The anterior cruciate ligament rupture of Andrea Conti in today’s morning training session goes together with the many, long injuries suffered by several rossoneri players in recent AC Milan history.
Here is the long starting list from Nesta and finishing with the former Atalanta.
Season 2008-09
– Alessandro Nesta, back surgery. 251 days of stop and 36 games missed, returning on the field on 31 May 2009 in Fiorentina-Milan 0-2
– Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, cruciate ligament rupture (in Milan-Catania 1-0), about 6 months of stop, 22 games missed and back on the bench for Milan-Juventus 1-1 of 10 May 2009. On the field on 31 May 2009 in Fiorentina-Milan 0-2
Season 2009-10
– Oguchi Onyewu, breaks achilles tendon and is forced to stay 6 month away missing 34 jump matches. Returned on April 2010.
Season 2010-11
– Filippo Inzaghi, cruciate ligament rupture in Milan-Palermo 3-1 of 10 November 2010, 6 months of absence and return on 14 May 2011 in Milan-Cagliari 4-1
Season 2011-12
– Antonio Cassano, heart problems in post Roma-Milan 2-3 of October 2011, about 5 months of stop and 32 matches missed, back on 7 April 2012 in Milan-Fiorentina 1-2
– Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, ocular myasthenia, 5 months of stop, return for Parma-Milan 0-2 on 17 March 2012
Season 2012-13
– Didac Vila, pubalgia, stop for 216 days with 39 games missed, returned on 25 March 2013.
– Nigel de Jong, achilles tendon rupture, 27 games missed and 173 days of stop, return on 20 August 2013 for PSV-Milan 1-1.
Season 2013-14
– Stephan El Shaarawy, muscle fiber rupture and foot metatarsal fracture. Back on 1 December 2013 in Catania-Milan 1-3. Foot operation in mid-December and return on 11 May 2014 in a defeat in Bergamo against Atalanta (2-1). 6 months of overall stop, 39 games missed.
Season 2014-15
– Riccardo Montolivo, tibia fracture in Italy-Ireland 0-0 of 31 May 2014, 164 days of stop and 11 games missed, return in Milan-Udinese 2-0 on 20 November 2014
Season 2015-16
– Jeremy Ménez, hip problems from the beginning of the season: return on 14 February 2016 in Milan-Genoa 2-1. 163 days of stop, 25 games missed.
– Diego Lopez, tendon problems since November 2015. 4 months of stop and 21 games missed, return on the bench on 6 March 2016 in Sassuolo-Milan 2-0
Season 2016-17
– Riccardo Montolivo, cruciate ligament rupture in Italy-Spain 1-1 of 7 October 2016. 194 days of stop, 28 games missed and return on field as first minute starter and captain in at Atalanta-Milan 1-1 of 13 May 2017
– Ignazio Abate, left eye trauma in Sassuolo-Milan 0-1 of 26 February 2017, 129 days of stop and 12 games missed. Return in Craiova-Milan on 27 July 2017.
Season 2017-18
– Andrea Conti, cruciate ligament rupture in training, scheduled stop time: 6 months
