Nekdanji italijanski nogometni trener v Serie A Emiliano Mondonico, ki je sedel na klopi Torina, Fiorentine, Napolija in Atalante, je umrl v 72. letu starosti, potem ko je izgubil dolgo bitko z rakom, je danes sporočila njegova družina.
Največji uspeh Mondonica je bil, ko je popeljal Torino leta 1992 v finale pokala Uefa, leto pozneje pa je z njim osvojil italijansko prvenstvo in pokal.
Med igralsko kariero od 1966 do 1979 je nosil drese Torina, Monze, Atalante in svojega lokalnega moštva, Cremone.
Zbolel je leta 2011, ko so mu diagnosticirali raka.
Sad news to start this morning as former Toro coach Emiliano Mondonico has passed away following a long battle with cancer.
— Rob Gillman (@TorinoBlogger) March 29, 2018
Mondonico led Toro to the UEFA Cup final in 1992 (beating Real Madrid along the way) and won the Coppa Italia in 1993.
Ciao Mondo! pic.twitter.com/DcG0cEGIe2
Former Torino manager Emiliano #Mondonico died 71, after years of vigorous fight against cancer.
— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) March 29, 2018
Knight of little teams in Europe: ‘88 CupWinnersCup semi with Atalanta, ‘92 UefaCup final w Torino, where his ‘chair gesture’ to protest for penalty not awarded v Ajax became immortal pic.twitter.com/74Ln445phq
RIP Mister #Mondonico pic.twitter.com/0RrqTGxXXY
— leopnd (@leopnd12) March 29, 2018