SOCCER PLAYER

Cesare Maldini

1932 - 2016

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Cesare Maldini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzare malˈdiːni, ˈtʃɛː-]; 5 February 1932 – 3 April 2016) was an Italian professional football manager and player who played as a defender. Father to Paolo Maldini and grandfather to Daniel Maldini, Cesare began his career with Italian side Triestina, before transferring to AC Milan in 1954, whom he captained to win four Serie A league titles, one European Cup and one Latin Cup during his twelve seasons with the club. He retired in 1967, after a season with Torino. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cesare Maldini has received more than 1,521,662 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Cesare Maldini is the 26th most popular soccer player (down from 16th in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from Italy (down from 341st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Cesare Maldini was a legendary Italian footballer who played as a defender. He is most famous for being part of the Italian national team that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cesare Maldini ranks 26 out of 21,273. Before him are George Best, Jairzinho, Koji Tanaka, Josef Bican, Lionel Messi, and Rivellino. After him are Carlos Alberto Torres, Sócrates, Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine, Lothar Matthäus, and Mircea Lucescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Cesare Maldini ranks 13. Before him are François Truffaut, Miloš Forman, Johnny Cash, John Williams, Abebe Bikila, and Peter O'Toole. After him are Luc Montagnier, Miriam Makeba, Fernando Botero, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Víctor Jara, and Anouk Aimée. Among people deceased in 2016, Cesare Maldini ranks 18. Before him are Zaha Hadid, Imre Kertész, Dario Fo, Andrzej Wajda, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Islam Karimov. After him are Carlos Alberto Torres, João Havelange, George Michael, Prince, Abbas Kiarostami, and Jerome Bruner.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cesare Maldini ranks 385 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Sixtus III (390), Alberto Moravia (1907), Pope Leo IV (790), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Nero Claudius Drusus (-38), and Cato the Younger (-95). After him are Tiberius Gracchus (-163), Nino Rota (1911), Camillo Golgi (1843), Pope John I (470), Pope Stephen I (200), and Gianni Versace (1946).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Cesare Maldini ranks 2. Before him are Giuseppe Meazza (1910). After him are Roberto Baggio (1967), Paolo Maldini (1968), Paolo Rossi (1956), Roberto Mancini (1964), Luigi Riva (1944), Franco Baresi (1960), Gianni Rivera (1943), Silvio Piola (1913), Francesco Totti (1976), and Gianluigi Buffon (1978).

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