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Sergio Brighenti passes away. Gravina: "An extraordinary striker and a great football man"
One of Italy's greatest-ever strikers, Sergio Brighenti, has died at the age of 90...
10 October 2022
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Bruno Bolchi passes away. Gravina: "He was a leading figure in Italian football"
Ex-player and Head Coach, Bruno Bolchi passed away last night; he was 82. Born in Milan on 21 February 1940, he made his footballing debut for Inter, where he earned the nickname "Maciste" (Goliath) for his muscular physique...
28 September 2022
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Italian football mourns the loss of Romano Fogli. Gravina: “He’ll be remembered as an Azzurro forever”
A Scudetto-winner with Bologna in 1964, he also experienced trophy success with AC Milan. He played 13 times for Italy, taking part in the 1966 World Cup...
21 September 2021
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Giampiero Boniperti has passed away. “One of the most significant representatives of Italian football has today left us”
8 goals in 38 appearances for the Azzurri, with his debut on 9 November 1947 leading to World Cup participations in ’50 and ’54. In 2012 he became part of the Hall of Fame of Italian Football.
Friday 18 June 2021
18 June 2021
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Our friend Stefano Balducci has passed away. Gravina: “I want to remember him for his love for the Azzurri shirt and the FIGC”
He arrived at the Federation in 1991: he was Deputy Head of the Press Office alongside Antonello Valentini and then Head of TV Rights...
15 June 2021
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Italian football mourns the death of Tarcisio Burgnich. Gravina: "A great champion of Europe has left us"
European champion in 1968 and World Cup runner-up in 1970. While coaching Bologna he gave a debut to current national team coach Roberto Mancini. In his memory, a minute's silence will be observed before the friendly match between Italy and San Marino as well as all championship matches scheduled this week in Italy
26 May 2021
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Remembering Paolo Rossi, a true great. Gravina: “We’ve lost a friend and an icon of Italian football.”
The hero of Italy’s 1982 World Cup triumph has passed away at the age of 64...
10 December 2020
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The football world mourns the passing of Maradona, one of the all-time great champions. Gravina: “His footballing genius was a work of art that will forever remain etched in history”
El Pibe de Oro inspired Argentina to World Cup success in 1986, while he also won two Scudetto titles with Napoli...
25 November 2020
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Former Federal Councillor Vito Giampetro passes away
Vito Giampietro has passed away at the age of 88. Though he was a public prosecutor by trade, he also had a great passion for football and worked in a number of positions in the FIGC...
18 September 2020
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A final farewell to Doctor Fini: FIGC President Gabriele Gravina pays his respects
FIFA President Gianni Infantino also expressed his condolences in a letter to the FIGC President...
17 September 2020
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The FIGC say goodbye to ‘Doctor’ Fino Fini. President Gravina: “A sad day for Italian football”
The Azzurri Team Doctor between 1962 and 1982, and Director of the Coverciano Technical Centre between 1967 and 1995, he was the mastermind behind the Football Museum...
16 September 2020
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Piergiorgio Gozzer dies. Gravina: “A man who made historic contributions to Italian amateur football"
After leading the Trentino-Alto-Adige Regional Committee of the National Amateur League, he later went on to sit on the Federal Council, and he also presided over the Women's National Teams.
18 August 2020
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The FIGC mourns the death of Sergio Vatta. Gravina: “Without him, Italian football would have had far fewer champions”
A great eye for talent and former Coach for the Italy Under-16s, Under-17s and the Women’s National Team...
23 July 2020
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Football mourns Pierino Prati’s passing, European champion in 1968 and World Cup runner-up at Mexico 1970
President Gravina’s condolences: “He was an extraordinary footballer, a star who shone in all the teams he played for"...
22 June 2020
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Flags at half-mast at the FIGC headquarters and Coverciano in remembrance of Pietro Anastasi
A delegation of the federation led by General Secretary Marco Brunelli will attend the funeral this afternoon after the former Azzurri’s passing last Friday
20 January 2020
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We say goodbye to Pietro Anastasi, one of the heroes of Italy's 1968 European Championship triumph. Gravina: “An Azzurri legend”
Yesterday, at the age of 71, Pietro Anastasi passed away...
18 January 2020
