World of football in mourning for the sudden death of Giampiero Ventrone , former Juventus athletic trainer and today at Tottenham with Antonio Conte .
According to the British newspaper Daily Mail, Ventrone, who was 62, was struck down by fulminant leukemia .
“We are devastated to announce the death of the athletic trainer Gian Piero Ventrone. Everyone in the Club will miss him a lot and our thoughts are for his family and friends in this incredibly sad moment ”is the tweet posted by Tottenham on their official account.
"A news that upsets us, unexpected and terrible: Giampiero Ventrone has left us - writes the Italian Football Coaches Association -. The athletic trainer currently with Antonio Conte at Tottenham, and in the past at Juventus with Lippi, left us this morning" .
"A great loss for our world and also my personal one, as my great friend - the words of the vice president of the athletic trainers component, Francesco Perondi -. He was one of the important characters to affirm our figure in the world of football. . We'll miss him". "The great Aiac family - reads the post again -, headed by President Renzo Ulivieri, expresses its deepest condolences to Giampiero's loved ones for this serious and premature loss".
"Antonio Conte's fitness guru" - as the Daily Mail defines him - had earned the nickname of "Marine" in Italy, due to the rigid training systems.
Ventrone, who had always been on the staff of the 2006 World Champion Italy with Lippi, continued to enrich his career with important experiences in France, China and England. The move to Tottenham in 2021.
(Unioneonline / vl)
