Rating Top Ten Legendary Football players of AC Milan – Part 1
The Italian grounds have given rise to a myriad number of magnificent soccer players, who have mesmerised the football fanatics for long. It is primarily because of these legends that their clubs have become to be known as one of the finest in the entire macrocosm.
Italian Associazione Calcio Milan is considered to be amongst the most successful clubs in the football arena. It has bred several brilliant footballers, but some of them have earned the right to be called as ‘legends.’ This article enlists ten of the most spectacular and prolific players ever to step on the San Siro grounds.
10. Cesare Maldini
Cesare Maldini, born February 5, 1932 is currently a football manager and a former football player from Trieste, Italy. He has served many clubs during his professional career as a footballer, including Triestina, Milan and Torino. However, the majority of his career was spent with AC Milan. Deployed as a centre-back, Maldini also played for Italy at an international level in the World Cup tournaments of 1962 and 1966.
The 79-year-old started his senior career with Triestina in 1952. The former defender made thirty-two appearances for the side in only one year. In 1954, Maldini moved on to play for Milan, making an impressive total of three hundred and forty-seven appearances for the Serie A club. He scored three goals during his stint of eight years with the side. In 1966, he signed a professional contract with Torino club that lasted for one year only.
The Italian-born has had the honour of lifting the 1963 European Cup with AC Milan as the team captain. Indeed, it was Cesare who began the Maldini dynasty in AC Milan, with a talented son and a grandson playing as defenders for the club.
9. Kaká
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, or simply known as Kaká, is a professional football player from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858. The 28-year-old footballer is currently giving his valuable services to the Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid, as well as the Brazilian national team. The dazzling player is deployed as an attacking mid-fielder on the field.
Kaka started his professional football career with the youth academy of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/U-17-Youth-team-c40787 for six solid years, he became a part of the club’s senior team in 2001. His scintillating performances on the field soon caught the attention of A.C. Milan, and in 2003 he was signed by the Italian side for a transfer fee worth €8.5 million.
The Brazilian megastar has won several accolades at the Serie A club. The major ones include Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2007. He has made 193 appearances for Milan, with a score of 70 goals. In 2009, however, Real Madrid offered AC Milan a transfer bid of €68.5 million for Kaká and eventually he moved to Real Madrid . He will always be remembered as a legend at the Milan's side.
Article continued in Part 2 of Rating Top Ten Legendary Football players of AC Milan
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