Gianluca Vialli passed away: The football world has got another big blow. Italy’s great footballer Gianluca Vialli died of cancer at the age of 58, a week after the death of Brazilian great footballer Pele. The Italian Football Federation has given this information through a tweet on Friday. With the death of Gianluca, the football world has suffered another major setback within a week.
Gianluca lost his battle with cancer
The cause of death of Gianluca Vialli was cancer. Gianluca was suffering from pancreatic cancer. While giving information about this in the year 2018 itself, he had said that the one-year-long battle with this deadly disease was completed, however, even after that in the year 2021, he fell prey to it. This time also he tried his best to defeat cancer but he could not win this battle and on 6 January 2023 he said goodbye to the world.
jaenluca had an illustrious football career
Italy’s great footballer Gianluca Vialli has had a great career. He has played a total of 59 matches for Italy from 1985 to 1992 for the national team. He has scored 16 goals in these matches. At the same time, he has played for Juventus and Chelsea in his club career. He has also served as the coach of Chelsea. Due to his illness, Gianluca had to leave the post of Head of Delegation last month.
With the death of Gianluca, there has been a wave of mourning in the entire football world. Many stars including Manchester United, Chelsea, Italy Football Association have paid their tribute on his death. Gianluca also made him champion in the year 1996 while playing for Juventus. Let us tell you that before Gianluca, Brazilian football legend Pele had passed away. He said goodbye to the world on 29 December.
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