Andrea Fortunato
| Andrea Fortunato | ||
 Andrea Fortunato
in the jersey of Juventus Turin 1993/94 |
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | July 26, 1971 | |
| place of birth | Salerno , Italy | |
| date of death | April 25, 1995 | |
| Place of death | Perugia , Italy | |
| size | 178 cm | |
| position | Defense | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1989-1991 | Como Calcio | 43 (0) |
| 1991-1993 | CFC genoa | 33 (3) |
| 1991-1992 | → Pisa Calcio (loan) | 25 (0) |
| 1993-1995 | Juventus Turin | 27 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1993 | Italy | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Andrea Fortunato (born July 26, 1971 in Salerno , † April 25, 1995 in Perugia ) was an Italian football player .
Life
In the early 1990s, Fortunato was one of the greatest hopes in Italian football, he started his professional career in the 1989/90 season at Como Calcio in Serie B . His team relegated to Serie C at the end of this season and Fortunato became a regular player the following season. Good performance attracted the interest of larger clubs.
In the summer of 1991 he moved to Genoa , from which it first for one year to Pisa Calcio was loaned to Serie B and then in the 1992/93 season in the Serie A debut. After his first season in Genoa, he was signed by Juventus Turin in the summer of 1993 , where he became a regular in Serie A straight away.
On September 22, 1993 he had under Arrigo Sacchi at the game in Tallinn against Estonia his only use in the national team .
In May 1994 Andrea Fortunato was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia . After several operations, he seemed to have won the battle against the disease. However, his body was still very weak in the following years and so Fortunato became infected with a virus and died a few days later, on April 25, 1995, at the age of only 23, of pneumonia .
The Italian public, especially his family and his teammates from Juventus, were shocked. His best friend, Fabrizio Ravanelli , immediately left a meeting of the national team. Andrea Fortunato posthumously won the Scudetto , which his team naturally dedicated to him.
Today there is a foundation for combating leukemia, which is named after him.
“Non immaginavo quanto può essere meravigliosa anche una semplice passeggiata.”
"I couldn't imagine how wonderful a simple walk can be."
Web links
- Andrea Fortunato in the database of weltfussball.de
- Andrea Fortunato in the database of transfermarkt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fortunato, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salerno |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1995 |
| Place of death | Perugia |