Golden Soccer Signings
Incredibly rare Paolo Maldini match used / worn A.C Milan captains armband
Armband worn by Paolo during the 2003 – 2004 season with A.C Milan
Armband has also been hand signed by Paolo and former A.C Milan team mates –
Shevchenko – Nesta – Costacurta – Ambrosini – Pirlo – Dida – Serginho – Gattuso
Rare and beautiful item worn by the A.C Milan legend and coming direct from the club
Obtained through former A.C Milan staff member
Incredibly rare Paolo Maldini match worn and hand signed A.C Milan shirt
Shirt worn by Paolo during the 2002 – 2003 season with A.C Milan
Shirt beleived to be from the Seria A match v Brescia on the 22nd December 2002 at the San Siro in Milan
Shirt has also been hand signed on the back by Paolo in black marker pen
Shirt is the exact size for paolo and has all the correct labels and tags inside which is different to that of the retail version and comes directly from Adidas to the club for match use
Shirt remains in good – fairly good condition with small signs of wear and use still visible
Shirt obtained through a ex A.C Milan staff member
Amazing and rare shirt from possibly the greatest ever A.C Milan player
Incredibly rare and beautiful Paolo Maldini match worn and signed A.C Milan shirt
Shirt worn by Paolo during the 2005 – 2006 season with A.C Milan
Shirt is the correct size for Maldini and has all the correct labels and tags inside which is different to that of the retail version shirt and issued directly to the club – player for match use
Correct match shirt identifications visible throughout
Shirt remains in good – very good condition with small signs of wear and match use still visible
Shirt has been hand signed on the back by Maldini as well
Maldini is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time. As the Milan and Italy captain for many years he was nicknamed “Il Capitano“. Maldini held the record for most appearances in Serie A, with 647, until 2020, when he was overtaken by Gianluigi Buffon and holds the joint-record for most European Cup/UEFA Champions League final appearances (8) alongside Francisco Gento. He most recently served as technical director for Milan, as well as being co-owner of USL Championship club Miami FC.
Maldini spent all 25 seasons of his playing career in the Serie A with Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009. He won 26 trophies with Milan: the European Cup/UEFA Champions League five times, seven Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa Italiana titles, five European/UEFA Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. Maldini won the Best Defender trophy at the UEFA Club Football Awards at the age of 39, as well as the Serie A Defender of the Year Award in 2004. Following his retirement after the 2008–09 season, Milan retired his number 3 shirt.
Maldini made his debut for Italy in 1988, playing for 14 years before retiring in 2002 with 7 goals and 126 caps, an appearance record at the time, which has since been surpassed by Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon. Maldini captained Italy for eight years and held the record for appearances as Italy’s captain (75), until he was again overtaken by Cannavaro and Buffon. With Italy, Maldini took part in four FIFA World Cups and three UEFA European Championships. Although he did not win a tournament with Italy, he reached the final of the 1994 World Cup and Euro 2000, and the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1988. He was elected into the all-star teams for each of these tournaments, in addition to Euro 1996.
Maldini came second to George Weah for FIFA World Player of the Year in 1995. He also placed third in the Ballon d’Or in 1994 and 2003. In 2002, he was chosen as a defender on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team, and in 2004 Pelé named him in the FIFA 100 list of the world’s greatest living players. He was ranked 21st in World Soccer magazine’s list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. He was also selected for the Ballon d’Or Dream Team in 2020. Maldini held the record for most appearances in UEFA Club competitions, with 174, until he was overtaken by Iker Casillas in 2017. He is the record appearance holder for Milan with 902 appearances in all competitions, and is one of the few players to have made over 1,000 career appearances. In December 2012, he was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
Amazing and rare worn signed shirt from one of if not the greatest defenders of all time and A.C Milan club legend
Shirt comes with a certificate of authenticity
Museum example item
Incredibly rare Paolo Maldini match worn A.C Milan Football boots
Boots worn by Paolo during the 2004 – 2005 season with A.C Milan
Boots have been personalised with Maldini’s name on the side of each boot and specifically made to Maldini’s exact size coming directly from Nike
Maldini is regarded as one of if not the greatest player to ever play for A.C Milan making a record 902 appearances and winning an amazing 25 trophies.
Maldini spent all 25 seasons of his playing career in the Serie A with Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009. He won 25 trophies with Milan: the European Cup/UEFA Champions League five times, seven Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa Italiana titles, four European/UEFA Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. Maldini won the Best Defender trophy at the UEFA Club Football Awards at the age of 39, as well as the Serie A Defender of the Year Award in 2004. Following his retirement after the 2008–09 season, Milan retired his number 3 shirt.
Maldini made his debut for Italy in 1988, playing for 14 years before retiring in 2002 with 7 goals and 126 caps, an appearance record at the time, which has since been surpassed by Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon. Maldini captained Italy for eight years and held the record for appearances as Italy’s captain , until he was again overtaken by Cannavaro and Buffon. With Italy, Maldini took part in four FIFA World Cups and three UEFA European Championships. Although he did not win a tournament with Italy, he reached the final of the 1994 World Cup and Euro 2000, and the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1988. He was elected into the all-star teams for each of these tournaments, in addition to Euro 1996.
Maldini came second to George Weah for FIFA World Player of the Year in 1995. He also placed third in the Ballon d’Or in 1994 and 2003. In 2002, he was chosen as a defender on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team, and in 2004 Pelé named him in the FIFA 100 list of the world’s greatest living players. He was also selected for the Ballon d’Or Dream Team in 2020. Maldini held the record for most appearances in UEFA Club competitions, with 174, until he was overtaken by Iker Casillas in 2017. He is the record appearance holder for Milan with 902 appearances in all competitions, and is one of only thirty-two players to have made over 1,000 career appearances. In December 2012, he was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame. Maldini’s father Cesare also played for and captained Milan, and was a successful national under-21 manager, who also coached Milan and the senior national side during the 1998 World Cup.
Sir Alex Ferguson
“Maldini went through the entire 90 minutes without tackling. That is an art and he is the master of it. He is a great player.”
Alessandro Del Piero
“There are great players and there are world-class players. Then there are those who manage to go beyond that term. Paolo is the perfect example. He is the symbol of Milan.”
Andrea Pirlo
“Paolo Maldini is the best. A defender. A peerless defender. The best defender going. Both physically and mentally, he had everything, and the enjoyment he got from playing was as obvious at 40 years of age as it had been the day I first walked through the door at Milan.”
Ronaldo
“Paolo Maldini is the best I’ve played against.”
Boots obtained through ex A.C Milan staff member and comes with a certificate of authenticity
Incredibly rare Paolo Maldini match worn football boots from the Champions League Final 2007
AC Milan won the 2007 Champions league after beating Liverpool 2-1 at the Main Olympic Stadium, Marousi, in Greece on the 23rd of May 2007
Maldini Captained the AC Milan team who secured their 7th Champions League trophy
The 2007 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, Europe’s primary club football competition. The showpiece event was contested between Liverpool of England and Milan of Italy at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 23 May 2007. Liverpool, who had won the competition five times, were appearing in their seventh final. Milan, who had won the competition six times, were appearing in their eleventh final.
Both teams had to pass through five rounds before they reached the final. They both entered in the third qualifying round and won their respective groups before they reached the knockout stage, where matches were contested over two legs, with a match at each team’s home ground. Milan’s victories varied from close affairs to comfortable victories. They defeated Celtic by a single goal over two legs, while they beat Manchester United 5–3 on aggregate in the semi-final. Liverpool’s matches were mainly all close affairs; they beat defending champions Barcelona on the away goals rule in the first knockout round and beat Chelsea in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals, although they did record a 4–0 aggregate win over PSV in the quarter-finals.
Milan took the lead when Andrea Pirlo’s free-kick deflected off Filippo Inzaghi in the first half. Milan extended their lead in the second half when Inzaghi scored a second goal. Liverpool scored a late goal through Dirk Kuyt, but were unable to equalise before the end of the match. Milan won the match 2–1 to win their seventh Champions League.
Boots have been personalised on the front with Maldini’s name and number
Boots specially custom made for Maldini by Nike for match use and to his exact size
Comes with a signed certificate of authenticity from A.C Milan to confirm the boots are match worn and from the Champions League final 2007
Incredibly rare and amazing boots from the Champions League final and from the greatest ever player in A.C Milan’s history
Marcel Desailly –
“A real monster… I find it incredible he has never been World or European Footballer of the Year. Alongside Franco Baresi he was the best defender I’ve ever seen in my career.
“Although everybody tends to think of him just as a full-back, he could also play as a stopper.
“Most people remember that great Milan side of the late-80s for its attacking play and for the forward pair of Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten, but it was a team built on a very solid defence, and Maldini was the cornerstone.”
Brian Laudrup –
“He simply never has a bad match. Very difficult to play against, a sublime passer and he’s scored a lot of goals too. Has an incredible physique and is the ultimate role-model. He’ll go down in the history books as perhaps the best left-back ever.”
Ruud Gullit –
“Position for position one of the greatest players ever. But unlike certain other great full-backs, he wasn’t world class when just defending or just attacking – he could do both better than most and is an excellent centre-back too.”
Ronald Koeman –
“There’s never been a better left-back in the game’s history. Two-footed, and at his peak, brilliant going forward.
“The night Milan annihilated Barcelona in the 1994 Champions League Final, he played centre-half, as Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta were both suspended, and looked like he’d played there all his life.”
Andrea Pirlo –
“Paolo Maldini is the best. A defender. A peerless defender. The best defender going. Both physically and mentally, he had everything, and the enjoyment he got from playing was as obvious at 40 years of age as it had been the day I first walked through the door at Milan.”
Ronaldinho –
“He was one of the best defenders in Champions League history, but what was so impressive about him is that when he was on the ball he didn’t look like a defender but like an elegant midfield player.”
Francesco Totti –
“I haven’t seen a more determined, loyal player than him. The best captain the Azzurri have ever had.”
Steven Gerrard –
“He is the definition of how a captain should be.”
