- Born
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- Birth nameFranchino Baresi
- Nicknames
- Piscinin
- Kaiser Franz
- Height5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
- Franchino Baresi 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 one of the greatest defenders of all-time and was ranked 19th in World Soccer magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. With Milan, he won three UEFA Champions League titles, six Serie A titles, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two European Super Cups and two Intercontinental Cups.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- RelativesBaresi, Giuseppe(Sibling)Angelo(Sibling)Lucia(Sibling)Emanuela(Sibling)
- Was the outstanding football (soccer) central defender of the Italian national team in two World Cups (1990 and 1994). In World Cup 1994, he missed his side's first penalty in the shootout after the 0-0 final.
- Played his entire career for AC Milan.
- When they were young, Franco and his older brother Giuseppe trialed at Inter Milan, but Franco was rejected for being short and frail. Franco was signed by local rivals Milan. As the younger player, Franco was initially known as "Baresi 2".
- The two brothers and two sisters of Franco Baresi: Giuseppe and Angelo (brothers) and Lucia and Emanuela (sisters).
- Younger brother of Giuseppe Baresi.
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