OFFICIAL: Fiorentina & Cagliari decide to retire the No.13 shirt in honour of Astori


The centre-back turned 31 in January and was the captain of the Viola squad, with 14 senior Italy caps and one goal to his name. He became a father two years ago.
The player failed to wake up this morning when he was at the La di Moret hotel in Udine on a training camp with the squad, awaiting today’s match with Udinese.

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