![Fleury Di Nallo fut le premier joueur emblématique de l'Olympique lyonnais dans les années 1960 et 1970. [© AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/133953606/a99e68d91a8371113dcbad82c358571f72b5b560b25414f8b08648b5e10feb1a)
Overview
- Olympique Lyonnais announced his death at age 83 and hailed the former striker as a club legend known as the “Petit Prince de Gerland.”
- He scored a club-record 222 goals for Lyon between 1960 and 1974 and lifted the Coupe de France in 1964, 1967 and 1973.
- Di Nallo earned 10 caps for France and scored 8 goals for the national team during the 1960s and early 1970s.
- After leaving Lyon, he continued his career with Red Star and later had a spell in Montpellier in the French top flight.
- A defining figure in the rivalry with AS Saint-Étienne, he remains the top derby scorer and once said a proposed 1967 move to Saint-Étienne fell through after he received a threatening letter.