organizational structure of Milan. Initially, the man was invited to the position of the director for the development of the strategic sports direction. From 2019, Maldini became a technical director.The Italian has enough time to other things, in addition to football. He owns a video game store and part of the Milan Hollywood disco-bar, where he once met his wife, produces men's shirts under their own brand and works on sports channels. News from the personal life of a live legend fans will learn from "Instagram", where he regularly places fresh photos.
Achievements
As part of Milan
- 1987/1988, 1991/1992, 1992/1993, 1993/1994, 1995/1996, 1998/1999, 2003/2004 - Champion ITALY
- 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004 - Winner of the Super Cup of Italy
- 1988/1989, 1989/1990, 1993/1994, 2002/2003, 2006/2007 - Winner of the Champions League
- 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007 - Winner Super Cup of UEFA
- 1989, 1990 - the owner of the intercontinental cup
- 2002/2003 - ITALY Cup winner
- 2007 - Winner of the World Club Championship
In the composition of Italy
- 1988 - Bronze medalist of the European Championship
- 1990 - Bronze Word Championship winner
- 1994 - Silver winner of the World Cup
- 2000 - Silver Championship winner of the European Championship