Francesco Acerbi is a central defender for Inter and the Italian national team. The 36-year-old has been at the center of controversy on the pitch and on social media.
In July 2013, during sports fitness visits, Acerbi discovered that he had a testicular tumor. Emergency surgery seemed to have defeated the disease, but in December an anti-doping test highlighted the flare-up of the disease. A battle that the defender recounts in the book "Everything is fine - My double victory over cancer"