Giuseppe Baresi

Infobox Football biography
playername= Giuseppe Baresi
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|2|7
cityofbirth = Travagliato
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = Internazionale "(Assistant Manager)"
position = Defensive midfielder/Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Internazionale
years = 1976-1992
1992-1994
clubs = Internazionale
Modena
caps(goals) = 392 (10)
073 0(0)
nationalyears = 1977-1980
1979-1986
nationalteam = Italy U-21
Italy
nationalcaps(goals) =
018 0(0)
manageryears =
2008–
managerclubs = Clubs
Internazionale (assistant manager)|

Giuseppe Baresi (born February 7, 1958 in Travagliato, province of Brescia) is an Italian former football (soccer) player, who spent most of his career with Internazionale. He is currently Internazionale's assistant manager.

Career

Baresi made his professional debut during the 1977–78 season, and spent a total of 16 seasons with Internazionale, playing a total of 559 Serie A matches and scoring 13 goals. A long-standing "nerazzurro", he also served as Internazionale captain but achieved little success at the national team level, only playing 18 matches with the "Azzurri" shirt, being also surpassed in notoriety by his more famous brother Franco who played for crosstown city rivals AC Milan. He also played for Modena in the serie B for a couple of seasons before hanging up his boots in 1994, at the age of 36.

After serving as as head of Internazionale's club youth system, he was appointed assistant manager to new Internazionale manager Jose Mourinho on June 2 2008. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7431480.stm BBC SPORT | Football | Mourinho takes over as Inter boss ] ]

Honors

* 2 Scudetti
* 2 Coppa Italia
* 1 Supercoppa Italiana

References

External links

* [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=115 FIGC] it icon