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Franco Baresi

Franco Baresi is known for Italian footballer. Franco Baresi was born on 8 May 1960.

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Who is Franco Baresi?

Franco Baresi is best known for Italian footballer. Franco Baresi is an Italian public figure. Franco Baresi was born on 8 May 1960, which places Franco Baresi among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1960s. On Dead or Alive, Franco Baresi is listed in the Sports Legends category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Franco Baresi is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: Italian footballer
Nationality: Italian
Born: 8 May 1960
Listed under: Sports Legends

About Franco Baresi

He mainly played as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining the club for 15 seasons. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, he was ranked 19th in World Soccer magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. With Milan, he won three European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, six Serie A trophies, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two European Super Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups. With the Italy national team, he was a member of the squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the first in 44 years. He also played in the 1990 World Cup held on home soil, where he was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team, while leading them to a third place in the tournament. At the 1994 World Cup, he was named Italy's captain and was part of the squad that reached the final, although he would miss a penalty in the resulting shoot-out as Brazil lifted the trophy. Baresi also represented Italy at two UEFA European Championships, in 1980 and 1988, and at the 1984 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals on each occasion.

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Franco Baresi is known for Italian footballer.

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Franco Baresi was born on 8 May 1960.

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Franco Baresi's nationality is Italian.

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