Luigi Maldera (19 January 1946 – 5 November 2021E' morto Luigi Maldera, il Milan: "Sarà sempre nel nostro cuore"
) was an Italian

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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

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for

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as Hellas Verona or simply Verona, is a professional Italian football club based in Verona, Italy, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A Championship in 1984–85. His ...

A.C. Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons ...

and

Catanzaro Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its p ...

. His younger brothers Attilio Maldera and

Aldo Maldera Aldo Maldera (; 14 October 1953 – 1 August 2012) was an Italian footballer who played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the left flank. A left-footed player, Maldera was a modern full-back who possessed an accurate and powerful shot, ...

played football professionally. To distinguish them, Luigi was referred to as Maldera I, Attilio as Maldera II and Aldo as Maldera III.

Honours

Milan *

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: 1968–69 * Intercontinental Cup:

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

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 {{Italy-footy-defender-1940s-stub