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Giuliano Taccola
Personal information
Date of birth	28 June 1944
Place of birth	Uliveto Terme, Italy
Date of death	16 March 1969 (aged 24)
Place of death	Cagliari, Italy
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1961–1962	Genoa
1962–1963	Alessandria
1963–1964	Varese
1964–1965	Entella
1965–1966	Savona
1966–1967	Genoa
1967–1969	Roma
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Giuliano Taccola (born 28 June 1944 in Uliveto Terme; died 16 March 1969 in Cagliari) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Taccola played for 2 seasons (41 games, 18 goals) in the Italian Serie A for Roma.

He made his Serie A debut on 24 September 1967, marking the occasion with a goal in a 1–1 away draw against Inter. He finished his first season with the club with ten goals.^[1]

On 29 September 1968, he scored the opening goal of the 1968–69 campaign, scoring after only 30 seconds in a 2–1 home defeat to Fiorentina.^[1] During his second Serie A season, however, his level of performance dropped due to fever, weight loss, a sore throat, and a high heart rate, but the club's manager Helenio Herrera decided to continue to play him. On 25 January 1969, Taccola was hospitalised due to tonsillitis; he was operated on 5 February. On 2 March 1969, he returned to the pitch but injured his ankle in a game against Sampdoria, and two weeks later, after a game against Cagliari, to which he accompanied the team, he suffered a seizure in the locker room. He died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital, at the age of 25, with official cause of death being heart failure due to pneumonia. He is survived by his widow, Marzia.^[2] Taccola scored 7 goals in 12 appearances for Roma during his second season with the club.^[1]

According to a 2004 interview by Ferruccio Mazzola in L'espresso, Taccola was a victim of performance-enhancing drugs, the use of which allegedly was widespread under Helenio Herrera.^[3]^[4]

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cronologia della morte di Giuliano Taccola" (in Italian). Cinquantamila.it. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ Chiara Zucchelli (17 March 2017). "Roma, Marzia Taccola, 48 anni dopo: "Chiedo verità e giustizia"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ La pillola misteriosa di Herrera
^ Alessandro Gilioli (16 May 2005). "'Quelle pillole che ci dava Herrera'" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

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[cinquantamila-1] "Cronologia della morte di Giuliano Taccola" (in Italian). Cinquantamila.it. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[giustizia-2] Chiara Zucchelli (17 March 2017). "Roma, Marzia Taccola, 48 anni dopo: "Chiedo verità e giustizia"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[3] La pillola misteriosa di Herrera

[4] Alessandro Gilioli (16 May 2005). "'Quelle pillole che ci dava Herrera'" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

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-Taccola played for 2 seasons (41 games, 18 goals) in the Italian [[Serie A]] for [[A.S. Roma]].
+Taccola played for 2 seasons (41 games, 18 goals) in the Italian [[Serie A]] for [[A.S. Roma|Roma]].
 He made his Serie A debut on 24 September 1967, marking the occasion with a goal in a 1–1 away draw against [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|Inter]]. He finished his [[1967–68 Serie A|first season]] with the club with ten goals.<ref name="cinquantamila">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinquantamila.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=taccola|title=Cronologia della morte di Giuliano Taccola|publisher=Cinquantamila.it|language=Italian|date=17 March 2017|accessdate=18 March 2017}}</ref>
-On 29 September 1968, he scored the opening goal of the [[1968–69 Serie A|1968–69 campaign]], scoring after only 30 seconds in a 2–1 home defeat to [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]].<ref name="cinquantamila"/> During his second Serie A season, however, his level of performance dropped due to fever, weight loss, a sore throat, and a high heart rate, but the club's manager [[Helenio Herrera]] decided to continue to play him. On 25 January 1969, Taccola was hospitalised due to [[tonsillitis]]; he was operated on 5 February. On 2 March 1969, he returned to the pitch but injured his ankle in a game against [[U.C. Sampdoria]], and two weeks later, after a game against [[Cagliari Calcio]], to which he accompanied the team, he suffered a seizure in the locker room. He died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital, at the age of 25, with official cause of death being heart failure due to pneumonia. He is survived by his widow, Marzia.<ref name="giustizia">{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Roma/17-03-2017/roma-marzia-taccola-48-anni-dopo-chiedo-verita-giustizia-190124631258.shtml|title=Roma, Marzia Taccola, 48 anni dopo: "Chiedo verità e giustizia"|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|author1=Chiara Zucchelli|date=17 March 2017|accessdate=18 March 2017}}</ref> Taccola scored 7 goals in 12 appearances for Roma during his second season with the club.<ref name="cinquantamila"/>
+On 29 September 1968, he scored the opening goal of the [[1968–69 Serie A|1968–69 campaign]], scoring after only 30 seconds in a 2–1 home defeat to [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]].<ref name="cinquantamila"/> During his second Serie A season, however, his level of performance dropped due to fever, weight loss, a sore throat, and a high heart rate, but the club's manager [[Helenio Herrera]] decided to continue to play him. On 25 January 1969, Taccola was hospitalised due to [[tonsillitis]]; he was operated on 5 February. On 2 March 1969, he returned to the pitch but injured his ankle in a game against [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]], and two weeks later, after a game against [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]], to which he accompanied the team, he suffered a seizure in the locker room. He died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital, at the age of 25, with official cause of death being heart failure due to pneumonia. He is survived by his widow, Marzia.<ref name="giustizia">{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Roma/17-03-2017/roma-marzia-taccola-48-anni-dopo-chiedo-verita-giustizia-190124631258.shtml|title=Roma, Marzia Taccola, 48 anni dopo: "Chiedo verità e giustizia"|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|author1=Chiara Zucchelli|date=17 March 2017|accessdate=18 March 2017}}</ref> Taccola scored 7 goals in 12 appearances for Roma during his second season with the club.<ref name="cinquantamila"/>
 According to a 2004 interview by [[Ferruccio Mazzola]] in ''[[L'espresso]]'', Taccola was a victim of performance-enhancing drugs, the use of which allegedly was widespread under Helenio Herrera.<ref>[http://nuke.25cento.it/Forum25cento/tabid/61/forumid/5/threadid/48/scope/posts/Default.aspx La pillola misteriosa di Herrera]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://espresso.repubblica.it/attualita/cronaca/2005/05/16/news/quelle-pillole-che-ci-dava-herrera-1.578|title='Quelle pillole che ci dava Herrera'|publisher=La Repubblica|language=Italian|author1=Alessandro Gilioli|date=16 May 2005|accessdate=18 March 2017}}</ref>