SOCCER PLAYER

Paolo Maldini

1968 - Today

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Paolo Cesare Maldini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo malˈdiːni]; born 26 June 1968) is an Italian football executive and former professional footballer who played as a left-back or as a centre-back for AC Milan and the Italy national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time. As the Milan and Italy captain for many years, he was nicknamed "Il Capitano". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo Maldini has received more than 9,333,886 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Paolo Maldini is the 39th most popular soccer player (up from 44th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Italy (up from 614th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Soccer Player.

Paolo Maldini is most famous for his long career as a professional footballer with AC Milan and the Italian national team. He played as a left-back and spent all 25 seasons of his career at Milan, making 902 appearances and scoring 26 goals. He won 26 trophies with Milan, including five Serie A titles, five Supercoppa Italiana, five European Cup/Champions League titles, one UEFA Super Cup, two Intercontinental Cups, and one FIFA Club World Cup.

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  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Paolo Maldini ranks 39 out of 21,273. Before him are Didi, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Vavá, Roberto Baggio, Ronaldinho, and Ruud Gullit. After him are Sándor Kocsis, Antonín Panenka, Jürgen Klinsmann, Gunnar Nordahl, Djalma Santos, and Josef Masopust.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Paolo Maldini ranks 4. Before him are Will Smith, Celine Dion, and Lisa Marie Presley. After him are Felipe VI of Spain, Daniel Craig, Didier Deschamps, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Hugh Jackman, Davor Šuker, Marine Le Pen, and Timothy McVeigh.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Maldini ranks 499 out of 5,161. Before him are Grazia Deledda (1871), Franco Nero (1941), Theocritus (-315), Queen Paola of Belgium (1937), Francesco I Sforza (1401), and Berengar I of Italy (850). After him are Jacopo Peri (1561), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pope Leo II (611), Pontormo (1494), Elena Ferrante (1943), and Pope Valentine (780).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Paolo Maldini ranks 4. Before him are Giuseppe Meazza (1910), Cesare Maldini (1932), and Roberto Baggio (1967). After him are 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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