And the children says Ramos😂

"If I have to make a tackle, then I have already made a mistake". Paolo Maldini. The greatest defender ever

His career was also very long, sustaining a high performance (he retired at 40). He faced Maradona and CR7.

Paolo Maldini, a legend as a defender and a genius of fair play. 902 appearances, 92 yellow cards and only 3 red cards in his 25 years at A.C Milan. In his 16 years of international career Maldini had 126 caps and only 9 yellow cards.

When a world class striker such as Ronaldo Lima and Zlatan Ibrahimovic said Maldini is the toughest defenders they ever faced, it really say it all

The art of defence a complete defender a true legend simply the best ever

The complete defender, period ‘To make a player like him would require 10 men.’ -R Baggio

He had almost no mistimed tackles. So precise and even quick. The absolute king of slide tackling.

X: Which role do you play in defense? Maldini: Yes!

Best defender of the history

How he never won the Ballon D’or I’ll never know. Just because attackers score goals and are creative they always seem to win it. But Maldini was unquestionably the best player in his position and the best defender in the world for years. He took defending to a whole new level. His timing, intelligence, positioning, game reading was outstanding. He was a better defender than attackers were at attacking. Simply the best

His ball anticipation was like a Jedi, it was as if he could predict the future

Complete, genius, quick. Incredible covering, positioning and leadership. Strong in the air. Incredible in one on one . Great with the ball at his feet. Aggressive. Incredible legacy. 25 years at the top . Faced the greatest ever , maradona, platini, romario, ronaldo, zidan, Cristiano, ronaldinho, baggio, totti, ...etc . The greatest of all time . He is the number one in my top five defenders ever with baresi, scirea, beckenbauer, nesta

against maldini one thing can pass through : the ball or the player: together, its impossible

For me, he personified AC.Milan. When i think of Milan i instantly imagine his face. He hold the legacy of his father and now his son is in Milan football academy. The legend .

Whats really amazing is that none of these "modern ball playing" defenders of today even come close to the technique, ability and class of this GOAT.

The best thing about him, is that i have never seen him going for the man, he only goes for the ball, pure defending ❤

Despite his strength defence He was never ever used dirty tackle Respect to that legend 🌺🌺🌺

Maldini has it all. Skill, speed, composure, impeccable positional sense, toughness and above all a great pro and team player. One of the top 5 defenders of all time.

They don't make players like him no more. He was of a different breed. Absolute legend !

I wish he had stayed on to captain Italy in 2006 World Cup victory.

Very few True Legends of football. Maldini is one.

Dude is insane , he manages to be incredibly aggressive but there’s an intelligence to everything he does. Agressive but never resorting to violence in any of his defending , fucking flawless player

MALDINI...the absolute BEST and the unparalleled Genius. GOAT.

What people also forget is how important some of these games were, in which he produced so many great defensive performances...finals and semi-finals of major tournaments like the World Cup, the Champions League, and the Euros, as well as big domestic games as well against top opponents (both clubs and players) and in key games during a given season. He won it all with Milan (he once held the record for most Serie A title victories when his career spanned the era in which it was the greatest league we've ever seen, with seven world class teams and some of the greatest players, defenders, and goalkeepers ever), set a record for least goals conceded and most clean sheets and consecutive minutes without a goal in Serie A and the World Cup (the former has since been broken), and came up against all the greats, and also holds the record for most Champions League/European Cup victories and final appearances, keeping several clean sheets and had a man of the match performance in one of them and a goal in one defeat. Only bad luck prevented him from winning a title with Italy, which he so deserved, but he came close on many occasions, as demonstrated by the fact that he was included in the World Cup all-time team and was often included in the team of the tournament. And while he was arguably the greatest tackler I've ever seen along with Nesta (and the greatest defender I've seen along with Baresi and Nesta), he usually didn't tackle unless he needed to, which is even more impressive. Maldini really had it all...an impeccable leader, a classy player, who was precocious, consistent, and who had incredible longevity, and who could play in any defensive position (as he demonstrated during the 1994 World Cup) or even in midfield if necessary. He really had everything you wanted in a defender: two-footedness, versatility, timing, tackling, marking, anticipation, recovering, reading of the game, positioning, organisational skills, tactical intelligence, proficiency in one-one-one situations, physical power/strength, heading/elevtaion/athleticism/aerial prowess, pace, energy, awareness, concentration, composure, mentality, breavery, decisiveness, technique, elegance, passing, crossing, creativity, and attacking drive, both when playing on the flank or up the middle as a libero...the one thing which one might consider a possible "weakness," which maybe impeded him from being virtually "perfect" (not that I would call them that personally though), is that he didn't have the offensive qualities or goalscoring or shooting abilities, both in open play and from dead ball situations, of certain defenders such as Koeman, Hierro, Roberto Carlos, Vierchowod, Materazzi, or Ramos, but having said that he always chipped in with a few goals, and also contributed with assists as well, and I still believe that as a defender, one should be able to defend first and foremost...and aside from goals, he had it all, and I think that's even more impressive looking back on him today when technique and ball playing ability are valued more in defenders.

Maldini was pure class for 25 years amazing to think that he started as a right winger in Milan’s academy🤔

Maldini is so good that if there is a left back debate he's in and if a center back debate he's also in. Greatest of all time🙌

The king of defencing game is called Paolo Maldini.

Defence is a Art, Maldini is a universal Boss in defence, he fulfilled that position, since 1990 (Season) is very tough. He is a great Legend

miglior difensore della storia ti amoooo

Man, he really was a living example of "not on my watch" wasn't he! Damn!

Always played the ball. Best slide tackler there was.

He played eight champions league finals, EIGHT!!

the way he slides right back up after a slide tackle as well, what a defender he was, my footballing idol

No me canso de verlo, es simplemente el mejor, el más completo, el más grande defensa. Viva Italia!!

The best compilation about a defender i have ever seen. So proud to be Italian

Damn,. The tackle,.. the more i see, the more i love it,..

Maldini & Puyol Icons of loyalty & dedication Best of all time❤

There are 2 types of defenders in football: 1: Paolo Maldini the GOAT 🐐 2: Others

My favourite defender of all times.

people thought come here and see many legendary slides and tackles, but once maldini said "if i have to tackle that means that i've already done a mistake", if you're positioning is good the opponent players doesnt have even the space to challenge you, that's why players like wan bissaka do many good tackles but they always leaves too space for the opponents, to understand the ability of maldini you have to watch the entire match not highlights on yt

Football back then was crazy good

His tackles are so clean and precise. And boy, he was pretty fast in his prime! (A younger AC Milan fan who only witness Maldini in his late 30s here, he was still damn good back when i see him too, though)

The scary thing is as a defender he has some dribbling skill.so when he tackle the striker its not easy to take the ball for him.Because when he has the ball on his leg he is look like a midfielder.

Paolo, the Italian boss, what a power , what a courage.

He was not a defender! He was Defense itself!!! A God of the game. Surly the greatest defender of all time must be an Italian, and that is Paolo Maldini of course... the master of tackles. FORZA MILAN!!!

the way he stops the ball and turns,the wayhe always sacrifices his body it always gives me chills..indeed best defender of all time

The perfect tackle. Wow.

8 champions league finals. EIGHT

Notice how most of his tackles are clean, harmless and precise. A genius in the art of defending!

And now we have Maguire as the most expensive defender of all time 🤷🏻‍♂️

He made an art from sliding

Franco Baresi e Paolo Maldini i più grandi difensori di sempre senza ombra di dubbio

After seeing this Video,My respect for him is increasing 20times or more than that.and from now I will say him Sir Maldini . The greatest ever centre back in the history of football and he is incomparable to others🙏🙏🙏🙏😀😇💪💪

Paolo Maldini is THE DEFENDER, absolute legend.

My favourite defender in football ❤️❤️❤️❤️ poulo maldini 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I think he is even the greatest player ever. He has all the skills you need in a football player and is the best at most of them, he also has the greatest career, his consistency and character was unbelievable. Paolo Maldini the greatest football player of all time for me

Peccato che il destino non gli ha concesso di vincere un Europeo e un Mondiale in maglia azzurra. L'avrebbe più che meritato...! Troppo bravo Paolo Maldini! 💙🇮🇹 It's a pity that destiny didn't ever allow him, to win the european and world championship with the Italian national team. He would have deserved to win both...! Great Paolo Maldini 👍🇮🇹💙

He made Maradona look human. And Maradona was god.

He was not a player, but a warrior 🪖 on pitch .. Salute to incredible legend 🙌

Sono juventino amante del Milan di Sacchi E vedere Maldini mi emoziona con la lacrima pronta . Il 3 è stato l'unico che da Maradona a messi e Ronaldo li ha fermati tutti cazzo .. Sono passati tutti sotto di lui . Io propongo di togliere la maglia n.3 anche in nazionale

Better than Sergio Ramos

No question, greatest defender the world has ever seen, his slide tackles were insane.

Before seeing this video I just thought his just Greatest Defender of all time but he was a great play maker and Those assist 😐 No doubt the GOAT in defence.

the way his timing is always perfect, the class of his password and the fact of never being scared no matter who to play against makes him the best defender of all time

Maldini: who is Van Dijk ?😂

Central back, left back , right back ... Simply the best ever ... I still remember the day he signed my shirt

People tell me I play like Maldini. I'm thankful videos like this are out there. Just saved this to my *BEST* Pro Futbol Videos playlist.

The god of defenders.

Y así como barria se levantaba al medio segundo, un animal! Impresionante aquella Italia.

How many tackles do you want to do? Maldini: Yes

My 5yo son started watching Maldini videos and suddenly leaps of progress in his defending. Even his coach was like what happened and then I just said he started watching Maldini. You could see the admiration for that name in the coach's eyes

Maldini didn't care about LB CB RB he did it all never injured in 25 yrs of defending from the 90s to 00s true legend

Nessuno mai ha avuto o avrà mai un giorno un vanto più grande di questo, del nostro Capitano... ❤️🖤

Il MIO capitano!Il mio giocatore preferito in assoluto...Il capitano dei capitani e la leggenda del calcio Paolo Maldini.Nessun difensore neanche lo avvicina...Figuriamoci superarlo...Il piú forte di tutti i tempi senza se e senza ma!!!

He is the greatest for his longevity and qualities. Playing against the greatest offensive players in the toughest league, makes you realise how great he was. The Muhammad Ali of defending.

Ma cosa diamine era?! IMMENSO! non miglior terzino, ma, miglior DIFENSORE AL MONDO! p.s. good compilation man!

'Elegant Tenacity' = Paolo Maldini.... 'None Shall Pass' = Franco Baresi... FORZA AZZURRI!!!!

Most of the current defenders would play it safe inside the box. Paolo clearly had the confident in a whole another level.

He is the best defender of all time not because his defensive skills. But his leadership and completeness attribute in defence.

Back then, if you got tackled, you’d get up like it was nothing. Now, we have little children who whine on the floor for 5 minutes and cry about it.

Ramos , pique , Virgil ...... Are jocks infront him

Maldini o melhor zagueiro que eu ja tive a honra de ver jogar na minha vida jogava pra caralho tinha uma técnica absurda era um líder nato sou muito fan dessa lenda ❤

I miss seeing him on our National Team. It horrible that this man never won a world cup. grazie per tutti gli anni fantastici. forza italia.

A great defender with positional awareness as his core asset, and always 100% commitment to a challenge. 👏

When I think about Fair Play the first player who comes in my mind is Paolo Maldini! Strong but elegant, tough defender but he always tackled searching for the ball

He had the accuracy and speed of a forward combined with his incredible defensive talent making him one of the most complete players I’ve ever seen. Truly the greatest

And all this insanely deadly slide tackles with zero red cards in his whole career, what a legend he is!!

Aguerrido fuerte toque de balón y clase ufff de los últimos legendarios defensas ya no hay como el único el gran Paolo maldini

Paolo un fuoriclasse, en el mismo pedestal de los mejores de la historia en la defensa, junto a Beckenbauer, Figueroa, Passarella, Baresi, Scirea, Moore !!!

As Juve fan, I totally agree 👍 He used to set up a show on the left side .... beautyful to watch too: his defence had style. But he was so effective and passionate too. Athletic and technic at the highest level, winning mentality and heart of a champion. Correct and respectful. He had all. He would dominate nowadays too PM3 .. Milan's and Italy's pride 🇮🇹

Clean tackle. Always aim for the ball. Not the legs. What a legend.

Ancora oggi mi emoziono ancora nel vedere le giocate di Maldini

Very smooth tackle no foul bravo maldini your legend

The literal definition and example of how a defender should be

Guardando questo video si notano 3 decenni di calcio...e in tutti e tre ha dominato alla grande...semplicemente il migliore

I'll love him forever. We miss you, Mr Defender !

As a defender, seeing these defending clips gives me a similar feeling to a striker seeing beautiful goals

reading the game..tackling... leadership... calm... the complete package from a defender... friends and even opponents really respect him... it's hard to find someone like him in this era

Maldini was a monster in every aspect, in terms of physical strenght, in terms.of speed, in therms of class and in terms.of brain