Angelo Paina (19 April 1949 – 23 June 2024) was an Italian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a striker. He made 300 appearances in the Italian professional leagues. Paina played three seasons (38 games, 3 goals) in

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for

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and

Atalanta Atalanta (; ) is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology), Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Caly ...

. Paina died from complications of Alzheimer's disease in

Piazza Brembana Piazza Brembana (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. Piazza Brembana borders the following municipalities: ...

, on 23 June 2024, at the age of 75.Morto Angelo Paina, giocò all'Atalanta ai tempi di Percassi in difesa

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* 1949 births 2024 deaths Footballers from Lodi, Lombardy Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie A players Serie B players Calcio Padova players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players AC Milan players Taranto FC 1927 players SPAL players Atalanta BC players Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Deaths from dementia in Italy 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-forward-1940s-stub