This is turning into Talking Pish obituaries. I caught the end of this on a rolling news banner on Sky Sports, I forgot to check until this morning.A real shame, Facchetti was a legend of the Italian game and indeed of European football.
Facchetti was born in Treviglio, province of Bergamo, on July 18th 1942. He had been president of the football club since January 2004, after Massimo Moratti's resignation. Facchetti, already vice-president of the club since the death of Peppino Prisco, had always been an Inter supporter. He played in the club as a defender from 1961 to 1978 playing 634 matches and scoring 75 goals.
He won four Scudetti championships, I Coppa Italia, 2 European Cups and 2 Intercontinental Cups.
He was also part of the Italy squad who won the 1968 European Championship and made the final of the 1970 World Cup. He won 94 caps for Italy, 70 of them as captain.
Under his presidency Inter won the Coppa Italia twice and the Supercoppa Italiana and a Scudetti if you want to count their award of last season’s title due to the match fixing scandal.
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