Overview
- Inter announced Saturday that Sandro Mazzola had died at 83 and said he had been suffering from a long, unspecified illness.
- The club issued an emotional statement signed by president Giuseppe Marotta, vice-president Javier Zanetti and coach Cristian Chivu that called Mazzola “a Nerazzurri and world football legend.”
- Mazzola spent his entire 17-year professional career at Inter, scoring 158 goals in 565 matches for the club and 22 goals in 70 appearances for Italy.
- His trophy list includes four Serie A titles, consecutive European Cups in 1964 and 1965, two Intercontinental Cups and the 1968 European Championship with Italy.
- Mazzola was the son of Valentino Mazzola, a pillar of Italian football, and after retiring in 1977 he remained influential at Inter as an executive and sporting director while continuing to appear at club events.