The immense legend of Inter Milan, Sandro Mazzola has died at the age of 83. The former Italian striker spent 17 years of his professional career in the Nerazzurro jersey, with which he played 565 games and scored 158 goals. A major figure at Inter in the 1960s, he notably won four Serie A and two European Cups, before participating in Italy’s coronation at Euro 1968 and the final of the 1970 World Cup. The Lombard club announced his death this Saturday and paid tribute to him by saluting one of the players who had a profound impact on its history.
Born into a family closely linked to Italian football, Mazzola was only six years old when his father Valentino, captain of Torino, died in the Superga tragedy in 1949, which claimed the entire Turin team. He then discovered the Inter first team at just 18 years old, before becoming one of the faces of the great team of the Helenio Herrera era. In the 1964 European Cup final against Real Madrid, he notably scored a double in the 3-1 victory. After hanging up his boots in 1977, he continued his history with Inter as sporting director.
