Cesare Maldini

Italian football manager and player, who spent most of his playing career with Italian club A.C. Milan, also later coaching the side. At club level, Maldini won 4 Serie A league titles and 1 European Cup with Milan.

Internationally, he played for the Italian national team, earning 14 caps and participating in the 1962 World Cup. As a coach, he had a successful career in charge of the Italian Under-21 side, winning the European Under-21 Championship a record three consecutive times between 1992 and 1996.

Maldini took charge of the senior team in 1996 and successfully qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Maldini briefly returned to coach the Milan first team in March 2001, serving as an interim manager for the club.

In January 2002, Maldini became coach of Paraguay's national team. After the 2002 World Cup, Maldini returned to A.C. Milan as a talent scout for the Rossoneri. He also later worked as a sports analyst for the beIN SPORTS channel, and for Al Jazeera in 2012, with Alessandro Altobelli.

Maldini died on 3 April 2016 in Milan, Italy, aged 84.