Parma, 27 January, 2026 – On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Parma Calcio gathered today at the Ernesto Ceresini Museum in the Ennio Tardini Stadium to honour Renzo Cavallina, for the sixth year in a row. A former Parma goalkeeper, Cavallina stands as a symbol of those who stayed true to their values during World War II, enduring deportation to prison camps for opposing the regime.
The ceremony was attended by the Cavallina family, including Renzo’s daughter Ada, his granddaughters Letizia and Raffaella, and great-granddaughter Alice. Representing the Club were Chief Operations Officer Stefano Perrone, the goalkeepers of the men’s and women’s First Teams, and those from the Primavera squads. Everyone came together to remember a man who left a mark on the Club not only through his athletic ability but also through his moral integrity.
THE EMBODIMENT OF RESILIENCE
Renzo Cavallina defended Parma’s goal both before and after the tragic experience of imprisonment. Today, the Club wanted to emphasise how his story is an essential part of its identity, a powerful example of resilience that spans generations.
“When we talk about Cavallina, no one should feel excluded from history, History with a capital H,” said Stefano Perrone. “Even young men like you, at 23, went to war. Many of them, very young, were forced to choose whether to keep fighting with the Nazi-Fascist troops or to resist. And these young men made a courageous choice, they are silent heroes. Cavallina was one of those who decided not to fight, to say no to war, and he faced the consequences, being sent to a labour camp. We must not forget what happened in those years, which shaped the course of World War II.”
