SOCCER PLAYER

Franco Baresi

1960 - Today

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Franchino Baresi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfraŋko baˈreːzi; -eːsi]; born 8 May 1960) 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 to be one of the best defenders of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Baresi has received more than 2,447,065 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Franco Baresi is the 69th most popular soccer player (up from 96th in 2019), the 669th most popular biography from Italy (up from 906th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Franco Baresi is most famous for his role as a defender in the Italian national team.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Franco Baresi ranks 69 out of 21,273. Before him are Roger Milla, Nílton Santos, Oliver Kahn, Luigi Riva, Gheorghe Hagi, and George Weah. After him are Gianni Rivera, Silvio Piola, Francesco Totti, Gianluigi Buffon, Miguel Muñoz, and Gordon Banks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Franco Baresi ranks 18. Before him are Joachim Löw, Pierluigi Collina, Hassan Nasrallah, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant. After him are Kenneth Branagh, Sean Penn, Julianne Moore, Rudi Völler, Andreas Brehme, and Ebrahim Raisi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Baresi ranks 669 out of 5,161. Before him are Giulio Romano (1499), Theano (-600), Gaius Caesar (-20), Catherine Cornaro (1454), Pope Donus (610), and Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810). After him are Pope Romanus (850), Henry of Germany (1211), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Gianni Rivera (1943), Pietro da Cortona (1596), and Franco Zeffirelli (1923).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Franco Baresi ranks 8. Before him are Cesare Maldini (1932), Roberto Baggio (1967), Paolo Maldini (1968), Paolo Rossi (1956), Roberto Mancini (1964), and Luigi Riva (1944). After him are Gianni Rivera (1943), Silvio Piola (1913), Francesco Totti (1976), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), and Alessandro Del Piero (1974).

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