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7 months ago

May 4, 2023

Clare Dominic

Palmeiras mourns the death of Gustavo Magliocca

On social media, Palmeiras paid tribute to Gustavo Magliocca, the club’s medical coordinator: “He left a legacy of love”

This Wednesday, 03, the palm trees used social networks to communicate the death of the club’s medical coordinator, Dr. Gustavo Magliocca. Ten years ago in the São Paulo team, he had been battling brain cancer since March 2022.

Recently, the board of directors and the professional squad of the club paid tribute to Gustavo: Palmeiras named the Núcleo de Saúde e Performance with the name of Magliocca.

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is in mourning for the death, this Wednesday (3), of Dr. Gustavo Magliocca, our medical coordinator and one of those responsible for implementing the Health and Performance Center, recently named after him.
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— SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) May 3, 2023

In February, before the 2-0 victory over Inter de Limeiraalviverde celebrated the doctor’s birthday with all the players profiled for the photo wearing a shirt with the number 42, personalized with the name of Gustavo Magliocca.

“More than a great professional, today we say goodbye to a great friend who turned loyalty into a standard and left a legacy of love for the club that will last forever in our hearts”wrote Palmeiras.

Palmeiras pays homage to Gustavo Magliocca (Credit: Cesar Greco/ Palmeiras)

Read the Palmeiras note in full:

“Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is in mourning for the death, this Wednesday (3), of Dr. Gustavo Magliocca, our medical coordinator and one of those responsible for implementing the Health and Performance Center, recently named after him.

More than a great professional, today we say goodbye to a great friend who, in ten years of work dedicated to Alviverde, turned loyalty into a standard and left a legacy of love for the club that will last forever in our hearts.

We express our sincere condolences to the family of Dr. Magliocca, to which we remain united in this moment of sadness and longing.”