Talk:Paolo Maldini

Birth
I think it should show his birth date. --User:Michael Simpson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.166.128.57 (talk) 20:21, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Caps
He doesn't have 582 caps. He may have played 582 games, or even league games, for Milan, but he most certainly has not played 582 times for Italy.

I don't know whether 582 refers to league games or total appearances and therefore didn't edit, but could someone please amend this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.202.62 (talk) 18:58, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

#3
"When he retire from playing professional football no other player will wear the Number 3. Only if one of his sons will play professional football in future at AC Milan he will get this Number." - Any source for this? Tpth 00:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * This should probably be re-worded to clarify that no other player will wear number 3 for Milan - currently it could be interpreted as saying that no other player ever again anywhere in the world will be allowed to wear 3!!! ChrisTheDude 11:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

At the moment this is only believed to be the case that the number 3 jersey is being held for his son. It is just the case that it will not be issued in future. NOR 18:16, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Why do his career statistics only include league appearances? He's appeared for Milan more times than that, European competitions and domestic cup are also important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.154.84.2 (talk) 11:48, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

It's a policy for all players in Wikipedia that only league games are shown. Additional games can be added in the article itself (outside infobox). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.218.230 (talk) 19:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Speech
Is the entirety of that speech near the end really required? Articles on movie stars who have Oscars don't reproduce their full acceptance speeches.... ChrisTheDude 11:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Trivia
Noel Gallagher made that statement about Del Piero. Not Maldini. Can someone please remove it. In fact, Noel Gallagher is a personal friend of Del Piero and the Juventus forward invited him to the 2006 World Cup and believes he was a lucky mascot and asked the Oasis guitarist to wear the same clothes to all of Italy's matches in belief it was a lucky charm for the squad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.141.83.158 (talk) 20:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

8 Champion's League final appearances
Presumably the 8 appearances in the final are a record? If so, shouldn't the article state this? --Legis (talk - contributions) 12:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Trivia section
I've removed this because none of it is sourced (apart from the one about his #3 shirt, which is already mentioned in the article) and most of isn't suitable for the article. I'm copying it here so that relevant parts can be put back into the article where appropriate.

Dave101 →talk  09:50, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * On February 20th, 2007, he played his 100th Champions League game.
 * The letters of his last name can be rearranged to form the words Di Milan ("of Milan"). Maldini is a Milan native.
 * Maldini has two sons, Christian and Daniel, with his Venezuelan wife Adriana Fossa. Christian has signed for Milan's youth team at the age of 9 and is set to continue the Maldini dynasty at the club.
 * In the past, Paolo has featured in advertisements for companies such as Police Sunglasses and Nike. He has also signed a contract in July 2006 with European fashion retailer Hennes and Mauritz (H&M) to model their Autumn/Fall 2006 collection.
 * Maldini has had AC Milan designate the number 3 for Christian, who was born in 1996. Christian has already been signed to Milan's youth club, but If he never suits up for AC Milan, the number 3 shirt will be retired.
 * He co-owns a clothing line (Sweet Years) with former Milan teammate Christian Vieri, which is very popular in Italy at the moment.

POV issues
Maldini is a superb defender, but there's no need for statements like He is well known for his influential captaincy, ice-cool temperament, well-timed attacking runs, outstanding headers, his outstanding ability to play with both feet and flawless defending. Oldelpaso 11:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

World Player of the Year Quote
Surely this could be trimmed down to just the bare essentials:

''"It's a great honour for me to know that so many people consider me so highly. It's a particular matter of pride because defenders generally receive so much less attention from fans and the media than goalscorers. We are more in the engine room rather than taking the glory.

''"I must admit that, for me, 1994 was the peak of my career so far. For any player to win the Champions Cup or to play in the World Cup Final would be enormous single matter of pride...but I was fortunate enough to be able to experience both those pinnacles of the game within a matter of weeks. Of course, whatever success I may have achieved is not merely down to my own credit. There are other people and influences on my career it would be only fair to acknowledge. Everyone always asks me about my father, Cesare, who captained Milan to their first Champions Cup victory in 1963 and is now our national under-21 coach. But I don't really remember him as a player. I played under his instructions in Milan youth teams when I was a boy but really I learned more from him about being a man, about a correct attitude to the game, than from a technical point of view.

"Then, there has been my captain and colleague Franco Baresi. In my opinion he has received far too little recognition for his influence within the club and within Italian and international football. He is the man of few words but 'talks' instead through his deeds out on the pitch. He really deserves to receive the sort of award I have received from World Soccer. But...thank you again!"

There is also no source provided. Sir-Nobby 20:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

don't understand
the second sentence in article The son of Cesare Maldini, he has spent his entire career with Milan, and is the most-selected player in both the history of the club and Serie A. what does most-selected mean? most-selected for what? most selected to pick up the tip when the team goes out for supper together?

--216.110.236.243 (talk) 04:00, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

"Selected" means, effectively, that he played in a match. The reason why one would distinguish between number of appearances for their team (i.e. AC Milan) and in a particular league (i.e. Serie A) would be because many players play for multiple teams. The terminology could certainly be changed (i.e. "number of appearances"), but the term "selected" and the phrase "most-selected" are very common usage amongst fans of the game (of soccer/football). --Kamilewicz (talk) 18:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

International Career
I know there's a request for expansion here, but I'm not inclined to think that much expansion is necessary. The fact of the matter is that Maldini's career for his club (A.C. Milan) greatly overshadows his international career. The current section of the article contains all of the relevant information already - simply put, there isn't much else to describe. --Kamilewicz (talk) 18:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

appearances in domestic league for Milan
Is there any reference for the 849 games he played for Milan in the Serie A? I mean, this is his 24th season, which would make (including this season) an avg. of over 35 games per season, I don't think this is realistic. --Udgard (talk) 10:25, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Pic
The new picture of Maldini doesn't look pretty distinctive... the old one showed him very clearly. - Up and over for a six! (talk) 23:12, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. But I don't know what happened to it. It appears to have been deleted but I haven't followed up.
 * Aaron carass (talk) 23:52, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Personal Life
In 2003, he lifted the European Cup/Champions League as club captain exactly 40 years after his father Cesare accomplished the same feat (only Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo and his father have accomplished this as well

Carles Busquets (91-92) and Sergi Busquets (08-09) have achieved it too. And may be someone should add link to their page

James Gomez - 5:54pm June 10, 2009


 * Do you understand the word CLUB CAPTAIN, Sergi Busquets was never a Captain. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 04:22, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

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Height
ok, an ip provided a link https://www.dfb.de/datencenter/personen/paolo-maldini/spieler to support the fact 1.87m. However, AC Milan official website use 1.86m. Is that really necessary to make a change for a ±1 cm difference? Matthew hk (talk) 16:38, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

The archived version of 2006–07 profile by La Gazzetta dello Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20070116153138/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/maldini_pao.shtml was 1.87m. So? Matthew hk (talk) 16:44, 19 February 2019 (UTC)