This is confirmed by both Sampdoria and Juventus, two clubs Vialli played for in his distinguished career, on Twitter. Tributes to Vialli are pouring in on social media. – You will be missed by so many. You are a legend for both us and football. Rest in peace, writes Chelsea on her official Twitter account. The 58-year-old had been ill with cancer for a long time and died in a hospital in London today, Friday. Vialli is survived by his wife and two children. – No, so sad. An incredibly great guy. Terrific and professional player and manager, says Tore André Flo to news. NORWEGIAN MAKKER: Here, Gianluca Vialli and Tore André Flo celebrate the former’s goal against Vålerenga in the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1999. Photo: Erik Johansen / NTB Flo played together with Vialli in Chelsea. So did Frode Grodås, who, like Flo, reacted with sadness to the news of Viallia’s passing. – No, is he dead? It was terribly sad. It won’t be difficult to say anything about him. He was an amazingly good player and an incredibly nice person who cared about everyone and saw each one. This was very sad. Now I was really upset, says Grodås to news, and adds: – He was simply a real role model. An Italian goal machine During a long playing career, Vialli played for clubs such as Cremonese, Sampdoria, and Juventus, as well as Chelsea. He quit in 1999 and then tried his hand as a football coach, managing both Chelsea and Watford from the sidelines. He remained in London where he died on Friday. He also got 59 games for the Italian national team and scored 16 goals. He helped win World Cup bronze in 1990. In 2015, he was inducted into Italian football’s Hall of Fame and Vialli was among the first players to be inducted. Only Roberto Baggio, Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi and Fabio Cannavaro were ahead of him. The criteria for being included in the Hallf Fame is as follows: “A place in the Italian football Hall of Fame is to honor football personalities who have had an unforgettable impact on the history of Italian football”. Gianluca Vialli (1964 – 2023) Photo: Mauro Pilone / AP Gianluca Vialli was an Italian soccer player and coach, who was born in the northern Italian city of Cremona on July 9, 1964. In 1980, as a 16-year-old, he started his professional career in his hometown soccer team Cremonese. Since then, the striker has played for the Italian national team, in Sampdoria (1984-1992), Juventus (1992-1996) and Chelsea (1996-1999). In Sampdoria, Vialli helped win Serie A (1990/91), the Italian Cup (1984/85, 1987/88 and 1988/89) and the Cup Winners’ Cup (1989/90). In 1990, he won bronze at home with Italy in the World Cup. He played a total of 59 games for the national team and scored 16 goals. Vialli was the top scorer in the Coppa Italia in 1988–89 with 13 goals and in the Italian Serie A in 1990–91 with 19 goals. With Juventus, Vialli won the Serie A title (1994/95), the Italian Cup (1994/95), the Champions League (1995/96), the Uefa Cup (1992/93). In 1995, he was named player of the year by the magazine “World Soccer”. At Chelsea he won the FA Cup (1996 (97), the League Cup (1997/98) and the Cup Winners’ Cup (1997/98). Vialli became a playing coach for Chelsea in 1998. In the same year, at 33, he became the youngest coach to win the Cup Winners’ Cup in football for men. The following season he took the London team to the Champions League for the first time. Vialli was a coach at Chelsea until 2000. In 2001-2002 he was a coach at Watford. After his playing and coaching career, the Italian has worked as a sports commentator, including in Sky Italia, and was on the staff of the Italian national team. He was knighted in 1991 and has since also been appointed an officer and commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy. – What he has done for Italian football and the blue shirt will never be forgotten .Gianluca was a wonderful person and leaves a void that cannot be filled,” said Gabriele Gravina, president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in a statement. He won most things that can be won: Champions League, Serie A, FA Cup, Coppa Italy and the UEFA Cup, to name a few. Vialli, considered one of the best Italian strikers of his generation, was a very versatile striker. He hammered in scores, and scored all kinds of goals. He was fast, strong, tactically smart and not only an eminent goalscorer, but also a skilled facilitator. HIT: Gianluca Vialli, here from the Chelsea era, celebrates scoring in a 6-0 win over Barnsley in 1997. Photo: IAN HODGSON / Reuters He was part of Roberto Mancini’s support team that won the European Football Championship in 2021. The two were striker partners in Sampdoria in the 1990s and formed a fearsome striker pair that shot Sampdoria to league gold in 1991. The row pair Mancini/Vialli were nicknamed the “goal twins”. When Juventus brought him from Sampdoria in 1992, they made him the world’s most expensive player. He was not the world’s most expensive player for long, as AC Milan set a new world record when they signed Gianluigi Lentini from Turin. The two wept in each other’s arms after Italy’s triumph against England at Wembley in the 2021 European Championship final: CRIES OF JOY: Roberto Mancini and Gianluca Vialli, who have shared so many moments, wept with joy after one of the greatest achievements: the European the title in 2021. Photo: Christian Charisius / AP “The famous snow fight” It was in 2018 that he first told about pancreatic cancer. In 2020 he said he was cancer-free, but in December 2021 he stated that the cancer had returned. This led to him later taking a break from his job with the Italian national team. In 1997, as a Chelsea player, he played against Tromsø in the famous “snow game” at Alfheim. Ole Martin Årst also played in that match. Speaking to news, he recalls what it was like to play against Vialli. – What I remember is that he was one of the few who didn’t complain about the weather and playing conditions. He made the best of it, and it was no coincidence that he scored the two goals at Alfheim. – It was incredibly sad to hear. Based on what little I got to experience, he seemed like a wonderful guy. He was a star without prima donna whims. That was our perception of him after the two games, says Årst. You can see the scores here:
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