Aldo Maldera

Who was Aldo Maldera?

Aldo Maldera was an Italian footballer.

The third son of a family of Apulian immigrants in Milan, he spent a large part of his career with A.C. Milan. He played also for Bologna F.C. 1909, Internazionale, A.S. Roma and A.C. Fiorentina, and won a total two Serie A titles, at AC Milan and AS Roma respectively, both under the tutelage of Nils Liedholm.

He represented Italy at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and Euro 1980.

His older brothers Luigi Maldera and Attilio Maldera both played football professionally. To distinguish them, Luigi was referred to as Maldera I, Attilio as Maldera II and Aldo as Maldera III.

He worked as a football agent, and lived in Rome with his wife. He also worked as member of the AS Roma youth system until 2004, and later also as Sport director of Greek club Panionios F.C. with the president Zakiris and AC Milan's technical director Fabio Martella.

On 1 August 2012 it was announced on the AS Roma website that Maldera had died in Rome at the age of 58.