The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
1980 U.S. Soccer Bowl - Pele may have been gone, but Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto and Giorgio Chinaglia guided the New York Cosmos to the North American Soccer League title with a 3-0 win over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Chinaglia, the NASL's all-time leading goal scorer, tallied twice.
The Offside (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Do you want to know something truly disturbing? (Before I share, I need to tell you how this got started. You need to know this part, so you don’t get the wrong idea.) I was researching the background on yesterday’s Giorgio Chinaglia mob story. And my google searches took me back to his [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
The Casalesi clan of the Camorra tried to buy Rome's football club Lazio with laundered money through third parties. The police served arrest warrants to 10 people including former Lazio player and president Giorgio Chinaglia.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
SOCCER: THE LAZIO legend Giorgio Chinaglia was this week served with an arrest warrant on charges he had spearheaded an attempt by the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia, to buy out the club.
du Nord (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Toronto FC coach John Carver wonders what his striker Jeff Cunningham is doing out there on the field: "You want my honest opinion on that? I'm thinking how has he scored 99 goals?" ~and~ Giorgio Chinaglia, one of the biggest soccer villains in America, is wanted by Italian Police for helping a mafia group try to buy Lazio! See European News - Italy section for details! ~and~ From the Canadian business...
The Offside (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Former New York Cosmos player Giorgio Chinaglia may be a lot of things, but you can’t accuse him of lacking audacity. If you saw the movie “Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos,” he was the one with the biggest ego. And back in the 1970s, he [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Former Italy and New York Cosmos striker Giorgio Chinaglia amongst those still being sought by police
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Former Italy and New York Cosmos striker Giorgio Chinaglia amongst those still being sought by police
The Offside Rules (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
The video below is a special dedication to former NY Cosmos star Giorgio Chinaglia, who is currently a fugitive from justice. I imagine that this song is just blasting on repeat right now as he chain smokes his way around America, although I suspect he is still in Baltimore , eating his (substantial) weight in crab cakes. May your safe house be warm & your rat hole dry.
The Sports Economist (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Was the former Italy & Cosmos great (&ABC studio analyst) Giorgio Chinaglia involved in mafia corruption? This is sad, if true : A notorious Italian organized crime gang tried to buy soccer club Lazio through third parties using funds gained from violence and intimidation, authorities said on Tuesday. The plan by the Casalesi clan of the Camorra, the Naples version of the mafia, came to light as police...
Inveresk Street Ingrate (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
Giorgio Chinaglia (Italy - West Germany '74) Brought up in Cardiff, started his football career with Swansea and scored a shedload of goals for the New York Cosmos. Random, but eerie.
