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Salvatore Giglio, Juventus’ Longtime Photographer, Dies at 77

His passing follows a prolonged illness with a legacy defined by a two-million-image archive chronicling more than four decades of Juventus history.

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La Juve piange Salvatore Giglio, fotografo storico: suo il famoso scatto di Platini a Tokyo
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Overview

  • He began photographing Juventus as the club’s official photographer in 1976 and continued in that role through the early 2000s before freelancing with the team.
  • In 1998 he set a club record by shooting 1,000 consecutive Juventus matches without interruption.
  • His most iconic image captures Michel Platini lying on the Tokyo pitch in protest during the 1985 Intercontinental Cup final.
  • UEFA honored him in 2009 as the sole Italian named among the world’s top 14 football photographers.
  • His archives hold over two million photographs spanning every Juventus player from the club’s inception in 1897 to the present day.