biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (June 2009) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (January 2009) Franco Baresi Personal information Date of birth 8 May 1960 (1960-05-08) (age 50) Place of birth Travagliato (Brescia), Italy Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Playing position Sweeper (Retired) Youth career AC Milan Primavera Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1977–1997 Milan 719 (33) National team 1979–1982 Italy U-21 10 (1) 1979–1980 Italy Olympic 6 (1) 1982–1994 Italy 81 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Franco Baresi (born 8 May 1960 in Travagliato, Italy) is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one"..