Abel Ferreira honors Gustavo Magliocca

Last Wednesday, the 3rd, the palm trees entered the field a few hours after announcing the death of Gustavo Magliocca, medical coordinator of the club, at the age of 42. The team won the Barcelona from Guayaquil, in Ecuador, for the third round of the Libertadores group stage. Magliocca had been fighting brain cancer since 2020.

In a press conference after the match, coach Abel Ferreira thanked Conmebol for allowing the club to honor the professional with a minute of silence before the opening whistle. Players even entered the field wearing black armbands. The entity only accepts this type of act in exceptional cases.

“We made a game that demonstrates very well what Dr. Gustavo Magliocca, which is to do the most with the resources we have at the service of Palmeiras. That’s what he did, and that’s what we did, regardless of the outcome.” said Abel Ferreira.

“He is a person who I see many of his principles in our team, smart, thinks outside the box, innovates. Palmeiras will be eternally grateful for everything he did to the Núcleo de Saúde e Performance, which today bears his name. Thanks. I sent a message that our journey continues here, and that he will surely continue with us, heart and soul.”completed.

Recently, the board of directors and the professional squad of the club paid tribute to Gustavo, still alive: Palmeiras named the Núcleo de Saúde e Performance with the name of Magliocca. He was responsible for bringing about significant changes in the department.

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 in a post on social networks.

More tributes

In a post on social networks this Thursday, the 4th, the coach of the alviverde team returned to honor Gustavo Magliocca: “Those who pass by us don’t go alone, they don’t leave us alone. They leave a little of themselves, they take a little of us”, wrote Abel.

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.”