Shock at death of Tottenham fitness trainer

Shock in Tottenham and Italian football at the death, at the age of 61, of Gian Piero Ventrone, who used the duties of physical trainer for ‘spurs’ within the staff of coach Antonio Conte.

“El Marine”, as Ventrone is nicknamed, arrived at Tottenham in November 2021 under Conte and is known for his strict training methods. In recent days he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and was admitted to a hospital in Naples on Tuesday where he died early this morning.

gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, ‘c:twitterwi-wUmBnnKy’, function () {
var x = document.createElement(‘script’);
x.setAttribute(“type”,”text/javascript”);
x.setAttribute(“src”, “//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”);
x.setAttribute(“charset”, “utf-8”);
$(“.twitter-tweet”).closest( “span” ).append(x);
});

“We are saddened to announce that our physical trainer Gian Piero Ventrone has passed away. He will be greatly missed at the club and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very difficult time. ,” Tottenham said in a statement.

gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, ‘c:twitterwi-wUmBnnKy’, function () {
var x = document.createElement(‘script’);
x.setAttribute(“type”,”text/javascript”);
x.setAttribute(“src”, “//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”);
x.setAttribute(“charset”, “utf-8”);
$(“.twitter-tweet”).closest( “span” ).append(x);
});

Ventrone worked at Juventus for two spells, the first from 1994 to 1999, when he built a solid reputation working alongside Marcello Lippi. That’s when he met Antonio Conte, then a player.

Ventrone returned to the Turin team from 2001 to 2004, the year in which he was part of the Italian team that, led by Lippi, won the 2004 World Cup. He also worked for Catania, JS Suning, GZ Evergande and Ajaccio.

gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, ‘c:twitterwi-wUmBnnKy’, function () {
var x = document.createElement(‘script’);
x.setAttribute(“type”,”text/javascript”);
x.setAttribute(“src”, “//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”);
x.setAttribute(“charset”, “utf-8”);
$(“.twitter-tweet”).closest( “span” ).append(x);
});

Juventus emphasized in a statement that Ventrone “used innovative methods in physical conditioning inspired by modern standards, leading in Italy and abroad. We will always remember his attention to detail, his philosophy on work and perhaps his greatest talent, the understanding of football. (and especially one of its main components, physical and athletic conditioning) is gradually entering a new era. A new era that, in a part, he helped write.”

Tottenham decided to cancel Antonio Conte’s press conference this Thursday due to the death of the physical trainer.