Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian professional football club based in Milan. The club was founded in December 1899 as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club, and played their first competitive match on 15 April 1900, when they entered the semi-final of the 1900 Italian Football Championship. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 900 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom over 150 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.
Milan's record appearance-maker is Paolo Maldini, who made 902 appearances over his 25 seasons at the club from 1985 to 2009. Gunnar Nordahl is the club's top goalscorer with 221 goals in 268 appearances. Four other players have made more than 500 appearances: Franco Baresi (719), Alessandro Costacurta (663), Gianni Rivera (658) and Mauro Tassotti (583). Nordahl is the only player to have scored over 200 goals for Milan, while nine more players have scored at least 100.
Statistics correct as of match played 5 February 2025
Pre-1960s | Post-1960s | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward | ||
U | Utility player [i] |
Since 1899, 45 players have held the position of club captain for Milan. [171] The first club captain was David Allison, who filled the role for the inaugural season. [171] The longest-serving club captain is Franco Baresi, who captained the club from 1982 to 1997. [171] Baresi also has the distinction of having won the most trophies as club captain, with 17; he won five Serie A titles, four Italian Super Cups, three European Cup/Champions League titles, three European Super Cups and two Intercontinental Cups.
List of players who won at least ten trophies with Milan:
Rank | Player | SA | CI | SCI | UCL | CWC | EL | USC | FCWC IC | Total |
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1 | Paolo Maldini | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 26 |
2 | Alessandro Costacurta | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 24 |
3 | Franco Baresi | 6 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 18 |
Roberto Donadoni | 6 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
4 | Mauro Tassotti | 5 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 17 |
Filippo Galli | 5 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 17 | |
7 | Marco van Basten | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 16 |
8 | Demetrio Albertini | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 15 |
9 | Daniele Massaro | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 14 |
Marco Simone | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
11 | Gianni Rivera | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 12 |
Ruud Gullit | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
Sebastiano Rossi | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
Massimo Ambrosini | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
15 | Alberico Evani | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 11 |
16 | Frank Rijkaard | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Gennaro Gattuso | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Filippo Inzaghi | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Clarence Seedorf | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Alessandro Nesta | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 10 |