Paolo Rossi , Italy's 1982 World Cup hero and football legend, dies at 64
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Date: 2020-12-10

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Paolo Rossi, a hero of Italian football who inspired the national side to victory in the 1982 World Cup, has passed away aged 64, Italian media reported on Thursday.
Rossi’s legacy was cemented in 1982 at Spain, where he scored six goals to win the Azzurri’s third World Cup title. That included a hat-trick to eliminate Brazil, the tournament favorite, in one of the greatest games in Italian history.

He later followed that up with two goals against Poland in the semifinal and a goal against West Germany in the final.

Rossi remains one of only three players in the history of the tournament to win a World Cup title, the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball at the same event, not to mention the Ballon d’Or he also received that year.
Paolo Rossi's efforts in leading Italy to the 1982 World Cup title is one of the tournament's most iconic performances.


In his club career, Rossi starred at L.R. Vicenza in the 70s, then moved to Juventus, winning two Serie A titles and the 1985 European Cup. In total, he retired with 103 goals in 251 appearances in the Italian leagues.

Rossi is the second World Cup legend to die in as many months, as Diego Maradona, who made his World Cup debut for Argentina in 1982, died of a heart attack in November.

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