Former soccer striker Gianluca Vialli, who earned 59 caps for Italy and enjoyed a stellar club career with Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea, has died from cancer at the age of 58
Vialli was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017. He was given the all-clear a year later only for the illness to return."I know that I probably will not die of old age, I hope to live as long as possible, but I feel much more fragile than before," Vialli had said in a Netflix documentary aired in March 2022.
Working with the Italy squad, Vialli had been reunited with national coach Roberto Mancini, a lifelong friend and strike partner when they both played for Sampdoria, where they were known as "the goal twins." Their Sampdoria team had lost the European Cup final to Barcelona at the same venue 29 years earlier.The son of a wealthy industrialist, Vialli first emerged as a young player with his local team Cremonese in Italy's third and second tiers.
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