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Jean Chrisostome Mekongo Ondoa (born 21 March 1983 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian footballer.

Biography[link]

Ondoa started his European career at Sampdoria. In February 2001, along with Thomas Job and Francis Zé, he was investigated by the FIGC for using false documents in order to be treated as a European Union citizen.^[1][2] The investigation found that he had used a fake French identity card to enter Italy and a fake Portuguese passport to finish the player registration, which was directed by his agent. In July 2001, all three were banned for 6 months.^[3][4] In February 2002, he was loaned to Cremonese along with Zé.^[5] In the 2002-03, season he remained at Cremonese and Job joined him on loan. Ondoa remained at Cremonese at the start of 2003-04 season.

In middle of 2003-04 season, he joined the Swiss Challenge League side (from the Italian speaking region) Bellinzona, playing his first match for them in round 17, losing 2-3 to Chiasso. In the 2004-05 season, he joined Naftex Burgas.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile at PlayerHistory.com
• Swiss Football league Profile (German)
• transfermarkt.de
• Profile at Lega Calcio (Italian)
• "Club Profile" (in Bulgarian). Naftex Burgas. Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20050210043433/www.pfcnaftex.bg/bg/team_player.php?pid=22. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 

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Franco Baresi (born 8 May 1960 in Travagliato, Italy) is an Italian football youth team coach and former player. He played as a sweeper and spent his entire career with Serie A club AC Milan. Baresi was nicknamed "Piscinin", Milanese for "Little one". In 1999, Baresi was voted AC Milan Player of the Century and is widely regarded as one of the finest defenders of all time.

He is also the younger brother of Internazionale legend and current vice coach Giuseppe Baresi.

Career[link]

Baresi was brought by his older brother Giuseppe for a trial in Inter's youth team, but was rejected. Despite this setback, Baresi refused to give up his dream and tried out for the Milan youth team, where he was accepted.^[2]

Club[link]

Baresi led the Milan team and its defence for the best part of a decade. During that time, the back four consisting of him, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Mauro Tassotti gained a reputation for being of the meanest defenses in Europe. He is also one of the few players who spent his entire career at one club, AC Milan, for whom he played 719 games, scoring 33 goals. Unconventional for an Italian defender trained in the catenaccio tradition, Baresi was an attacking defender who often assisted the team in counterattacks but without neglecting his defensive duties.

With Milan, Baresi won six scudetti (Serie A league titles) and three European Cups – though he did not take part in the last win, his club's 1994 Champions League victory, through suspension. He mentored defensive partner Paolo Maldini in his later years, whose career subsequently followed a similar path.

After 20 years with Milan, Baresi announced his retirement as a player on 24 June 1997.^[3] His number 6 was subsequently retired in his honour by AC Milan.^[4]

International[link]

Baresi was selected for three World Cups for Italy, in 1982, 1990, and 1994. He was part of the Euro 1980 and 1982 World Cup squad in Spain as understudy to Gaetano Scirea, but did not play.

His international debut came later in 1982 in a match against Romania. He missed the 1986 tournament, coach Enzo Bearzot preferring Juventus centre-halves Cabrini and Gentile, with Scirea in Baresi's position of libero.

Unfortunately for Baresi, his early international career coincided with the peak of Gaetano Scirea's stint as Italy's first-choice sweeper, and Baresi was continually left out of the squad. He therefore refused to play for the national side while Bearzot was in charge, hence his lack of caps prior to the 1990 World Cup. When the Azzuri crashed out to France in the 1986 tournament and Scirea retired, the mantle was passed to Baresi who returned to the side, a responsibility that become more poignant when Scirea was killed in a car accident aged 36, only months before Italy was to host the World Cup. Thus, Baresi made his World Cup debut in 1990. The Azzurri lost to Argentina in the semi-finals, but went on to beat England in the third place play-off.

In the 1994 World Cup he came one step closer to lifting the trophy as Italy finished runners-up. Baresi was injured early in the tournament in the group match against Norway, and after emergency surgery, was able to return for the final against Brazil. He suffered cramps in extra time as the patched-up Italians defended against a tired Brazil for a 0–0 draw after 120 minutes, Romário later attributing his quiet performance to "the most ruthless monitoring of my entire career."^[2] Baresi missed the first penalty kick in the shootout, and with teammate Roberto Baggio missing the last penalty, Italy lost the first World Cup Final to be decided on penalties.

Baresi is one of six players to have won all three types of World Cup Medals, having won Gold in 1982, Bronze in 1990, and Silver in 1994. The other five players were from West Germany's squad of 1966–1974, and this record is closely followed by a select group of players who have won two of the awards (either Gold and Silver or Gold and Bronze, or Silver and Bronze).

Baresi was also a member of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.^[5]

Coaching career[link]

On 1 June 2002 Baresi was officially appointed as director of football at Fulham, but tensions between Baresi and then Fulham manager Jean Tigana led to resignation from the club in August.^[6]

He was appointed head coach of AC Milan's Primavera Under-20 squad. In 2006, he was moved by the club to coach the Berretti Under-19 squad, with his former fellow Filippo Galli replacing him at the helm of the Primavera squad. He retired from coaching and was replaced by Roberto Bertuzzo.

Honours[link]

On 4 March 2004, at a gala ceremony in London, to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football revealed the FIFA 100. The list contains choice of the "greatest living footballers", Baresi was one of many from the legendary Milan teams of the 1990s to be included. Baresi is one of the few players who have won all domestic club, international club and national honours, and doing so all with his native country.

• AC Milan
  • UEFA Champions league: 3 - 1989, 1990, 1994.
  • Intercontinental Cup: 2 - 1989, 1990.
  • European Supercup: 3 - 1989, 1990, 1994.
  • Italian Championship: 6 - 1979, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996.
  • Serie B: 1981, 1983
  • Italian Super Cup: 4 - 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994.
  • Mitropa Cup: 1982

• Italy:
  • FIFA World Cup: 1982
  • Scania 100 Tournament (Sweden 1991):1991
  • Runners-up FIFA World Cup: 1994
  • Runners-up US Cup:1992
  • 3rd place FIFA World Cup: 1990

Individual honours[link]

• 1989
  • European Silver Ball Footballer of the Year France Football
• 1990
  • Top Scorer Italian Cup : (4 goals) Total (15 goals) Italian Cup.
  • Italian League The best player of the year.
  • Silver in Best world player of the year IFFHS : 1989
• 1999
  • AC Milan player of the Century. His jersey number 6 at Milan has been retired
• 2004
  • Named in FIFA 100
  • Named Italian Player of the 20th Century by FIGC

Statistics[link]

*European competitions include the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, and UEFA Super Cup

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References[link]

See also[link]

• 1994 UEFA Champions League Final
• One-club man
• unofficial site

Italy squads v t e Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1980 Fourth Place 1 Zoff (c) 2 F. Baresi 3 G. Baresi 4 Bellugi 5 Cabrini 6 Collovati 7 Gentile 8 Maldera 9 Scirea 10 Antognoni 11 Benetti 12 Bordon 13 Buriani 14 Oriali 15 Tardelli 16 Zaccarelli 17 Altobelli 18 Bettega 19 Causio 20 Graziani 21 Pruzzo 22 Galli Coach: Bearzot v t e Italy squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title) 1 Zoff (c) 2 Baresi 3 Bergomi 4 Cabrini 5 Collovati 6 Gentile 7 Scirea 8 Vierchowod 9 Antognoni 10 Dossena 11 Marini 12 Bordon 13 Oriali 14 Tardelli 15 Causio 16 Conti 17 Massaro 18 Altobelli 19 Graziani 20 Rossi 21 Selvaggi 22 Galli Coach: Bearzot v t e Italy squad – 1984 Summer Olympics 1 Tancredi 2 Ferri 3 Galli 4 Nela 5 Tricella 6 Vierchowod 7 Bagni 8 Baresi 9 Battistini 10 Sabato 11 Vignola 12 Zenga 13 Fanna 14 Massaro 15 Briaschi 16 Iorio 17 Serena Coach: Bearzot v t e Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1988 semi-finalists 1 Zenga 2 Baresi 3 Bergomi (c) 4 Cravero 5 Ferrara 6 Ferri 7 Francini 8 Maldini 9 Ancelotti 10 De Agostini 11 Di Carlo 12 Tacconi 13 Fusi 14 Giannini 15 Romano 16 Altobelli 17 Donadoni 18 Mancini 19 Rizzitelli 20 Vialli Coach: Vicini v t e Italy squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Zenga 2 Baresi 3 Bergomi (c) 4 De Agostini 5 Ferrara 6 Ferri 7 Maldini 8 Vierchowod 9 Ancelotti 10 Berti 11 De Napoli 12 Tacconi 13 Giannini 14 Marocchi 15 Baggio 16 Carnevale 17 Donadoni 18 Mancini 19 Schillaci 20 Serena 21 Vialli 22 Pagliuca Coach: Vicini v t e Italy squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Pagliuca 2 Apolloni 3 Benarrivo 4 Costacurta 5 Maldini 6 Baresi (c) 7 Minotti 8 Mussi 9 Tassotti 10 R. Baggio 11 Albertini 12 Marchegiani 13 D. Baggio 14 Berti 15 Conte 16 Donadoni 17 Evani 18 Casiraghi 19 Massaro 20 Signori 21 Zola 22 Bucci Coach: Sacchi

Paulo Dybala (born 15 November 1993 in Laguna Larga) is an Argentine footballer forward who plays for Instituto in the Primera B Nacional.

Club career[link]

Dybala made his professional debut in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division) with his hometown club Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, when he was 17 years old. In total he played 26 games with the club, scoring 16 goals.^[1][2]

On the 29 April U.S. Città di Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini announced the signing of Dybala stating "We have got Paulo Dybala – the new Sergio Agüero". Later the same day however, Instituto's general secretary José Teaux, stated that the man who had completed the negotiations with Palermo, did not have the mandate to sell him.

Personal[link]

His grandfather, Bolesław, was born in village Kraśniów in Poland.^[3]

References[link]