Franco Baresi (born May 8, 1960) was the outstanding central defender of the Italian national football team in two World Cups (1990, 1994). In USA '94 he missed a penalty in the final. Despite his modest physical appearance, he became a famous football player by his extraordinary abilities to read the game and control the pace of the play. He is also one of the few players who has spent his entire career at one club (AC Milan), for which he played 444 games, scoring 12 goals.