Photo: Claudio Villa/Getty Images
The Italian Gianluca Viallione of the most emblematic footballers of the 90s and champion of the Champions League with Juventus in 1996died this Friday at the age of 58.
This will be forever in my head.
Vialli and his very good friend Mancini, in tears, after Italy won the Euros.
Today is a very sad day.
😢pic.twitter.com/knfNfbuM7G
— Sacha Pisani (@Sachk0) January 6, 2023
The forward was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017 and said that he had overcome the disease three years later, but it relapsed in 2021.
What another sad day for football😩Another genius passes away VIALLI what a player what a gent!This photo is from my highest respect!My most prized shirt swap in my career Italy vROI,When he was nu 1 in world football.
Never forgotten a true great. God bless RIP.
YNWA pic.twitter.com/B5LsRXW6lq— John Aldridge (@Realaldo474) January 6, 2023
In December, he announced that he was temporarily leaving his position on the coaching staff of the Italian national team to focus on his health.
“Gianluca was a splendid person and a void is being left that cannot be filled,” Italian Football Federation president Gabriele Gravina said.
You’ll be missed by so many. A legend to us and to all of football.
Rest in peace, Gianluca Vialli. 💙 pic.twitter.com/mNJPDkCSYO
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 6, 2023
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