File:Franco_Baresi_2012.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
OverviewAI-generated
Franco Baresi, born Franchino Baresi on May 8, 1960, in Travagliato, Italy, is an Italian association football player and coach. He competed as a defender and sweeper for AC Milan and the Italy men's national association football team. His international appearances included the 1982, 1990, and 1994 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Baresi’s professional career spanned from 1977 to 1997. During this period, he played 6 matches for the national team and scored zero total goals. He also served as a coach for AC Milan. He speaks Italian and has a sibling named Giuseppe Baresi.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film & TV
Travagliato, Brescia, Italy
Franchino Baresi OMRI (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…
Known for
- Apotheosis: The Night We Became Heroes2024
- Romário, o Cara — Self2024
- 11 Metri2011
- Tifosi — Self1999
- VM-krönika 1994 — Self (archive footage)1994
- Soccer Shoot-Out — Self1991
via TMDB
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Italy
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Franco
- Family name
- Baresi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Travagliato
- Sibling
- Giuseppe Baresi
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 1982 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Italy national under-21 football team
- Position played
- sweeper
- Country for sport
- Italy
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Franco Baresi 2012.jpg
- Height
- 176
Show 11 more facts
- date of birth
- 1960-05-08
- Commons category
- Franco Baresi
- relative
- Regina Baresi
- coach of sports team
- AC Milan
- end of work period
- 1997-00-00
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 4
- total goals in career
- 0
- birth name
- Franchino Baresi
- name in native language
- Franco Baresi
- advertises
- Gatorade
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~17 min read
Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, he was ranked 19th in World Soccer magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. With Milan, he won three European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, six Serie A trophies, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two European Super Cups and two Intercontinental Cups, as well as a World Cup with Italy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franco Baresi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.