Atalanta: mourning for the death of Favini

(ANSA) - BERGAMO, APRIL 23 - Atalanta mourns the death of Fermo "Mino" Favini, responsible for his youth sector from the early 1990s until his retirement in 2015, at the age of 83. "President Antonio Percassi and all the Atalanta family participate moved by the pain of family members due to the death of Mino Favini ", reads the official website of the club. Nicknamed 'the Wizard of Meda', where he was born on February 2, 1936, Favini also wore the Nerazzurri shirt from 1960 to 1962, in a career that began in the town of Brianza and continued with Como, Brescia and Reggiana. In Como he debuted as a talent scout and head of the nursery. Among the promises launched in the great football, Pelizzoli, Consigli, Bellini, the twins Zenoni, Padoin, Donati, Tacchinardi, Montolivo, Bonaventura, Morfeo, Gabbiadini, Zaza, Filippo Inzaghi and Pazzini. "An incredible talent scout, but first and foremost a man, a great man. Hello great Mino ...", comment the communiqué of the society of Zingonia ".