Paolo Rossi (23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian footballer. He played for Juventus, Milan, and the Italy national team.

Rossi died from cardiopulmonary arrest caused by lung cancer in Rome on 9 December 2020 at the age of 64.

Paolo Rossi

Club career statistics

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|1975/76||Como||Serie A||6||0

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|1976/77||rowspan="3"|Vicenza||Serie B||36||21

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|1977/78||rowspan="2"|Serie A||30||24

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|1978/79||28||15

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|1979/80||rowspan="2"|Perugia||rowspan="2"|Serie A||28||13

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|1980/81||0||0

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|1981/82||rowspan="4"|Juventus||rowspan="4"|Serie A||3||1

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|1982/83||23||7

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|1983/84||30||13

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|1984/85||27||3

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|1985/86||Milan||Serie A||20||2

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|1986/87||Hellas Verona||Serie A||20||4

251||103

251||103

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International career statistics

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|1977||1||0

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|1978||10||4

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|1979||5||3

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|1980||3||0

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|1981||0||0

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|1982||11||6

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|1983||7||2

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|1984||6||3

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|1985||3||2

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|1986||2||0

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!Total||48||20

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References

1956 births

2020 deaths

1978 FIFA World Cup players

1982 FIFA World Cup players

1986 FIFA World Cup players

Footballers from Tuscany

Deaths from cardiopulmonary arrest

Deaths from lung cancer

Ballon d'Or winners

Paolo Rossi