Gianmarco Calleri, the former president of Lazio and Turin – Calcio died

Mourning in the world of football. He died in Rome at the age of 81, Gianmarco Calleriformer president of Lazio And Turin. The death occurred as a result of cardio-pulmonary problems. Calleri, a former footballer in Lazio without ever making his debut in the first team, bought the Biancoceleste club, together with his brother Giorgio and the financier Renato Bocchi, in July 1986, taking over the company from the financial group of Franco Chimenti. After restoring the club and bringing several important players to Rome (Rubén Sosa, Riedle, Doll), Calleri sold Lazio to Sergio Cragnotti in 1992. Two years later he returned to the world of football by buying Torino, the adventure at the helm of granata ended in 1997 with relegation to B. In 1998 he moved to Switzerland to buy Bellinzona, a club sold in 2001. After having tried in vain to acquire Genoa in 2003 and tried a new climb to Lazio in the summer of 2004, he he retired leaving his most important activities to his son Riccardo, former vice president of Gea World.