The world of football has been grieving again in recent times.The Italian football legend who has to breathed his last breath is Paolo Rossi. This Italian legend died at the age of 64 after suffering from illness in recent years. Apart from being a legend of the Italian national team, Paolo Rossi is also a legend from the Italian giants Juventus.
Paolo Rossi was born on 23 September 1956 in Prato City, Italy. Little Rossi started his football career with small Italian clubs, Santa Lucia and San Michelle. Before finally at the age of 16, Paolo Rossi was carried off by Juventus management at that time and played for the Juventus U17 team. Then in the following season, Rossi played for the Juventus U19 team, before finally being loaned to other Italian clubs such as Como and Vicenza. However, because he appeared quite neat, Vicenza bought the player permanently from Juventus management at that time.
After being bought permanently by Vicenza, Paolo Rossi only performed well in 1 season until he was loaned again to another Italian club, Perugia for 2 seasons. Finally, after serving a loan spell for 2 seasons, Rossi was bought back by Juventus and found his best form during the second opportunity in the uniform of the Old Lady.
Playing for 4 seasons for Juventus, Paolo Rossi finally left for AC Milan for 1 season and in the following season moved to Hellas Verona for 1 season. And in the end, right on July 1, 1987, Paolo Rossi decided to retire from the world of football.
From statistical data, the player who plays as a striker has recorded 137 matches and scored 44 goals while in Juventus uniform. Together with Vicenza, Paolo Rossi is considered to be quite effective, recording 108 matches and scoring 66 goals. With Perugia, Paolo Rossi recorded 36 matches and scored 14 goals. Together with Hellas Verona, recorded 27 matches and scored 7 goals. Meanwhile, with AC Milan, Paolo Rossi recorded 26 matches and scored 3 goals and 2 assists. When in a Como shirt, Paolo Rossi only played 6 matches without scoring a goal.
For the title business at club level, Paolo Rossi was able to win Serie B with Vicenza in the 1976/1977 season. With Juventus, Paolo Rossi won many titles, in the 1981/1982 season he won the Serie A title, in the 1982/1983 season he won the Coppa Italia, in the 1983/1984 season won the Serie A title and the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, and in the 1984 / season 1985 won the European Super Cup title and European Champions League champion.
Despite his success with Juventus, Paolo Rossi is also considered a failure with Juventus because he became an actor in the current “Totonero” scoring case. And finally Paolo Rossi was suspended in the world of football for 2 seasons, namely the 1980/1981 season and the 1981/1982 season.
At the level of the Italian national team, Paolo Rossi has managed to record 48 matches and scored 2 goals since making his debut on December 21, 1977, when he was 21 years 2 months 28 days old. Paolo Rossi with the Italian national team won fourth place at the 1978 World Cup and won the 1982 World Cup. Meanwhile, at EURO 1980, Paolo Rossi could not play because he was still suspended, and at EURO 1986, Paolo Rossi was only a substitute warmer.
For the individual title, Paolo Rossi is also very classy because he was able to win the Ballon d’Or in 1982 thanks to his neat performances with Juventus and the Italian national team. Paolo Rossi also became the top scorer 3 times, namely in the 1976/1977 season in Serie B when with Vicenza, at that time Rossi scored 8 goals. Then in the following season, namely in 1977/1978 in Serie A when with Vicenza as well, at that time the player scored 24 goals. Meanwhile, at the 1982 World Cup, Paolo Rossi was also the top scorer with 6 goals for the Italian national team.
Even though the player was involved in the fixing scandal, Paolo Rossi is still called a legend of Italian football. This is because Paolo Rossi was an important player for the success of the Italian national team at the 1982 World Cup. In addition, Paolo Rossi is also one of the few Italian players who won the Ballon d’Or title. Omar Sivori, Gianni Rivera, Paolo Rossi, Roberto Baggio, and Fabio Cannavaro are recorded as Italian players who won the Ballon d’Or title.
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