AC Milan great Maldini dies

Football
By Game Yetu | Apr 03, 2016
Paolo, Maldini tackles the ball from Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Former AC Milan defender and Italy coach Cesare Maldini has passed away at the age of 84.

The father of another Milan great, Paolo, Maldini died in “the night between Saturday and Sunday, his family announced.

Maldini spent most of his playing career with Serie A giants Milan between 1954 and 1966, winning four Scudetto’s and the club’s first European Cup in 1963.

He also earned 14 caps for Italy, and featured at the World Cup in 1962.

After retiring as a Torino player in 1967, Maldini returned to Milan as coach in 1972, guiding the club to victory in the European Cup Winners’ Cup and Coppa Italia.

 Maldini guided Italy to the 1998 World Cup campaign in France.

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