Soccer in mourning, Bobo Gori died

The former striker was 77 years old: he won four scuetti with Inter, Cagliari and Juventus

Soccer mourns the passing of Sergio ‘Bobo’ Gori, who died at the age of 77 at a clinic in Sesto san Giovanni, where he was hospitalized.

The former Lombard striker won the Scudetto with Inter on two occasions in his career, with Cagliari and Juventus. He also wore the colors of Vicenza, Verona and Sant’Angelo. In Cagliari, he paired with Gigi Riva in the historic red-blue scudetto of 1969/70.

This is how the Rossoblu paid tribute to him: “There are not many people who have managed to win the Scudetto with three different clubs. Sergio Gori, for all “Bobo,” was one of them to chisel even with statistics how central his role in the history of Italian soccer will forever remain. His six seasons in Rossoblù, his entry into the Olympus with the 1970 victory thanks in part to his goals (including the one in the decisive 2-0 win over Bari), a long era in which he wrote unforgettable pages, including that of the Azzurri expedition to Mexico. The haul of 33 goals in 176 appearances with Cagliari only partly explains the greatness of the man who was not only Gigi Riva’s perfect wingman.”