Gianluca Vialli

2023 - 1 - 7

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Gianluca Vialli, former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea striker, dies aged ... (The Guardian)

The former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli, who had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, has died at the age of 58.

[Italy](https://www.theguardian.com/football/italy) striker Gianluca Vialli has died at the age of 58. They added: “We will remember you as a boy and a relentless centre-forward, because heroes are all young and beautiful and you, since that summer of 1984, have been our hero. Vialli announced he had undergone radiotherapy and chemotherapy in November 2018, having been diagnosed with cancer one year earlier. A love that will not die today with you. He scored 16 goals in 59 appearances for Italy and featured in the Azzurri’s 1986 and 1990 World Cup squads. [Italy](https://www.theguardian.com/football/italy) team to focus on his treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Gianluca Vialli, Italy football great, dies aged 58 (CNN)

Italy football great Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 after what he described as his "journey" with an "unwelcome travel companion" -- pancreatic cancer.

“It can appear strange in this moment (of the pandemic), compared to many others I feel very fortunate.” Vialli retired from professional football in 1999 to focus on his role as a full-time manager. “I am not a warrior. “And then on the pitch, we were very complementary… Another bout with the disease swiftly followed in 2019, before his former team Chelsea announced he’d been ‘given the all-clear’ in 2020. Without him, and without Mancini and the other coaches, this victory would mean nothing.

Ex-Chelsea, Juventus star Gianluca Vialli dies at 58 (ESPN)

Former Chelsea and Juventus star Gianluca Vialli has died at the age of 58 following a long battle with cancer.

Their Sampdoria team had lost the European Cup final to Barcelona at the same venue 29 years earlier. The memory of him and his example will live forever in our hearts." Vialli scored twice as Sampdoria beat Anderlecht 2-0 in 1990 to lift the European Cup Winners' Cup. The pair celebrated with a tearful embrace that "was more beautiful than the hugs we used to give each other when I passed him the ball and he scored goals," Vialli said in a TV interview with Italy's RAI in November. Under Vialli, Chelsea won the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 and the FA Cup two years later before he too was dismissed. Vialli left the Genoa-based club in the summer of 1992, moving to Juventus, where after a sluggish start he rediscovered his goal-scoring touch and helped the Turin giants win the Italian league in 1995 and the Champions League the following season.

Italian football star Gianluca Vialli dies (RNZ)

Former Italy striker Gianluca Vialli, who earned 59 caps for his country, has died from cancer at the age of 58.

Vialli scored twice as Sampdoria beat Anderlecht 2-0 in 1990 to lift the European Cup Winners' Cup. He described cancer as "a travel companion" that he hoped would eventually leave him in peace, after testing his mettle. His memory and example will live in our hearts forever," Vialli's family was quoted as saying in a statement by the Italian news agency ANSA. Vialli left the Genoa-based club in the summer of 1992, moving to Juventus, where after a sluggish start he rediscovered his goalscoring touch and helped the Turin giants win the Italian league in 1995 and the Champions League the following season. Vialli was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017. They celebrated with a tearful embrace that "was more beautiful than the hugs we used to give each other when I passed him the ball and he scored goals," Vialli said in a TV interview with Italy's RAI in November.

Football: Italian great Gianluca Vialli dies, aged 58 (New Zealand Herald)

Gianluca Vialli, the former Italy striker who helped Sampdoria and Juventus win Serie A and European trophies before becoming player-manager at Chelsea, ...

He taught us a lot of things, also not only when he played but when he spoke with everyone,” Stellini said. It is a great thing.” “People will say things about his magnificent football ability, and correctly so, but above all that what a human being. Alessandro del Piero, a Champions League winner alongside Vialli with Juventus posted: “Our captain. “He was just fabulous to be around. I tried to replicate his volleys In the park and such a lovely man when I met him. He was just a truly nice human being. Forget football, he was just a gorgeous soul. “For the love of our ball we have often clashed. Ever since you arrived in 1992, when it was love at first sight...we loved everything about you, absolutely everything — your smile, your being a star and leader at the same time, on the pitch and in the dressing room, your adorable swashbuckling ways, your culture, your class, which you showed until the last day in the black and white stripes.” “I hoped until the end that he would be able to perform another miracle. A love that will not die today with you.”

Football: Chelsea, Sampdoria, Italy striker Gianluca Vialli dies, aged ... (Newshub)

"I hope to live as long as possible, but I feel much more fragile than before."

Italy's football star Gianluca Vialli dies aged 58 (Aljazeera.com)

Vialli, who played with Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017.

Mihajlović also played with Mancini at Sampdoria after Vialli left the club for Juventus. You came as a boy, we salute you as a man,” it said. “We have come a long way together, growing and searching, winning and dreaming.

Mark Hughes: 'Gianluca Vialli was a beautiful human who loved ... (The Guardian)

The Bradford City manager has paid an emotional tribute to his former Chelsea teammate after his death at the age of 58.

“He was such a great person and it was a genuine pleasure to share a dressing room with him and call him my teammate. He was a brilliant professional, and while he struggled a bit in his first season, he really kicked on after that.” “He was a huge star when he came to Chelsea, but he embraced the club and never gave it the big ‘I am’. “He was the most beautiful human in terms of his ability to make people feel comfortable in his presence,” Hughes said. Hughes played with and under the Italian for two seasons at Chelsea, and he told the Observer that Vialli’s arrival in the summer of 1996 had a major impact in transforming the club’s fortunes. “Myself and Ruud had arrived the season before and the club had made no secret of trying to have a real go at becoming more than a mid-table side,” Hughes said.

Gianluca Vialli: A nimble-footed artist, an affable prankster and a ... (The Indian Express)

The legendary Italian, who lost his battle with cancer barely a week after Pele passed away, will be remembered for the person he was as much as the ...

And this time, he lost the battle, but with a stoic smile, though leaving his friends in uncontrollable grief and imperishable memories that would bring a smile on their faces and a drop of tear in their eyes. Tears welled down the face of Mancini too in what was the final act of the goal twins. But the night Italy lifted the Cup, he broke down in the arms of his friend, brother, his goal twin, Mancini. Italy won the match and Vialli suggested that he would intentionally turn up late for the match. It’s a measure of the man that, at his hour of departure, he is remembered for the person he was and less the footballer he had been. He would come running and manage to stop the bus just in time. Throughout the tournament that ended in Italy’s triumph, he was spotted with a radiant smile and bright eyes, dressed elegantly in his blazer, beard trimmed slickly. Little doubt that he was one of the finest forwards of his time, a nimble-footed artiste with an oeuvre of audacious skills. The night Sampordia won the title, he walked around the stadium in just his underpants. On the contrary, he was extroverted and an unchallenged prankster—he once put pepper spray in the pants of his teammates, put Parmesan cheese in the shoes of a manager and uncorked champagne in the dressing room before an FA Cup match, in his managerial days with Chelsea. Son of an entrepreneur billionaire, who lived in a 60-room 15th-century castle in Cremona, he flaunted none of his elite forebears. He had defeated his “fellow voyager” – to quote from an interview he gave to The Guardian four years ago – twice, but the third went futile.

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