Maldini's first international goal came in his 44th career match,
Maldini is married to Venezuelan former model
Adriana Fossa since December 1994.
On 25 September 2005, Maldini broke Dino Zoff's Serie A appearance
Maldini's father Cesare formerly played for and
captained Milan and is a successful national U-21 coach.
who both have been signed by Maldini's former club Milan and played in the youth teams.
Maldini's first international goal came in his 44th career match,
in a 2- 0 friendly win over Mexico on 20 January 1993.
On 17 May, in the Friuli stadium Maldini played his 900th official match for Milan in a league game against Udinese.
Maldini's first international goal came in his 44th career match,
in a 2-0 friendly win over Mexico in Florence on 20 January 1993.
As the club's technical director, Paolo Maldini, outlined prior to the 0-0 draw against Sassuolo,“The longer it goes on, the harder it
becomes[to go through with the deal].
On 25 September 2005, Maldini broke Dino Zoff's Serie A appearance
record after playing his 571st league match against Treviso; seven days earlier, he had played his 800th game in all competitions for Milan.
Paolo Maldini presently holds both records for number of total
and Serie A appearances for Milan with a total of 1000 games played in total, and 600 in the Serie A(as of 14 May 2007, not including playoff matches), the latter being also an all-time Serie A record.
As someone who played into his 40s, Maldini is better placed than anyone to appreciate the need for physical preparation
in order to meet standards and be effective- particularly when in Ibrahimovic's case, he only is 2½ years removed from a knee injury that threatened to end his career.