1932 - 2016
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 and one European 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 1,345,998 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Cesare Maldini is the 16th most popular soccer player (down from 13th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 291st 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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Among soccer players, Cesare Maldini ranks 16 out of 16,880. Before him are Alfredo Di Stéfano, Zinedine Zidane, Giuseppe Meazza, Josef Bican, George Best, and Michel Platini. After him are Cristiano Ronaldo, Zico, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Luis Suárez, Francisco Gento, and Lionel Messi.
1926 - 2014
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 10
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 11
1910 - 1979
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 12
1913 - 2001
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 13
1946 - 2005
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 15
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 16
1985 - Present
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 17
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 18
1895 - 1978
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 19
1935 - 2023
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 20
1933 - 2022
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 21
1987 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1932, Cesare Maldini ranks 12. Before him are Omar Sharif, Andrei Tarkovsky, François Truffaut, Miloš Forman, Johnny Cash, and John Williams. After him are Abebe Bikila, Peter O'Toole, Roh Tae-woo, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Anouk Aimée, and Glenn Gould. Among people deceased in 2016, Cesare Maldini ranks 15. Before him are Debbie Reynolds, Shimon Peres, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Imre Kertész, Zaha Hadid, and Dario Fo. After him are Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Islam Karimov, Andrzej Wajda, George Michael, Abbas Kiarostami, and Carlos Alberto Torres.
1932 - 2015
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 6
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 7
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 8
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 9
1932 - 2003
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 10
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 11
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 12
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 13
1932 - 2013
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 14
1932 - 2021
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 15
1932 - 2001
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 16
1932 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 17
1932 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 18
1932 - 2016
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 9
1923 - 2016
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 10
1927 - 2016
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 11
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 12
1950 - 2016
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 13
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 14
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 15
1922 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 16
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 17
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 18
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 19
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 21
Among people born in Italy, Cesare Maldini ranks 342 out of 4,668. Before him are Roger II of Sicily (1095), Andrea Doria (1466), Canaletto (1697), Dario Fo (1926), Pope Paul II (1417), and Publius Quinctilius Varus (-46). After him are Pope Linus (1), Antipope John XXIII (1370), Longinus (100), Pope Honorius IV (1210), Pope John X (860), and Luigi Boccherini (1743).
1095 - 1154
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 336
1466 - 1560
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 337
1697 - 1768
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 338
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 339
1417 - 1471
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 340
46 BC - 9
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 341
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 342
1 - 79
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 343
1370 - 1419
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 344
100 - 100
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 345
1210 - 1287
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 346
860 - 929
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 347
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 348
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), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), Gianni Rivera (1943), Silvio Piola (1913), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Francesco Totti (1976), Roberto Mancini (1964), and Franco Baresi (1960).
1910 - 1979
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 1
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 3
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 4
1956 - 2020
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 5
1942 - 2006
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 7
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 11
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 12