Franco Baresi
Italy· AC Milan
Squad number history
Numbers worn — longest first
#6
2 seasons · AC Milan
Why #6?Baresi captained Milan for fifteen years and retired at the end of 1996/97, his twentieth season at the club. Milan retired the 6 he had worn throughout — the first number the club put away, and the reason Maldini's 3 followed twelve years later.Source: en.wikipedia.org