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Arrivederci Swansea
The Giorgio Chinaglia Story
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- By Mario Risoli
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- Paperback
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- Published: 26th Oct 2000
- ISBN: 1840182830
- Pages: 208
From Word of Sport:
From one of football's original bad boys comes a true rags to riches tale, tracing the life of Giorgio Chinaglia from a childhood in Swansea to the Olympic stadium in Rome, where he became Serie A's top scorer and helped Lazio to win their first ever league title, and on to the NASL.
From the Publisher:
As a young striker with Third Division club Swansea Town in the '60s, Giorgio Chinaglia stole milk bottles from the doorsteps of local terraced houses because he couldn't afford breakfast. Nine years later, as Lazio's start centre-forward, Chinaglia owned apartments in Rome, a villa, a tennis club and a boat. With an annual salary of £85,000, this son of a Cardiff restaurateur was one of the world's highest paid footballers.
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