Former Italian player Gianluca Vialli, champion of Sampdoria and Juventus, died this Friday at the age of 58 in a London hospital.
Former Italian football player Gianluca Vialli , He died this Friday at the age of 58. He was admitted to a London hospital for pancreatic cancer, which he had suffered for five years, and was forced to resign as head of the Italian football team delegation on 14 December.
Italian Football Federation (Fig C.
The president of FIGC is Gabriele Gravina expressed his deep pain.
“Gianluca is a great person, leaving an unfillable void both in the national team and in all those who appreciated his extraordinary humanity,” the leader noted.
Other political officials, including the infrastructure minister and the government’s vice president, offered their condolences. Matteo Salvini or former Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi .
Vialli was one of Calcio’s most important footballers, managers and coaches in the 1990s.
A Cremona (North)-born centre-forward, Vialli began his career with Cremona in 1980, signing for Sampdoria (1984) after four seasons. In this team, he worked together with the “Azzurro” coach Roberto Mancini.
He and he developed a friendship that goes beyond the playing field, winning the only ‘Scudetto’ the Genoese club holds dear in its records (1991), three Italian Cups (1985, 88, 89) and the Italian Super Cup. Made history by winning. (1991).
He then went on to Juventus (1992-1996) before winning the Champions League in 1996, which later inspired him to move to British Chelsea (1996-1999), where he retired.
After retiring, Vialli tried his luck as a coach in England, Chelsea and Watford without success.
It wasn’t until 2019 that he returned to form part of the bench. Hand in hand with his friend Roberto Mancini, he played an interesting role as he was appointed head of the Italian national team delegation and lifted Euro 2020 two years later.
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Source: Biobiochile
