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.jpg) Baresi in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1958-02-07)7 February 1958 (age 68) | ||
| Place of birth | Travagliato, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1976 | Inter Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1992 | Inter Milan | 392 | (10) |
| 1992–1994 | Modena | 73 | (0) |
| Total | 465 | (10) | |
| International career | |||
| 1979–1986 | Italy | 18 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2014 | Inter Milan (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giuseppe Baresi (Italian pronunciation:[dʒuˈzɛppebaˈreːzi;-eːsi]; born 7 February 1958) is an Italianfootball manager and former player, who played as adefender or as adefensive midfielder. He currently works as a technical assistant atInter Milan.[1] Baresi spent the majority of his 18-year career with Inter, before retiring in 1994 after two seasons withModena. With Inter, he won twoSerie A titles and theUEFA Cup, among other trophies, and also served as the team'scaptain.[1] At international level, he represented theItaly national team on 18 occasions between 1979 and 1986, taking part atUEFA Euro 1980, where they finished in fourth place, and at the1986 FIFA World Cup. His younger brother,Franco Baresi, also a defender, served as captain forcity rivalsA.C. Milan and the Italy national side.
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Born inTravagliato, aprovince of Brescia, Baresi was acquired by Inter as a youngster, and became a member of the team's youth system. He made his professional debut with the senior side in theCoppa Italia on 8 June 1977, in a 1–0 win overJuventus during the1976–77 season, and made his Serie A debutthe following season. He later went on to captain the club from 1988 to 1992, and he spent a total of 16 seasons with Inter Milan, playing a total of 559 matches (including 392Serie A matches, 73 European matches and 94 Coppa Italia matches), and scoring 13 goals (ten in Serie A, one in European matches, and two in the Coppa Italia).[2] With Inter, he won twoSerie A titles, twoItalian Cups, anUEFA Cup, and theSupercoppa Italiana.[3] After leaving Inter at the end of the1991–92 season, Baresi also played forModena in theSerie B for a couple of seasons, before retiring in 1994 at the age of 36.
A long-standingnerazzurro, he also served as Inter'scaptain for four seasons, winning several trophies both domestically and internationally. Despite his club success, Baresi achieved little success at the national team level, unlike his younger brother, only playing 18 matches with theAzzurri shirt between 1979 and 1986, being also surpassed in notoriety by his more famous brotherFranco, who played forcrosstown city rivalsA.C. Milan. After representing theunder-20 side in the1977 Under-20 World Cup, and the under-21 side in the1978 and1980 European championships, Baresi was a member of Italy's senior squad at theUEFA 1980 European Championship, on home soil, alongside his brother. This was the only time that the two brothers were both selected for a major tournament with Italy, although only Giuseppe would make appearances in the competition, as Italy managed to reach the semi-finals, finishing in fourth place.[4] Despite being called up for the1982 World Cup qualifiers by managerEnzo Bearzot,[5] Baresi was left out of the final squad for his brother Franco; although the team went on towin the trophy, Franco did not make a single appearance throughout the tournament. Baresi was also a starting member of Italy's1986 World Cup squad, which was eliminated in the round of 16.[5][6]
After serving as head of Inter's club youth system, he was appointed as an assistant to new managerJosé Mourinho on 2 June 2008.[7] After Benitez was appointed, he brought his own assistant coachMauricio Pellegrino, while Baresi became a technical assistant.[8] He returned to that position after Benitez was sacked and replaced by Leonardo. At the start of2011–12 Serie A,Gian Piero Gasperini brought his own assistant coach Bruno Caneo from Genoa,[8] but he was sacked in September.Claudio Ranieri replaced Gasperini, and Baresi was once again became an assistant.[1] WhenRoberto Mancini joined as head coach in 2014, Baresi was responsible for scouting, and followed the development of players in the various Inter academies worldwide.
A hard-working and tenacious ball-winner, with an excellent ability to read the game, Baresi was regarded as one of the best and most versatile Italiandefenders of his generation, as he was capable of playing as afull-back, or as adefensive midfielder, in addition to his naturalcentre-back role, due to his stamina.[1][9]
He is the older brother of former defender, and legendaryA.C. Milan captain,Franco Baresi. As youngsters, both had tryouts for Inter, but Franco was rejected, and purchased by local rivals Milan; as he was the younger player, he was initially known as "Baresi 2".[10] Due to Franco's great success and popularity later in his career, however, Giuseppe became known as "the other Baresi".[3]His daughterRegina is also a former footballer; she played as striker and was captain ofInter Women.
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