Historical official photographer of the Bianconeri from 1976 to the early 2000s, he had a privileged relationship with many Juventus protagonists, including Alessandro Del Piero
The world of football and Juventus in particular cry the disappearance of Salvatore Giglio, historical official photographer of the Bianconeri for over 25 years. Born in Palermo in 1947, he moved to Turin in 1959 and, from 1976 to the early 2000s, his shots told the Juventus triumphs, as well as numerous editions of World Championships and European. Today, at 77, Giglio had to surrender after the fight against long illness.
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Among the most iconic moments that Salvatore Giglio immortalized in tow of Juve (with whom he had established the “record” of 1000 consecutive games in 1998), there is Platini’s famous protest in the intercontinental cup final against Argentinos Juniors in Tokyo: the black and white number 10 is lying on the ground on a side, holds his head with his left hand and remains still for a few seconds in controversy. With the German referee Roth who had inexplicably canceled him a wonderful goal, scored after stopping the chest ball, having skipped the opponent’s defender with a lob and kicked on the fly. After the end of the relationship with Juventus Giglio, who had established privileged relationships with many Juventus protagonists, including Alessandro Del Piero, he had remained in tow of the bianconeri as freelance. In 2009 UEFA had included it (the only Italian) on the list of the 14 best football photographers in the world. In its archives of over 2 million photographs, the faces of all the players who have dressed the Juve shirt from 1897 to today are also contained.
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