Gianluca Vialli

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Gianluca Vialli: Former Italy and Chelsea striker dies aged 58 after ... (Sky Sports)

Gianluca Vialli left his role as a coach with Italy in December, citing his need to undergo treatment for pancreatic cancer; the former Italy and Chelsea ...

He was such a fun-loving guy, full of mischief, he was such a warm individual and a fabulous player." Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness paid tribute to his friend and former Sampdoria team-mate: "I can't tell you how good a guy he was. He was the sort of guy you would really go into battle for - the trophies won proved that." He was so much an icon for players [at Chelsea], most of whom had played with him. Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly and co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali said in a statement: "This is truly an awful day for Chelsea Football Club. Current Watford manager Slaven Bilic said, in tribute: "It's a sad day.

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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.

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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.

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Gianluca Vialli, figure du football italien, est mort (Le Monde)

L'ancien international transalpin, passé par la Sampdoria Gênes et la Juventus Turin, est mort des suites d'un cancer du pancréas, à l'âge de 58 ans.

Il était l’adjoint de Mancini lors de la victoire de la Squadra Azzurra à l’Euro 2021. A la fin de sa carrière, il a brièvement été entraîneur-joueur de Chelsea et coach de Watford avant d’être dirigeant de l’équipe d’Italie à partir de 2019. Gianluca Vialli a aussi porté les couleurs de la Juventus (1992-1996), puis de Chelsea (1996-1999).

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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.

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Football : l'ex-international italien Gianluca Vialli est décédé (FRANCE 24)

Gianluca Vialli, qui luttait depuis plusieurs années contre un cancer du pancréas, est décédé à l'âge de 58 ans, a annoncé vendredi son ancien club de la ...

Coupe des vainqueurs de Coupes, Coupe d'Angleterre, Coupe de la Ligue, son armoire à trophées se remplit encore. Une période toutefois assombrie a posteriori par les procès de matches truqués et de dopage visant la Juve. "Ces larmes étaient remplies de tant de choses". L'enfant de Crémone issu d'une famille aisée, qui a grandi dans un château, rejoint la Juve en 1992 pour une somme record à l'époque (l'équivalent de 16,5 millions d'euros). "La créatine, oui, on en a pris pendant quelques mois. Nés tous les deux en 1964, "i gemelli del gol" (les jumeaux du but) ont fait les beaux jours du stade Luigi-Ferraris à Gênes. Gianluca Vialli, qui luttait depuis plusieurs années contre un cancer du pancréas, est décédé à l'âge de 58 ans, a annoncé vendredi son ancien club de la Sampdoria de Gênes. "Tellement de gens te regretteront. Avec la "Vieille dame", il ajoute à son palmarès une Coupe de l'UEFA (1993), aux côtés de Roberto Baggio, et une Ligue des champions (1996). Tu nous as tant donné." "On n'oubliera pas tes 141 buts [avec la Sampdoria], tes coups de pied aériens, tes chemises en cachemire, ta boucle d'oreille, tes cheveux blond platine, ton blouson bomber Ultras. Mancini à la construction, Vialli à la finition, le duo offre notamment une Coupe d'Europe des vainqueurs de coupes (1990), un titre national (1990-1991) et une finale de C1 à la Sampdoria.

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Foot: Gianluca Vialli est décédé (RTS.ch)

L'ancien international italien Gianluca Vialli est décédé à l'âge de 58 ans des suites d'un cancer du pancréas.

Après sa carrière de joueur, il a entraîné Chelsea (1998-2000) et Watford (2001-2002). Il a également été l'adjoint du sélectionneur italien Roberto Mancini lors de la victoire de la Nazionale à l'Euro 2021. Gianluca Vialli s'est construit un très beau palmarès, riche notamment de 2 titres de champion d'Italie (1991, 1995) et d'une Ligue des champions (1996).

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Former Italy striker Vialli dies at 58 (TSN)

The Italian soccer federation confirmed Vialli's death on Friday. Vialli announced in 2018 that he had overcome a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer but ...

He continued to live in London after moving on from Chelsea into TV commentary and other ventures. 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.” Mihajlović also played with Mancini at Sampdoria after Vialli left the club for Juventus. “We have always been with you, Gianluca. Gianluca Vialli, the former Italy striker who helped Sampdoria and Juventus win Serie A and European trophies before becoming player-manager at Chelsea, has died. Vialli won another Serie A title at Juventus and also raised the Champions League and UEFA Cup trophies with the Bianconeri.

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La star italienne Gianluca Vialli s'éteint à 58 ans (ICI.Radio-Canada.ca)

L'ancien attaquant international italien Gianluca Vialli, qui luttait depuis plusieurs années contre un cancer du pancréas, est décédé à 58 ans, ...

Nous nous souviendrons de toi comme d'un garçon et d'un avant-centre implacable, a notamment écrit le club sur son site internet. L'ancien attaquant international italien Gianluca Vialli, qui luttait depuis plusieurs années contre un cancer du pancréas, est décédé à 58 ans, a annoncé vendredi son ancien club de la Sampdoria Gênes. Samp', lors de la victoire de la Nazionale à l'Euro en 2021, alors qu'il combattait déjà un cancer du pancréas.

Gianluca Vialli, former Italy striker, dies at 58 (Toronto Sun)

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

He continued to live in London after moving on from Chelsea into TV commentary and other ventures. Mihajlović also played with Mancini at Sampdoria after Vialli left the club for Juventus. Article content

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Gianluca Vialli dies aged 58 after pancreatic cancer battle (Black Hills Pioneer)

Former Italy and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli has passed away aged 58 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

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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.

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Italy Mourns The Death Of Legendary Striker Gianluca Vialli (Forbes)

The Italian soccer community mourns the death of one of the most iconic sportspersons of his generation.

[Alessandro Del Piero](https://www.instagram.com/p/CnEjEGprDu9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D), one of the legends featuring in that stellar Juventus squad, paid tribute to his former teammate with an Instagram post whose caption reads, “Our captain. As a Blucerchiato, Vialli formed a memorable offensive partnership with Roberto Mancini and tallied 141 goals in 328 matches before joining Italian soccer giants [Juventus](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieleproch/2022/11/29/the-reasons-behind-andrea-agnellis-sudden-resignation-as-the-juventus-president/?sh=60c6a8796581). Vialli’s unparalleled charisma earned him the Bianconeri armband, and he perfectly lived up to that responsibility by lifting the much coveted UEFA Champions League trophy in 1996. [UEFA European Football Championship](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieleproch/2021/06/15/a-look-at-the-uefa-euro-2020-prize-money-as-italy-tries-to-secure-early-round-of-16-spot/?sh=7ebd4e972201), a trophy that they last had hoisted in 1968. Among the many feats of his impressive career, Vialli boasts the record of being the only striker to have won the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup (today’s Europa League) and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. [Scudetto](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieleproch/2023/01/05/napolis-first-loss-of-the-season-enlivens-serie-a-title-race/?sh=6978db2839ca) during the 1990/91 Serie A season.

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L'ex-attaquant italien Gianluca Vialli meurt à 58 ans (La Presse)

L'ancien attaquant international italien Gianluca Vialli, qui luttait depuis plusieurs années contre un cancer du pancréas, est mort à 58 ans, ...

Outre la Sampdoria, Vialli avait aussi porté les couleurs de la Juventus (1992-1996) puis de Chelsea (1996-1999), où il avait continué d’ajouter des lignes à son palmarès, dont des victoires en Ligue des champions (1996) et en Coupe de l’UEFA (1993) avec les Bianconeri, et une autre Coupe des coupes avec Chelsea en 1998. « Nous nous souviendrons de toi comme d’un garçon et d’un avant-centre implacable », a notamment écrit le club sur son site internet. L’ancien international italien s’est surtout distingué sous le maillot du club génois, remportant le titre de champion d’Italie (1991) et la Coupe des coupes (1990) tout en atteignant la finale de la Ligue des champions (1992).

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Gianluca Vialli: The Chelsea trailblazer who transformed the ... (Sporting News)

Gianluca Vialli's death at the age of 58 has prompted an outpouring of affection and grief. The former Italy, Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea striker was ...

"I try to teach them that happiness depends on the perspective with which you look on life, that you shouldn't put on airs, that you should listen more and speak less. An anecdote that did the rounds after news of Vialli's death related to his first game as a manager against Arsenal. Vialli remained a resident in London after his career, with the family calling England's capital city home. They also won the Cup Winners' Cup that season as Vialli brought Zola off the bench to score a wonderful winner against Stuttgart. He and Gullit did not always see eye-to-eye and when the Dutchman was sacked in February 1998, the Italian No.9 was appointed player-manager. Luca was the type of player you could imagine thriving in a modern game that continued to fascinate and beguile him until his death. Vialli was 32 when he made his Chelsea debut so could be placed in the latter category. In 1990, England's run to the semifinals of the World Cup in Italy revitalised a national game that had begun to wither amid tragedy and neglect. Chelsea symbolised the decay of English football in the 1980s more explicitly than most, but they swiftly became a glamour club in tune with their surroundings on King's Road in west London. Despite being a shade under six foot, he was no-one's idea of easy work in the air. Marcelo Lippi's side also won the Coppa Italia that year and were only denied a treble in the UEFA Cup final by Parma over two legs, but not before Vialli scored a typically blistering goal. Serie A was the best domestic league on the planet, boasting an all-star cast of players, tactical sophistication and kits and stadiums that looked so damn good.

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Gianluca Vialli, the English gentleman made in Italy (The Athletic)

Vialli was the gentleman goalscorer who bestowed cosmopolitan credibility on Chelsea and the Premier League when he moved to London.

[FA Cup](https://theathletic.com/football/fa-cup/) for the first time in over a quarter of a century. The future was the [Premier League](https://theathletic.com/football/premier-league/). [England](https://theathletic.com/football/team/england/) was a place to go at the end of one’s playing days. For years, he was the face of Sky Italia’s coverage of Serie A and the Champions League alongside another legend of the Italian game gone too soon – Paolo Rossi. In 2000, aged only 35, he entered the select club of football men to win that competition as a player and a coach. Imagine if [Everton](https://theathletic.com/football/team/everton/) made the [Champions League](https://theathletic.com/football/champions-league/) final these days, perhaps.) “Sexy football”, as Vialli and Gullit called it, came to the King’s Road and the cosmopolitan Chelsea we know today began in earnest. The columnist Paolo Condo recalled Vialli venting about the lack of coverage his transfer received back home because, to his mind, Serie A considered the Premier League a threat to its apparently unassailable hegemony. Vialli lost his place to Toto Schillaci at the 1990 World Cup on home soil and was an unused substitute in four of their final five games in the tournament. [When Vialli and Mancini came together, Italy came together](https://theathletic.com/2679972/2021/06/30/mancini-and-vialli-an-italian-football-friendship-deeper-than-the-sea/?source=user-shared-article). [Austria](https://theathletic.com/football/team/austria/) got Gianluca Vialli out of his seat at Wembley. Vialli was living with pancreatic cancer, “an unwanted travel companion” in his words, and there was consolation when the news of his death came through on Friday morning that he got to experience that moment with his friend.

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