Gigi Riva

Luigi Riva (7 November 1944 – 22 January 2024) was an Italian football player. He played for Italy national team.

Gigi Riva
Riva with Italy in 1968
Personal information
Full name Luigi Riva[1]
Date of birth (1944-11-07)7 November 1944
Place of birth Leggiuno, Italy
Date of death 22 January 2024(2024-01-22) (aged 79)
Place of death Cagliari, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward, Striker
Youth career
1961–1962 Laveno Mombello
1962 Legnano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Legnano 23 (6)
1963–1976 Cagliari 315 (164)
Total 338 (170)
National team
1965–1974 Italy 42 (35)
Teams managed
1988–2013 Italy (technical director)
Honours
Representing  Italy
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up1970 Mexico
UEFA European Championship
Winner1968 Italy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Death

On 21 January 2024, Riva was hospitalized at the San Michele Hospital in Cagliari, Italy because of acute coronary syndrome.[3][4] He died of a heart attack the next day at the age of 79.[5][6]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
Club Season League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Legnano 1962–63 Serie C 236000000236
Cagliari 1963–64 Serie B 268200000288
1964–65 Serie A 3294300003612
1965–66 Serie A 34113000003711
1966–67 Serie A 23183011002719
1967–68 Serie A 26131043003116
1968–69 Serie A 29206820003728
1969–70 Serie A 28216500213627
1970–71 Serie A 1385542332518
1971–72 Serie A 30214300003424
1972–73 Serie A 26126800103320
1973–74 Serie A 25151000002615
1974–75 Serie A 8211000093
1975–76 Serie A 156000000156
Total 315164423311664374207
Career total 338170423311664397213

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team YearAppsGoals
Italy 196510
196610
196746
196822
196968
1970106
197132
197264
197377
197420
Total4235

Honours

Cagliari[7]

Italy[7]

Individual

  • Serie A top scorer: 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70[8]
  • Ballon d'Or: runner-up: 1969; third place: 1970[9]
  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1968[10]
  • World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 1999[11]
  • Golden Foot "Football Legends": 2005[12]
  • Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2011[13]
  • Inducted into the Walk of Fame of Italian sport: 2015[14][15]
  • Inducted into the Cagliari Hall of Fame[16]
  • Cagliari Greatest All-time Starting XI[16]

Orders

  • 3rd Class / Commander: Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 1991[17]
  • 2nd Class / Grand Officer: Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana:2000[18]
  • CONI: Golden Star of Sports Merit: 2006[19]
  • CONI: Golden Collar of Sports Merit: 2016[20]

References
  1. "Riva Sig. Luigi" [Riva Mr. Luigi]. Quirinale (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. "Riva, Luigi" (in Italian). enciclopediadelcalcio.it. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. "È morto Gigi Riva". Il Post (in Italian). 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. "I medici del Brotzu: «Gigi Riva ha rifiutato l'intervento di angioplastica». Ecco le ultime ore del grande campione del Cagliari". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. "Gigi Riva, è morto il mito del calcio italiano". La Repubblica. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. "Gigi Riva è morto, era stato ricoverato dopo un malore in casa" [Gigi Riva has died, he was hospitalized after an illness at home]. Rai News (in Italian). 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  7. "Riva, the Italian roar of thunder". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  8. Roberto Di Maggio; Igor Kramarsic; Alberto Novello (11 June 2015). "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  9. Rob Moore; Karel Stokkermans (21 January 2011). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  10. "EURO 1968 team of the tournament". UEFA. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  11. "World Soccer 100 Players of the Century". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  12. "Golden Foot Legends". goldenfoot.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  13. "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  14. "Inaugurata la Walk of Fame: 100 targhe per celebrare le leggende dello sport italiano" (in Italian). Coni. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  15. "CNA 100 Leggende CONI per data di nascita" (PDF) (in Italian). Coni. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  16. "Speciale: Top 11 - Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  17. "Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (in Italian). 6 December 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  18. "Zoff Sig. Dino – Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it (in Italian). 12 July 2000. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  19. "Coni: Consegna dei Collari d'Oro e dei Diplomi d'Onore. Premia il Presidente del Consiglio Romano Prodi. Diretta Tv su Rai 2" (in Italian). Coni.it. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  20. "Coni, Collare d'Oro assegnato al Torino e a Gigi Riva" (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.


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