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Gigi Riva was an Italian football player who lived from 1944 to 2024 and is remembered as one of the country's most accomplished athletes in the sport. He matters in football history because of his significant contributions to Italian soccer during his playing career.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Leggiuno
- Place of death
- Cagliari
- Occupation
- sporting director
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 1974 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Italy men's national association football team
- Position played
- wing half
- Country for sport
- Italy
- Mass
- 78
- Image
- Gigi Riva, Italia, 1968 (cropped).JPG
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Luigi Riva
- date of birth
- 1944-11-07
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- handedness
- left-handedness
- name in native language
- Gigi Riva
- birth name
- Luigi Riva
- writing language
- Italian
- date of death
- 2024-01-22
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Luigi "Gigi" Riva ( Italian: [luˈiːdʒi ˈriːva]; 7 November 1944 – 22 January 2024) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.
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