Baresi was nicknamed " Piscinin ", Milanese for " Little one ".

In 1999, Baresi was voted AC Milan Player of the Century.

Despite this setback, Baresi refused to give up his dream and tried out for the Milan youth team, where he was accepted.

Unconventional for an Italian defender trained in the catenaccio tradition, Baresi was an attacking defender who often assisted the team in counterattacks but without neglecting his defensive duties.

Baresi was selected for three World Cups for Italy, in 1982, 1990, and 1994.

Unfortunately for Baresi, his early international career coincided with the peak of Gaetano Scirea's stint as Italy's first-choice sweeper, and Baresi was continually left out of the squad.

When the Azzuri crashed out to France in the 1986 tournament and Scirea retired, the mantle was passed to Baresi who returned to the side, a responsibility that become more poignant when Scirea was killed in a car accident aged 36, only months before Italy was to host the World Cup.

Baresi was injured early in the tournament in the group match against Norway, and after emergency surgery, was able to return for the final against Brazil.

Baresi was also a member of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

On 1 June 2002 Baresi was officially appointed as director of football at Fulham, but tensions between Baresi and then Fulham manager Jean Tigana led to resignation from the club in August.

The list contains choice of the " greatest living footballers ", Baresi was one of many from the legendary Milan teams of the 1990s to be included.

The second from Protasov was initially blocked, but quick reactions beat Franco Baresi to the ball to fire the second shot into the far corner for a 2 – 0 victory.

A Milan vs Barcelona celebration match, featuring great names past and present ( such as Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, and Franco Baresi ) was played on 15 March 2006.

During the team's peak, he was a key component of an almost insurmountable defence, playing alongside other club greats: Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta.

Since entering retirement, Redondo often appeared in many high profile exhibition matches contested by select squads of past and present footballing greats, including ; Franco Baresi, Franz Beckenbauer, Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit, Zlatko Zahovič, Aleksandr Mostovoi, Marco van Basten and Tony Yeboah, amongst others.

He is also the younger brother of Internazionale legend and current vice coach Giuseppe Baresi.

The emphasis of this system in Italian football spawned the rise of many top defenders such as Claudio Gentile and Gaetano Scirea in the 1970s, Giuseppe Bergomi and Franco Baresi in the 1980s, the famous all-Italian Milan defensive four of Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti of the 1990's and 2006 World Cup winners Fabio Cannavaro and Alessandro Nesta and many others in 2000s for which the Italian national team would become famous.

He chose Giuseppe Baresi, a former Inter player and ex-head coach of their youth academy, as his assistant.

During the 1970s to early 1990s Italy became famous for their catenaccio, thus heralding a long line of world class defenders such as Virginio Rosetta, Pietro Rava, Carlo Parola, Giacinto Facchetti, Armando Picchi, Gaetano Scirea, Antonio Cabrini, Claudio Gentile, Franco Baresi, Giuseppe Bergomi, Paolo Maldini, Fabio Cannavaro and Alessandro Nesta.

Giuseppe Baresi ( born 7 February 1958 in Travagliato, province of Brescia ) is an Italian footballer, who spent most of his career with Internazionale.

During this time, Italy had a plethora of top-class defenders such as Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, Mauro Tassotti, Pietro Vierchowod, Riccardo Ferri, Giuseppe Bergomi, Gianluca Pessotto, Paolo Maldini, and in latter years, stars like Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, and Giorgio Chiellini.

Except keeping Giuseppe Baresi and Daniele Bernazzani as backroom staff in the first team or in the youth system, as well as Marco Branca as one of the director, the team had changed from Rafael Benítez, Leonardo, Gasperini and most recently Ranieri in just 2 seasons.

Baresi led the Milan team and its defence for the best part of a decade.

Alongside the likes of AC Milan legend Franco Baresi and Juventus FC's Antonio Cabrini and Gaetano Scirea, he formed the backbone of the national team's defence for much of the 1980s, making his debut on 14 April 1982 in a 0 – 1 friendly loss in East Germany, aged only 18 years and 3 months ; in the victorious World Cup run in Spain, he appeared in three games, including the full 180 minutes in the last two matches.

He is best known for his role alongside Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini and Mauro Tassotti, forming one of the greatest defences in the Serie A and European football during the 90s.

Franco Baresi (; born 8 May 1960 in Travagliato, Italy ) is an Italian football youth team coach and former player.

Capello made his second and best remembered coaching experience in the early 1990s again with Milan, replacing Sacchi and leading a team including the likes of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Paolo Maldini, and Franco Baresi to four Serie A titles in five years with a team nicknamed " The Invincibles ".

With Milan, Baresi won six scudetti ( Serie A league titles ) and three European Cups – though he did not take part in the last win, his club's 1994 Champions League victory, through suspension.

After 20 years with Milan, Baresi announced his retirement as a player on 24 June 1997.

Thus, Baresi made his World Cup debut in 1990.

" Baresi missed the first penalty kick in the shootout, and with teammate Roberto Baggio missing the last penalty, Italy lost the first World Cup Final to be decided on penalties.

Baresi is one of six players to have won all three types of World Cup Medals, having won Gold in 1982, Bronze in 1990, and Silver in 1994.

Baresi is one of the few players who have won all domestic club, international club and national honours, and doing so all with his native country.

Indeed, even today, many " Baresi " are still unaware of what happened and why.

Among his teammates at that club were compatriots Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard, along with Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi.

The back four that included Maldini and fellow long-timers Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti is widely considered one of European football's most formidable defensive quartets of the 1990s.

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The result was a collection of 280 songs, ballads, ditties, brought together from all regions of America, more than one hundred never before published: The American Songbag.

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