Federica Cappelletti, the widow of
late soccer great Paolo Rossi, is to run for president of the
now fully professional women's division of the Italian football
federation (Figc), ANSA learned on Friday.
"I have decided to devote myself to the promotion and
development of women's soccer in Italy, in a fully sustainable
perspective," Cappelletti told ANSA.
The journalist from Perugia will stand for election on June 29
and will likely be running against the incumbent president
Ludovica Mantovani.
Cappelletti is president of the Paolo Rossi Foundation, created
in memory of the legendary footballer who scored the opening
goal in the Azzurri's 3-1 triumph over West Germany in the final
of the 1982 World Cup following his unforgettable hat-trick
against favourites Brazil two rounds earlier.
Rossi who died in December 2020 aged 64.
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