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Selasa, 08 Juli 2008

Marco Van Basten

Van Basten, adalah salah satu pemain yang menjadi ikon Milan di tahun akhir 80an, pemain ini adalah salah satu pemain favorit ku, nah disini aku akan coba memberikan sedikit tulisan tentang Basten, lahir di Utrecht pada 31 October 1964, dia mulai main sepak bola pada umur tujuh tahun, memulai sepak bola di club lokal bernama EDO, seteleh satu tahun, Basten pindah ke UVV Utrecht, setelah 10 tahun kemudian, dia pindah dari utrecth ke club Elinkwijk, bakatnya yang sangat menonjol membuat para petinggi ajax merekrutnya,dia beramian untuk ajak pertakali pada April 1982, pada debutnya tersebut basten mencetak satu gol saat melawan NEC Nijmegen, dalam pertandiangan tersebut basten masuk senagai pengganti dari sang legenda Johan Cruif. Basten menjadi salah satu pencetak goal hebat, saat memperkuat ajax, dia juga menampilkan perpaduan antara ketajaman dan dan teknik yang brilian, selama musim 1982-1983, dia bersaing dengan salah satu topscore eropa yaitu Wim Kieft, untuk mendapatkan tempat utama sebagai penyerang tengah, di musim itu basten hanya bermain selama 20 pertandingan dengan mencetak 9 gol,
pada musim berikutanya Wim Kieft dijual ke Italia untuk memperkuat Pisa, dengan itu maka basten menjadi pilihan utaman di lini depan ajax
Van basten menjadi top scorer selama 4 musim (1984, 1985, 1986 dan 1987),dengan mencetak 117 gol dalam 112 pertandingan, dan melihat kembali pada musim 1985-1986 dia merebut sepatu emas eropa dengan mencetak 36 gol dalam 26 pertandingan di Eredivisie. Pada musim 1986-1987 dia mencetak gol kemenagan di UEFA Cup Winners'dan mengalahkan FC Lokomotive Leipzig.
pada tahun 1987 van basten di boyong ke Milan dan pada musim kemudian disusul oleh koleganya Ruud Gullit dan Frank Rijkaard,pada musim pertamanya basten membawa milan tampil sebagai scudetto setelah delapan taun tidak diraihnya, akan tetapi Basten hanya beramain selama 11 pertandingan dikarenakan cidera, pada piala eropa 88 van basten mencetak 5 gol pada turnamen tersebut, dengan mencetak hat-trick saat melawan inggris,dan mencetak goal melawan Jerman Barat, dan mencetak salah satu goal volly spektakuler saat melawan uni soviet, dan pada turnamen tersebut Belanda menjadi juara dan Van Basten tampil sebagai Top Skor,
Pada musim 1988-1989 Basten memperoleh gelar pemain terbaik Eropa,dengan mecetak 19 gol di seri A dan memebawa Milan menjadi juara European Cup dengan mengalahkan Steaua Bucharest degan torehan 2 gol nya, begitu pula di musim berikutya basten mampu mepertahankan European Cup setelah mengalahkan Benfica.
Musim 1990-91, merupakan musim terburuk Basten, setelah dia kecewa dengan arigo sacchi,setelah digantikan oleh fabio capello milan tidak pernah terkalahkan di liga dan menjadi pencetak gol terbanyak dengan 25 gol, pada musim 1992-1993 melakoni 58 pertandingan tanpa terkalahkan dan kemudian basten terpilih menjadi pemain terbaik eropa kembali selama 3 kali sama dengan Johan Cruyff dan Michel Platini, sebelum di dera cidera berkepanjangan,dan memutuskan mundur dari dunia sepak bola tahun 1995
Dia kembali ke sansiro pada tahun 2004 untuk melakukan pertandingan testiomonial untuk menghormati Demetrio Albertini

Kamis, 03 Juli 2008

Franco Baresi


Franco Baresi (born May 8, 1960 in Travagliato, province of Brescia) is an Italian youth team coach and former football defender with A.C. Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was colloquially called "piscinin", Milanese dialect for "little one". He is the younger brother of Inter Milan legend Giuseppe Baresi.

Club career

Baresi led the AC Milan team and its defence for the best part of a decade; a period during which Milan's defence was considered by many observers to be one of the best back fours in the history of football, consisting of Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti. He is also one of the few players who spent his entire career at one club, AC Milan, for whom he played 532 games, scoring 16 goals.

He retired from playing in 1997 aged 37. With Milan, Baresi won six scudetti (Serie A league titles) and three European Cups. He mentored defensive partner Paolo Maldini in his later years, whose career has followed a similar path. His #6 jersey was retired by the club, a rarity for Italian football. After a short spell as Director of Football at Fulham, Baresi returned to Milan as a youth team coach in 2002.

International career

Baresi played in two World Cups for Italy. Baresi was part of the 1982 World Cup squad in Spain aged 22 as substitute of another great defender, Gaetano Scirea, but didn't play. His international debut came later that year in a match against Romania. He also missed the 1986 tournament and made his World Cup debut in 1990 when Italy were the hosts. The Azzurri lost to Argentina in the semi-finals, but went on to beat England in the third place play off. He was rather unlucky to have been playing at a time when Scirea was still active in the Italian National Team as both of them were world class defenders and legends in the game, hence his few caps which most were gained when Scirea had retired from the Azzuri.

In the 1994 World Cup he was one step closer to lifting the trophy, losing to Brazil in the final. Despite missing four matches after being injured in Italy's group match against Norway, he underwent emergency surgery and returned to captain the team in the final. He missed the first penalty in the shootout after the 0-0 full-time and extra-time score.

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

Honours

On March 4, 2004, at a gala ceremony in London, to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football revealed the FIFA 100. The list contains choice of the "greatest living footballers", Baresi was one of many from the legendary Milan teams of the 1990's to be included.

Coaching career

In 2002, Baresi was appointed head coach of AC Milan's Primavera Under-20 squad. In 2006, he was moved by the club to coach the Berretti Under-19 squad, with his former fellow Filippo Galli replacing him at the helm of the Primavera squad.

Honors

Club

* AC Milan:
o European Cup: 1989, 1990, 1994 (now called: UEFA Champions League).
o Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990.
o European Supercup: 1989, 1990,1994.
o Italian Championship:1979, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996.
o Italian Super Cup: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994.
o FIFA World Cup: 1982

Honours

Individual honours

* 1989
o European Silver Ball Footballer of the Year France Football
* 1990
o Top Scorer Italian Cup : (4 goals) Total (14 goals) Italian Cup.
o Italian League The Best Player of the Year.
o Best Silver Player World of the Year IFFHS : 1989
* 1999
o Player of AC Milan of the Century Club.
* 2004
o Named in FIFA 100

Paolo Maldini


Paolo Maldini (born 26 June 1968 in Milan) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club A.C. Milan. 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. He played at the left back position for the majority of his career and has played the centre back position since 2002, but he made several appearances at left back in the 2007-08 season.

Club career

Maldini made his league debut on 20 January 1985, at the age of sixteen, against Udinese Calcio as a halftime substitution for the injured Sergio Battistini. It would be his only league appearance of the campaign, but he was in the starting eleven the following season.

The 1987–88 Scudetto marked Maldini's first major trophy, and the first of seven league titles, with the club. He was also part of AC Milan's undefeated "Dream Team" from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.

In addition to winning his third Champions League and reaching the 1994 FIFA World Cup final, Maldini became the first defender ever to win World Soccer magazine's annual World Player of the Year Award. During his acceptance speech, Maldini called his milestone "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." He then singled out Milan captain Franco Baresi as a player who "really [deserved] to receive the sort of award I have received."

Maldini played his 600th Serie A match on 13 May 2007, in a 1–1 draw at Calcio Catania. On 25 September 2005, Maldini broke Dino Zoff's Serie A appearance record after playing his 571st league match against Treviso F.B.C.; seven days earlier, he had played his 800th game in all competitions for Milan. On February 16, 2008, Maldini reached 1,000 senior games with AC Milan and Italy when he entered as a substitute against Parma.

Maldini has participated in eight UEFA Champions League finals during the course of his career, which is more than any other active player, and close to the record held by Francisco Gento. He has lifted the trophy five times, the latest coming in Milan's 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the 2007 CL final on 23 May 2007, in Athens. In an interview with ESPN that aired prior to the broadcast of the 2007 final, he labeled the 2005 final, which Milan lost on penalties to Liverpool in extra time after blowing a 3–0 lead, the worst moment of his career, even though he had scored the fastest-ever goal in a European Clubs' Cup final just 51 seconds into the match, in the process also becoming the oldest player ever to score in a final.

Maldini announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2007-08 season, saying that he would do so with "no regrets." However, following Milan's elimination from the Champions League by Arsenal F.C. in March, Maldini stated that he would possibly delay his retirement for at least a further year. He signed an extension on June 6 that will keep him at Milan for the 2008-09 season.

Milan plan to retire his number 3 shirt, but it will be bequeathed to one of his sons if he makes the club's senior side. His eldest son, Christian, is twelve years old and is currently playing for the Milan youth squad.

International career

Maldini is Italy's most capped player with 126 appearances, and all seven of his career international goals were scored in home matches. He spent over half of his 16 years as an international as team captain, and is also one of three current Milan players who have earned the most caps for their national teams, along with Cafu and Dario Šimić.

However, he never won a major title with the Azzurri. After Italy finished third as the host nation in the 1990 World Cup, Maldini played in his first and only World Cup final in 1994, which Italy lost to Brazil on penalties. Maldini also played a part in the less successful 1998 and 2002 World Cup campaigns, being eliminated in the quarterfinals and last 16, respectively.

Maldini was also a finalist in Italy's Euro 2000 squad that lost to France in the final. He had previously taken part in Euro 1988 and Euro 1996, while Italy failed to qualify for Euro 1992.

Honours

* Serie A

* Winner (7):

* 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004

* Runner-up (3):

* 1990, 1991, 2005


* Coppa Italia

* Winner (1):

* 2003

* Runner-up (2):

* 1990, 1998


* Supercoppa Italiana

* Winner (5):

* 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004

* Runner-up (3):

* 1996, 1999, 2003


* UEFA Champions League

* Winner (5):

* 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007

* Runner-up (3):

* 1993, 1995, 2005


* UEFA Super Cup

* Winner (5):

* 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007

* Runner-up (1):

* 1993


* Intercontinental Cup

* Winner (2):

* 1989, 1990

* Runner-up (3):

* 1993, 1994, 2003


* FIFA Club World Cup

* Winner (1):

* 2007


International

* FIFA World Cup

* Runner-up: 1994
* Third place: 1990
* Apperances: 1990 1994 1998 2002

* UEFA European Championship

* Runner-up: 2000

Personal

* FIFA 100 (125 greatest living players)

* The 100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century - World Soccer Magazine

* World Soccer Player of the Year 1994

* 1994 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament

* Serie A Defender of the Year: 2004

* UEFA Champions League Best Defender: 2007

* Most Outstanding Young Football Player in Europe (Bravo Award) 1989

* UEFA Team of the Year: 2003, 2005

* FIFPro World XI: 2005

* FIFA World Player of the Year (runner-up): 1995

* Most Capped Player for Azzurri