Two years without Franco Zuccalà, master of journalism

Two years ago, on November 30, 2023, Franco Zuccalà passed away. A native of Catania, where he was born on September 22, 1940, he was a historic soccer correspondent, but not only, for RAI and editor for “La Sicilia,” “La Gazzetta dello Sport,” “Il Giornale” and “Tuttosport.” Since 2000 he was a columnist for the Italpress news agency, for which he also produced football reports and documentaries.

Since 1966 he has covered four Olympics, ten World Cups, eight European Championships and two African Cups of Nations. He has made about sixty lifestyle documentaries in Australia, South Africa, the U.S., South America, and Asia, altogether visiting more than 150 countries.

His reports in RAI’s Sunday sports weeklies recounted the soccer of the 1980s and 1990s in a disenchanted and ironic way and helped to make even more entertaining a sport that in Italy experienced its golden years at that time. Simply put, they were appreciated by everyone.