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And Christian Makes Three
90soccer.com (American soccer magazine)
As if the achievements of living legends Cesare and Paolo Maldini weren’t enough, Paolo’s son, Christian, recently signed school boy forms with AC Milan at just nine years of age.
When one thinks of the greatest names in the European football aristocracy, one name rises above them all, Maldini. Yesterday, it was Cesare Maldini, captain of AC Milan’s first European Cup in 1963 and a legend for his club and country. Today, it is his son, Paolo, 37 years young and playing in his 22nd season of football, all of them for AC Milan. Tomorrow, it will be Paolo’s son, Christian, already in the AC Milan youth system.
While arguably Cesare has made a bigger name for himself as a coach then as a player, Paolo will surely be remembered as one of the classiest professionals to ever grace the game’s stage. Born in Milan in 1968 while his father’s club began to embark on their second successful European Cup campaign, there was never any doubt where Paolo would play his football. Making his Milan first team debut in 1985 at just 16, Maldini has been an integral part of a staggering seven scudettos and four European Cups among countless other triumphs for the rossoneri. On the international stage Maldini made a record 126 appearances for Italy, peaking with an appearance in the 1994 World Cup Final. Following his retirement from the 2002 edition of the tournament, he has resisted the bi-annual pleadings for his return, preferring now to spend his summers with his family. He puts the rest to good use, aside from his own goalkeeper Dida, no other player played more minutes in Serie A in the 2004/05 season than the then 36-year-old Paolo.
90:00 sat down with Maldini to ask him about the generational differences within his family and the club, his own achievements and his hopes and fears for his son as he embarks on his own career in the famous red-and-black of Milan. 90:00 took time out with Paolo to reflect on living up to his father’s name, and his hopes and fears for the third generation of Maldinis to wear the famous red and black stripes of Milan.
90:00: Your father Cesare was a successful player and coach with Milan and Italy. What was it like living up to his considerable achievements?
Maldini: Everyone always asks about my father and at the beginning of my career many claimed that I got my chance because of his name. That was the spur to give my best and prove that if I’m here, it’s just because of my talent and consistency.
90:00: Was he a motivational figure for you as a player?
Maldini: My father was a great player who captained Milan to their first European Cup trophy in 1963, but I don’t really remember him as a player. I played under his instructions in Milan youth teams when I was a boy but I really learned more from him about being a man, about a correct attitude to the game, than from a technical point of view. I prefer to think of him as a father. And as a grandfather, he is just wonderful. I really can’t judge him as a coach. He has won a great challenge in coaching Milan and the National Team, and he’s done so with his own hands.
90:00: You received World Soccer’s “Player of the Year Award” in 1994; do you consider yourself in the same class as previous winners like Platini, Rossi and Zico?
Maldini: The comparisons are flattering but I wouldn’t ever say that. It’s a great honor for me to know that so many people consider me so highly. It’s a particular matter of pride because defenders generally receive so much less attention from the fans and the media than goal scorers. We’re more in the engine room rather than taking the glory. Whatever success I’ve achieved is not merely down to my own credit. There are other people and influences on my career it would only be fair to acknowledge. Franco Baresi was my captain and colleague for many years. In my opinion, he has received far too little recognition for his influence within the club and within Italian and international football. He is the man of few words but “talks” instead through his deeds out on the pitch.
cristianist sai siis ametlikult milani kasvandik
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And Christian Makes Three
90soccer.com (American soccer magazine)
As if the achievements of living legends Cesare and Paolo Maldini weren’t enough, Paolo’s son, Christian, recently signed school boy forms with AC Milan at just nine years of age.
When one thinks of the greatest names in the European football aristocracy, one name rises above them all, Maldini. Yesterday, it was Cesare Maldini, captain of AC Milan’s first European Cup in 1963 and a legend for his club and country. Today, it is his son, Paolo, 37 years young and playing in his 22nd season of football, all of them for AC Milan. Tomorrow, it will be Paolo’s son, Christian, already in the AC Milan youth system.
While arguably Cesare has made a bigger name for himself as a coach then as a player, Paolo will surely be remembered as one of the classiest professionals to ever grace the game’s stage. Born in Milan in 1968 while his father’s club began to embark on their second successful European Cup campaign, there was never any doubt where Paolo would play his football. Making his Milan first team debut in 1985 at just 16, Maldini has been an integral part of a staggering seven scudettos and four European Cups among countless other triumphs for the rossoneri. On the international stage Maldini made a record 126 appearances for Italy, peaking with an appearance in the 1994 World Cup Final. Following his retirement from the 2002 edition of the tournament, he has resisted the bi-annual pleadings for his return, preferring now to spend his summers with his family. He puts the rest to good use, aside from his own goalkeeper Dida, no other player played more minutes in Serie A in the 2004/05 season than the then 36-year-old Paolo.
90:00 sat down with Maldini to ask him about the generational differences within his family and the club, his own achievements and his hopes and fears for his son as he embarks on his own career in the famous red-and-black of Milan. 90:00 took time out with Paolo to reflect on living up to his father’s name, and his hopes and fears for the third generation of Maldinis to wear the famous red and black stripes of Milan.
90:00: Your father Cesare was a successful player and coach with Milan and Italy. What was it like living up to his considerable achievements?
Maldini: Everyone always asks about my father and at the beginning of my career many claimed that I got my chance because of his name. That was the spur to give my best and prove that if I’m here, it’s just because of my talent and consistency.
90:00: Was he a motivational figure for you as a player?
Maldini: My father was a great player who captained Milan to their first European Cup trophy in 1963, but I don’t really remember him as a player. I played under his instructions in Milan youth teams when I was a boy but I really learned more from him about being a man, about a correct attitude to the game, than from a technical point of view. I prefer to think of him as a father. And as a grandfather, he is just wonderful. I really can’t judge him as a coach. He has won a great challenge in coaching Milan and the National Team, and he’s done so with his own hands.
90:00: You received World Soccer’s “Player of the Year Award” in 1994; do you consider yourself in the same class as previous winners like Platini, Rossi and Zico?
Maldini: The comparisons are flattering but I wouldn’t ever say that. It’s a great honor for me to know that so many people consider me so highly. It’s a particular matter of pride because defenders generally receive so much less attention from the fans and the media than goal scorers. We’re more in the engine room rather than taking the glory. Whatever success I’ve achieved is not merely down to my own credit. There are other people and influences on my career it would only be fair to acknowledge. Franco Baresi was my captain and colleague for many years. In my opinion, he has received far too little recognition for his influence within the club and within Italian and international football. He is the man of few words but “talks” instead through his deeds out on the pitch.
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