Franco Baresi, the myth of Italian football in the 1980s and 1990s, dies
Central won three European Cups and six Italian Leagues with AC Milan and became world champion in 1982 at the World Cup in Spain.
Former Milan captain Franco Baresi died of a disease,according to a statement from the Italian team, which won three European Cups and six Italian Leagues with AC Milan in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was vice president of honor at AC Milan since 2020, world champion with Italy in 1982 and finalist at the 1994 United States World Cup, where he missed a penalty in the decisive round of the final, but is considered one of the best power stations in history.
Born in Travagliato in May 1960, Franchino 'Franco' Baresi trained in the lower grades of AC Milan and in 1978 ascended to the first team at 17 years and 11 months, becoming the second player with the most matches with theItalian team, with 719 matches, surpassed only by Paolo Maldini (902).
Maldini himself, with Mauro Tassotti and Alessandro Costacurta , formed one of the best defenders on the continent. He was also a 1989 Golden Ball runner-up after his teammate Marco van Basten , retired in 1997.
Inaddition to the Rossonera T-shirt, Baresi wore the Azzurra of the Italian team 81 times. In addition to winning the 1982 World Cup but not playing a minute, he was third in the 1990 World Cup in Italy and finalist in 1994.
A year ago, in August 2025, during a routine examination, he was detected with a pulmonary nodule that was surgically removed but never recovered, and his last public appearance at the San Siro Stadium as the bearer of the Olympic torch at the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Olympics with thehistoric captain of Inter, Giuseppe Bergomi .
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