Paolo maldini, one of the greatest Italian left-backs, has participated in the World Cup four times.

It was he 1 13 who played for Italy in the World Cup qualifier between Italy and Romania on June 7, 2000, which broke Zoff's national team record. At that time, Zoff happened to be the coach of the Italian team.

On September 25th, 2005, AC Milan played against Travis, and Maldini made his 5th17th Serie A appearance, which also broke Zoff's record.