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THE CAPTAIN’S LAURELS
5/14/2007 3:54:00 PM
Paolo Maldini reached his 600th Serie A game in this March’s derby and Catania marked his 601st, what an amazing champion and captain he has been and continues to be

Paolo Maldini played his 601st game in Serie A with Milan against Catania. The captain already celebrated the big 600 in March on March 11 of this year (this number includes the UEFA play-off on May 23, 1987 against Sampdoria in Turin). It’s a breathtaking number for the record books. If we set aside the play-off from 1987, which was played after the regular season, yesterday was Maldini’s 600th match. The 600th match of a great champion and a great captain. A hero unlike any other, our very own Paolo Maldini.

Out of those 600 Serie A games played by Maldini there have been 315 victories, 179 draws, 106 losses, with 52,555 minutes played and 28 goals scored.

HERE ARE THE DETAILS OF THE MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF MALDINI IN SERIE A:

FIRST GAME
January 20, 1985: Udinese-Milan 1-1

GAME NUMBER 100
February 26, 1989: Milan-Pescara 6-1

GAME NUMBER 200
October 18, 1992: Milan-Lazio 5-3

GAME NUMBER 300
December 23, 1995: Fiorentina-Milan 2-2

GAME NUMBER 400
May 2, 1999: Milan-Sampdoria 3-2

GAME NUMBER 500
March 22, 2003 Milan-Juventus 2-1

GAME NUMBER 600 (601 including the UEFA play-off in 1987, Milan-Samp 1-0)
May 13, 2007: Catania-Milan 1-1

A.C. Milan - THE CAPTAIN’S LAURELS