Overview
- Savoldi, a prolific Italian center-forward, died Thursday at home after a long illness, his son Gianluca announced on social media.
- The family said the public viewing is at Casa del Commiato in Bergamo on Friday, with the funeral set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Chiesa Ognissanti in the city cemetery.
- He was a leading striker of the 1970s with Atalanta, Bologna, and Napoli, winning Serie A’s scoring title in 1972–73 and the Coppa Italia with Napoli in 1975–76.
- His 1975 transfer to Napoli set a record widely cited as two billion lire, built from 1.4 billion cash plus Sergio Clerici and half of Rosario Rampanti’s rights, which earned him the nickname “Mister Two Billion.”
- Napoli and Bologna issued condolences, and in a Saturday interview former Napoli president Corrado Ferlaino said he never regretted the fee, pointing to more than 70,000 season tickets and a Coppa Italia that followed.