Search results
Franco Baresi is the younger brother of Internazionale legendary defender Giuseppe Baresi. As youngsters, both players had tryouts for Inter, but Franco was rejected, and purchased by local rivals Milan.
Jul 1, 1997 · Franco Baresi former footballer from Italy Sweeper last club: AC Milan * May 8, 1960 in Travagliato, Italy
Apr 5, 2020 · Not only was Franco Baresi one of the toughest defenders to play against, he was also one of the best defenders of his time. The former AC Milan captain spent his entire 20-year career with the Rossoneri , leaving his mark for both club and country.
Jul 24, 2019 · Few defenders in the modern era of football have been more intelligent, widely-respected or consistent as AC Milan and Italy legend Franco Baresi
Raised in the parish youth club of Travagliato, in the Brescia plains, Franco Baresi joined AC Milan’s first team as a very young boy during the 1977/78 season. A year later, at the age of eighteen, he won his first league title, putting the star on the jersey for 10 league wins.
Jul 1, 1997 · Centre-Back. Name in home country: Franchino Baresi Date of birth/Age: May 8, 1960 (63) Place of birth: Travagliato Height: 1,76 m Citizenship: Italy Position: Defender - Sweeper Foot: right Current club: Retired Joined: Jul 1, 1997 Contract expires: -. Further information.
Jul 26, 2017 · In Milan's great back four, Baresi was the leader and, as libero, its central asset. The team managed by Arrigo Sacchi that won the European Cup in 1989 and defended it 1990 arguably had, in ...
Apr 20, 2016 · He was, is, and always will be Milan’s greatest: Il Capitano. Baresi was a player who made mutual exclusivities inclusive: Powerful but elegant, ball-playing but a hard tackler, a great defender...
Biography. One of the greatest defenders of all time, Franco Baresi was either a sweeper or central defender with A. C. Milan, with whom he spent his entire career. He made 710 appearances and scored 31 goals for Milan in 20 years with the club, and was club captain for 15 of those years.
With the possible exception of Franz Beckenbauer, it is hard to think of a central defender who comes close to Franco Baresi in terms of intelligence, elegance, positioning, anticipation and...
