The Captain

In the history of the Italian football a few players can be considered a real standard bearer for their teams but Franco Baresi is surely one of that for A.C. Milan. His debut with the rossoneri was during the season 1977/78; a year later, at the age of eighteen, he won his first League Title, the unforgettable one due to the star. He stays with the A.C. Milan in spite of the problems of the Club, during the earlier 80’s. In the Berlusconi’s era with the arrival of Mr. Arrigo Sacchi, Baresi will become the strongest sweeper in the world, the leader and the captain of the team called “The Invincible”, that doesn’t know opponents, between the end of the 80’s and the early 90’s. Baresi leads an insuperable defence with Paolo Maldini, Billy Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti. He won five other League Titles and most of all three UEFA Champions League and two European/South American Cups. Sweeper with offensive tendencies, Baresi has played 719 official matches with the rossonera jersey. He left the football on October 1997; A.C. Milan took off in his honour the jersey number 6, the one he wore and that saw so many successes.