SOCCER PLAYER

Franco Baresi

1960 - Today

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Franchino Baresi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko baˈreːzi; -eːsi]; born 8 May 1960) is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining the club for 15 seasons. He is considered to be one of the best defenders of all time. He was ranked 19th in World Soccer magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franco Baresi is the 76th most popular soccer player (down from 69th in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from Italy (down from 669th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Franco Baresi is most famous for his role as a defender in the Italian national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Franco Baresi ranks 76 out of 21,273. Before him are Gianni Rivera, Billy Wright, Nílton Santos, Giacinto Facchetti, Arthur Friedenreich, and Fritz Walter. After him are George Weah, Rivaldo, Gianluigi Buffon, José Leandro Andrade, Gabriel Batistuta, and Paul Breitner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Franco Baresi ranks 26. Before him are Hugh Grant, Tilda Swinton, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Colin Firth, and Roland Ratzenberger. After him are Isaac Herzog, Rudi Völler, Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, James Comey, and Ebrahim Raisi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Baresi ranks 764 out of 5,161. Before him are Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510), Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Francesco Guardi (1712), and Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072). After him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Gianni Agnelli (1921), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (1822), Dino Buzzati (1906), and Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Franco Baresi ranks 11. Before him are Paolo Rossi (1956), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Francesco Totti (1976), Silvio Piola (1913), Gianni Rivera (1943), and Giacinto Facchetti (1942). After him are Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Roberto Mancini (1964), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Simone Inzaghi (1976), and Antonio Conte (1969).

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