Luigi Maldera (19 January 1946 – 5 November 2021
E' morto Luigi Maldera, il Milan: "Sarà sempre nel nostro cuore"
) was an Italian football
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coach and player who made more than 400 appearances in the Italian professional leagues playing as a defender. He played five seasons (92 games, 4 goals) in Serie A
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for Hellas Verona
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His ...
, A.C. Milan
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and Catanzaro
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.
His younger brothers Attilio Maldera and Aldo Maldera
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played football professionally. To distinguish them, Luigi was referred to as Maldera I, Attilio as Maldera II and Aldo as Maldera III.
Honours
Milan
* European Cup
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: 1968–69
* Intercontinental Cup: 1969
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Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
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References
1946 births
2021 deaths
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Hellas Verona FC players
AC Monza players
AC Milan players
US Catanzaro 1929 players
Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
Italian football managers
US 1913 Seregno Calcio players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bari
Footballers from Apulia
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