Franco Baresi

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Franco Baresi

Italian footballer

January 1, 1960 - July 29, 2026 (Age 66)

Source: Wikipedia public record

Franchino Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager.

Known forItalian footballer
Age66
DiedJuly 29, 2026
SourceWikipedia public record

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Franchino Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. Franco Baresi died on July 29, 2026. This memorial record includes life dates, public details, and ways for family, friends, and readers to add memories.

Died
July 29, 2026
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Franco Baresi, 66, died on July 29, 2026. Franco Baresi was known publicly as an Italian footballer. Franchino Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining the club for 15 seasons. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, he was ranked 19th in World Soccer magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. With Milan, he won three European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, six Serie A trophies, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two European Super Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups, as well as a World Cup with Italy. With the Italy national team, he was a member of the squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the first in 44 years. Public biographical listings identify Baresi as an Italian footballer. This public record remains centered on Baresi's work as an Italian footballer and the documented milestones of that career.

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Key moments

  1. 1980
    Baresi also represented Italy at two UEFA European Championships

    Baresi also represented Italy at two UEFA European Championships, in 1980 and 1988, and at the 1984 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals on each occasion.

  2. 1982
    With the Italy national team

    With the Italy national team, he was a member of the squad that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the first in 44 years.

  3. 1990
    He also played in the 1990 World Cup held on home soil

    He also played in the 1990 World Cup held on home soil, where he was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team, while leading them to a third place in the tournament.

  4. 1994
    At the 1994 World Cup

    At the 1994 World Cup, he was named Italy's captain and was part of the squad that reached the final, although he would miss a penalty in the resulting shoot-out as Brazil lifted the trophy.

  5. 1999
    In 1999, he was voted Milan's Player of the Century

    In 1999, he was voted Milan's Player of the Century.

  6. July 29, 2026
    Died

    Franco Baresi died at age 66.

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Franchino Baresi is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager.

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  • Wikipedia · Franco BaresiJul 29, 2026
Wikipedia · Franco Baresi

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