Former footballer Daniele De Rossi, who was the 2006 World Cup champion with his national team and is now part of the coaching staff of the Italian team, was hospitalized in Rome for Covid-19, according to various media in his country.
De Rossi, 37, was one of four members of
Roberto Mancini's
coaching staff
who contracted the coronavirus during the recent Nazionale rally for international matches in March.
After a week, his state of health, with fever and persistent cough, required new medical tests that have revealed pneumonia, according to 'La Gazzetta dello Sport' and 'Sky Sports'.
The former footballer was hospitalized as a precaution at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome, specializing in infectious diseases.
Eight Azzurra players were infected by Covid-19 after the appearance of the outbreak within the national team.
They are Matteo
Pessina
(Atalanta), Leonardo
Bonucci
and Federico
Bernardeschi
(Juventus), Marco
Verratti
and Alessandro
Florenzi
(Paris Saint-Germain), Vincenzo
Grifo
(Freiburg) and Alessio
Cragno
(Cagliari).
Torino goalkeeper
Salvatore Sirigu
is also positive, according to various Italian media.
His club announced a case, without revealing the identity.
Daniele De Rossi joined Roberto Mancini's coaching staff in March, until the European Championship (June 11-July 11).
The former Roma footballer played 117 games for the Italian national team between 2004 and 2017, making him the fourth man to have worn that team's shirt the most times.
He was part of the team that won the '06 World Cup and was runner-up in the Euro'12, with defeat in the final in Kiev against Spain.
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