Franco Baresi (born May 8, 1960 in Travagliato, province of Brescia) is an Italian youth team coach and former football defender with Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was colloquially called "piscinin", Milanese dialect for "little one".
He is also the younger brother of Internazionale assistant manager Giuseppe Baresi. Curiously, Franco could play along him with the nerazzurri; Giuseppe brought h...
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Franco Baresi (born May 8, 1960 in Travagliato, province of Brescia) is an Italian youth team coach and former football defender with Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was colloquially called "piscinin", Milanese dialect for "little one".
He is also the younger brother of Internazionale assistant manager Giuseppe Baresi. Curiously, Franco could play along him with the nerazzurri; Giuseppe brought him to make tests in Inter youth team, but Franco was reproved. He didn't give up to be a footballer and decided to try in the arqui-rival Milan, where he was accepted.
Baresi led the Milan team and its defence for the best part of a decade; a period during which Milan's defence was considered by many observers to be one of the best back fours in the history of football, consisting of Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti. He is also one of the few players who spent his entire career at one club, Milan, for whom he...
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