Manager (†57) of Serie A club dead: deep sadness in Italy. Fiorentina mourns the loss of a “person who shaped the club’s recent history’ Barone was only 57 years old.
The Italian-American has been in charge of FioreNTina since 2019. He was also vice president of the New York Cosmos - the former club of Franz Beckenbauer, who died in January. One of his sons, Gianfranco Barone, is currently under contract with Cosmos.