Gianluigi Lentini

Gianluigi Lentini ( born March 27, 1969 in Carmagnola, Italy ) is a retired Italian footballer.

By his move from Torino Calcio AC Milan Lentini had 1992 times the reputation of the most expensive footballer in the world. The incredible for its time transfer fee of 18.5 billion lire, which came about through a huge poker to win the favor of the player between Milan and Juventus, sparked in European football of the 1990s, a development from, in the ever- increasing sums for the change a player to another club were paid. Even the Vatican turned in 1992 into the discussion on the change Lentini to AC Milan and described the payment of such extortionate amount for a single soccer player as " indecent".

In his first season, 1992/93, Gianluigi Lentini came for the Milan 30 times to use and won the Italian championship. The year 1993 but also brought a radical break in his career, from which he as an athlete was never able to recover. When a car accident he suffered severe head injuries and even fell into a coma for a short time.

In the following years he played only rarely for Milan. Its Substitutes shortly before the game ends at Milan 4-0 win in the Champions League Final 1994 FC Barcelona was the last highlight in Lentini career. Then he stood at Atalanta Bergamo (1996/ 97), Torino Calcio (1997-2000), Cosenza (2001-2004 ) and the AS Canelli (2004-2008) under contract. Then he played for ASD Saviglianese Calcio (2008/ 09) and from 2009 for the AC Nicese.