He was once one of the world’s best strikers. Now the 1970 World Cup finalist, Gigi Riva, has apparently suffered a heart attack.
Italy’s football icon Gigi Riva has been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. The 79-year-old, Italy’s record goalscorer with 35 international goals, is in the hospital in the city of Cagliari in Sardinia. However, according to media reports, his life is not in danger.
Further tests will be needed to determine whether Riva, who is now honorary president of first division club Cagliari Calcio, needs heart surgery, it was said. The Lombard native, who spent almost his entire career in the US Cagliari jersey, was one of the world’s best strikers in the 1960s and 1970s.