Gigi Riva is dead. He was hospitalized in the Cardiology department of the Brotzu in Cagliari due to a heart attack suffered on Sunday.
Riva remains the national team’s top scorer with 35 goals and number 11 in Cagliari’s 1970 scudetto. He had been honorary president of Cagliari since 2019, having turned 79 on 7 November.
For further information Agenzia ANSA Farewell to Gigi Riva, hero of a football full of goals and honor – News – Ansa.it The Cagliari scudetto, the no to the big teams: it was the strongest (ANSA)
Always a reserved and shy character, he lived in an apartment in the center of Cagliari and in recent years he had also limited his usual walks in the streets of the centre.
Riva is considered the strongest Italian striker of the post-war period. He is still the record holder for goals scored for the national team: 35 in 42 appearances, an incredible 0.83 goals average per game.
To know more
ANSA Agency From Mattarella to Zoff, a bow to Gigi Riva – Football – Ansa.it The memory of Giancarlo De Sisti: “It was lucky to play with him, he was a Greek god” (ANSA)
Solinas proclaims mourning throughout Sardinia for Riva – The President of the Region, Christian Solinas, having received news of Luigi Riva’s passing, ordered mourning throughout the island until the day of the funeral. All regional buildings must display the flag of Sardinia outside at half-mast, while those placed inside the buildings must be marked in mourning.
Citizen mourning in Cagliari for the passing of Gigi Riva. “At this moment I feel a deep pain – these are the words of the mayor Paolo Truzzu – I can’t hold back the tears, I struggle to express thoughts and words. Gigi Riva was an example, a way of being, a point of reference. A true man, unique and inimitable. To the family goes the infinite embrace of Cagliari and our island. Goodbye, thunderclap and heartfelt thanks for everything. A city mourning will be called to rally us all around our legend, our sons Nicola and Mauro , to his nieces and his entire family.”
Video Gigi Riva dies, his message for the centenary of Cagliari
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2024-01-22 20:36:00
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