This afternoon, in circumstances that still remain to be clarified, the former striker of Ozierese, Frassati and Pattada Giovanni Carta died. Well known in Ozieri , he was 59 years old and worked as an insurer.

Around 3 pm the former striker, in his home located in Tramentu (towards Pattada ), was preparing to take a nap on the second floor, fumbled with a shutter and fell in the garden inside his home, flying a few meters and being killed instantly. Carabinieri and firefighters on site for investigations and findings of competence.

Giovanni Carta leaves behind his wife Simonetta and his children Mauro aged 27 and Valeria aged 23 . The news of his sudden disappearance left his fellow citizens stunned. Distraught his former teammates of the great Ozierese Eighties.

«We lose a great person, a true friend - commented the other ex Canarini striker Antonello Volpe -. He will leave a great void in all of us and unfortunately even more in his family". And then: «There are almost no words for this serious loss - says Filippo Riu, former full-back and current coach of Ozierese -. We saw each other very often together with all the former comrades. Giovanni was a sunny person and a hard worker, attached to family values".

Before Giovanni Carta from the former Ozierese team , the one that had made thousands of fans fall in love, the former midfielders Guido Cherchi and Luigi Zappareddu had died prematurely.

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