Franco Baresi, the ‘Johan Cruyff of defenders’, dies aged 66

SCMP Culture · July 31, 2026

Franco Baresi, the iconic sweeper and captain who embodied AC Milan’s dominance in the 1980s and 1990s and was widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in football history, has died aged 66. A one-club man throug

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