Ex-Chelsea striker and manager Gianluca Vialli has died at the age of 58 form pancreatic cancer.

"Gianluca was a splendid person and he leaves a void that cannot be filled," said Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina. "I hoped until the end that he would be able to perform another miracle. Yet I am comforted by the certainty that what he did for Italian football and the blue shirt will never be forgotten."

The FIGC confirmed that a minute's silence in memory of Vialli will be held before all Italian matches this weekend.