Gianluca Vialli

Former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, the Italian Football ...

We send our heartfelt and deepest condolences to his family and friends.” He was also a four-time Coppa Italia winner. Vialli joined Chelsea in 1996 and helped them win the FA Cup at the end of his first season before guiding the London club to glory in both the League Cup and UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup as player-manager the following season.

The ex-Italian international won every trophy possible in Italian club football before playing for and managing Chelsea. He was diagnosed with pancreatic ...

"But we will not forget above all the man. "People will say things about his magnificent football ability, and correctly so, but above all that what a human being. "He was just fabulous to be around. A love that will not die today with you. Forget football, he was just a gorgeous soul. He was just a truly nice human being," he said.

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.

FORMER ITALY, Juventus and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 following a lengthy period with pancreatic cancer, the Italian Football Federation ...

He was also a four-time Coppa Italia winner. Vialli joined Chelsea in 1996 and helped them win the FA Cup at the end of his first season before guiding the London club to glory in both the League Cup and Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup as player-manager the following season. During a 16-year playing career in Italy, Vialli won every major trophy on offer, including Serie A titles with Sampdoria (1991) and Juventus (1995), the Champions League with the latter in 1996, the Uefa Cup and the Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup.

Former Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea great Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58. We take a look at his footballing life.

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.

The former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea striker went on to successfully manage the London club.

Vialli joined Chelsea in 1996 and helped them win the FA Cup at the end of his first season before guiding the London club to glory in both the League Cup and UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup as player-manager the following season. He was also a four-time Coppa Italia winner. He scored 16 goals in 59 appearances for Italy, featured in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups and helped the Azzurri to a third-place finish at the latter, while his £12.5million transfer from Sampdoria to Juventus in 1992 was a world record fee at the time.

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.

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.

Former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, the Italian Football ...

Above all he was a good man." "Even after his time at Chelsea, Gianluca was Chelsea through and through. "He was just fabulous to be around. He was just a truly nice human being. We send our heartfelt and deepest condolences to his family and friends." He was also a four-time Coppa Italia winner.

Former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, the Italian Football ...

We send our heartfelt and deepest condolences to his family and friends.” He was also a four-time Coppa Italia winner. Vialli joined Chelsea in 1996 and helped them win the FA Cup at the end of his first season before guiding the London club to glory in both the League Cup and UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup as player-manager the following season.

Italian's achievements as a player and coach will endure in the history books and he left an impact on those who knew him.

Chelsea went on to win the League Cup, Cup Winners’ Cup and Uefa Super Cup in 1998, and the FA Cup in 2000. “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. For Italy, he felt more like a family member, there to support and offer pointers but also just to laugh and help defuse the tension that builds over a tournament. Vialli marked his first match in charge, a League Cup semi-final against Arsenal, by handing out glasses of champagne in the changing room before kick-off. Next came his move to Chelsea – a free transfer in the summer of 1996 made possible by the European court of justice’s Bosman ruling one year before. More than once it had appeared that he would outlast his fellow voyager, with doctors giving an all-clear in 2018 and again in 2020, but on each occasion the cancer returned.

Tributes have been paid to former Italy, Juventus and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli, who has died at the age of 58 following a lengthy battle with ...

Above all he was a good man." "Even after his time at Chelsea, Gianluca was Chelsea through and through. "He was just fabulous to be around. He was just a truly nice human being. We send our heartfelt and deepest condolences to his family and friends." He was also a four-time Coppa Italia winner.