«With us every day, in every moment»: Cagliari remembers Astori, he would have turned 36 today
Message for the defender, born on 7 January 1987, also on the Fiorentina profiles
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Cagliari Calcio, and it could not be otherwise, recalls Davide Astori 36 years after his birth.
« Davide Astori was born today. With us every day, in every moment, in the most precious memories. January 7, 1987 », reads the club's social profiles accompanying a photo of the smiling defender in the Cagliari training shirt.
A message for Astori also appears on Fiorentina's social profiles: " Davide Astori always with us ", we read.
The centre-back played for six years in Cagliari, collecting three goals in 174 appearances . Then a year in Rome and in 2015 the move to Fiorentina, before that cursed March 4, 2018 in which he was found lifeless in a hotel in Udine, shortly before the Udinese-Fiorentina match valid for the 27th round of the Serie A championship .
Sudden cardiac arrest following ventricular fibrillation due, it will later be discovered, to silent arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
Both Cagliari and Fiorentina retired their number 13 shirt following the tragedy, a number Astori wore to honor his idol Alessandro Nesta .
Even today, 4 years after his death, the memory is more alive than ever. On 12 July 2021, during the meeting at the Quirinale with Mattarella, the captain of the national team Giorgio Chiellini dedicated the victory of the European football championship to him. Astori made 14 appearances for the Azzurri, scoring one goal.
(Unioneonline/L)
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