{"id":411099,"date":"2018-03-19T16:53:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=411099"},"modified":"2018-03-19T16:53:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:53:34","slug":"astori-fiorentina-rename-training-ground-deceased-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/astori-fiorentina-rename-training-ground-deceased-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Astori: Fiorentina rename training ground after deceased captain"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fiorentina will rename their training ground after former captain Davide Astori, who died aged 31 earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The defender, capped 14 times by Italy, passed away before the side were scheduled to play Udinese on 4 March.<\/p>\n
A post-mortem examination revealed cardiac arrest as the most likely cause of death.<\/p>\n
Chairman Mario Cognigni\u00a0told Italian media<\/i>\u00a0the training ground will be named “Centro Sportivo Davide Astori”.<\/p>\n
Astori, who leaves a wife and two-year-old daughter, came through the youth system at AC Milan before joining Cagliari in 2008.<\/p>\n
He spent eight years at the club and had loan spells at Roma and Fiorentina before moving permanently to the latter two years ago.<\/p>\n
Astori wore the number 13 shirt at Fiorentina, which was retired by the club. Thousands of fans and representatives of every Serie A club\u00a0gathered at his funeral\u00a0on 8 March.<\/p>\n