Italian Fiorentina on the night of the 17th announced a tragic news - the president and leader of the club, Rocco Commisso, died at the age of 76.

“After a difficult period of celebration, the President deprived us of our love, and today we are all mourning this loss.

For his homeland he was a butt, a mentor, a loyal and faithful person. Together with his friend Katherine, we have reached the milestone of 50 years of love, and for our children we will immediately become a loving father - such is his character: soft and decisive at the same time.

Your love before Fiorentini was the greatest gift you have ever received. Having spent unforgettable days with boys and girls from youth teams, always knowing a sweet word and a laugh for everyone.

Untiring, he worked until the last days, devoting himself to his companies Mediacom and Fiorentina, as well as to his future.

Football was my passion, and Fiorentina became it due to the fact that Rocco became a fan of our club and fell deeply in love with his patients, the color of the place Florence.

“Call me Rocco,” simply saying everything, showing your supernatural empathy. From now on I will commit to Florence and the Florentines - both in everyday life and during the most important period of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the Forza e Cuore campaign directly donates to local hospitals.

Rocco B. Commisso Viola Park, house of Fiorentini, live forever, in my name. This is an indelible sign of your love and warmth to marvel at the future youth. His students themselves grew up in the academy, won trophies at the youth level and continued their careers in the men’s and women’s first teams of the club.

Under his leadership, Fiorentina reached two Conference League finals and an Italian Cup final..

The birthplace of Commisso determines the importance of all those who entrusted him with this kind of art, and sang that the memory of Rocco will once again be lost in the hearts of the rich people who loved him and shared with him as important, so.

We have a lot of thoughts with all the football players of Fiorentini, the coaching staff, the graves, the doctors, everyone who knew Rocco, with all the strength of the football club and, first of all, with those boys and girls,. We reject you, and we reject you forever,” reads the official statement to the club.

The Italian businessman began his tenure with a team from Florence at the beginning of 2019, adding “purple” for approximately 160 – 170 million euros.