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This is a chain and those of you who do not love football ,kindly ignore. The idea is to fill up Facebook with footballers. I will assign a letter of the alphabet to everyone who likes this post and they have to post the name of their favorite footballer having an initial with that alphabet. I was assigned P by Jishnu Viswanath Paolo Cesare Maldini (born 26 June 1968) is a former Italian footballer who played as a left or central defender, being adept with either foot although naturally right-footed. He spent all 24 seasons of his career at Serie A club AC Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club. During that period, he won the UEFA Champions League five times, as well as seven Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa Italiana, five European Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups. He played for 14 years for the Italian national team, making his debut in 1988 before retiring in 2002 with 126 caps and four World Cup participation. Maldini was also the Milan and Italy captain for many years and was considered a leader amongst leaders by fellow footballers, leading to the nickname Il Capitano (the Captain). Paolo Maldini has participated in eight UEFA Champions League finals during the course of his career, and has lifted the trophy five times, the latest coming in Milans 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 Champions League final, a match that Milan lost on penalties to Liverpool after blowing a 3–0 half-time 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.Maldinis sliding tackles, athleticism and energetic forward runs as a left-back were legendary. Paolo Maldini has been described as an icon and gentleman of the game and is considered as one of the greatest defenders ever.He was a symbol of his club and the Italian national football team for sometime. He was also known for his great consistency throughout his career and retired at the age of 41.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:31:01 +0000

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