(CNN) — Roberto Baggio, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players in history suffered head injuries when a group of armed criminals entered his Altavilla Vicentina home in northern Italy on Thursday evening No further details could be given due to an ongoing investigation into the incident The break-in happened during the European Championship match between Italy and Spain which Baggio was watching on TV with his family Baggio tried to defend his family and was hit on the head with a gun, reports said local time in Italy and lasted for about 40 minutes Baggio told reporters outside the hospital in Arzignano where he received stitches on his head for the wound He and his family members were locked in a room while the burglars ransacked the home. The total value of what was stolen has not been reported, according to local media The villa and grounds had security cameras and police have not made any arrests yet “First of all, my family and I would like to thank everyone for the great affection we have received,” Baggio told ANSA in a statement “Anything can happen in situations like this the violence I suffered only caused a few stitches Luca Zaia, the president of Italy’s Veneto region, said in a statement published by local media: “I express my closeness and solidarity to Roberto Baggio and his family and I am sure I can send him the embrace of all the Venetians who made people dream with his unparalleled skill on the grass of international pitches “I hope that the ‘Divine Codino’ [the ‘Divine Ponytail’] the symbolic champion of our football and our region can soon recover together with his family from this bad evening and from the wounds for which he was followed and treated by the staff of the health facilities in Arzignano with whom I have kept in touch.” Zaia added: “The experience he lived in his home attacked and robbed by unspeakable criminals compares his to other families who have unfortunately suffered similar experiences and we trust that the criminals can be brought to justice soon.” Baggio – who played for Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan and the Italian national team among others – retired in 2004 and runs a small agricultural business on his expansive villa in Altavilla Vicentina, according to local media. He practices Buddhism and owns a modest vehicle according to press reports and his social media The 57-year-old made 56 appearances for Italy, scoring 27 goals, and won the Ballon d’Or in 1993 the trophy awarded annually to the world’s best player The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network KTVZ NewsChannel 21 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The Kering-owned brand announced the enlargement plan for Manifattura Veneta Pellettiere spaces company that has been manufacturing the leather goods for the fashion brand since 2011 and that currently has two production sites near Vicenza one in Altavilla Vicentina and one in Malo A third site will now be added in Povolaro di Dueville a small town half-way between the two existing plants The new location will cover circa 6,000 square meters and will be developed on two floors built following modern industrial manufacturing principles About 200 new employs will join Manifattura Veneta Pelletterie to operate the factory before 2020 once the construction process that began in February will be completed “Manifattura Venete Pelletterie will hire 100 new people all having professionality and diversified experience levels that will be trained internally via Bottega Veneta’s Scuola dei Maestri Pellettieri The school is dedicated to transmitting the know-how practices for artisanal excellence that characterizes the brand – communicated Bottega Veneta in a note - This is an important step forward for our process to make production an internal matter for Bottega Veneta The goal is to maintain the excellence standards during the manufacturing of the goods and to guarantee flexibility and know-how processes that only qualified and internally trained workers can produce Manifattura Venete Pelletterie contributes through two sites that have a consolidated side supply-chain making over 50% of Bottega Veneta’s leather goods The organic is made of 300 artisans specialized in different phases of handbags’ production small leather goods – from the cutting and quality control processes the new business supports third-party manufacturing and prototype creators from Atelier di Montebello Vicentino Manifattura Venete Pelletterie also has another 380 employs specialized in the treatment processes for leather located in circa 20 artisanal laboratories spread over the Veneto region All you need to know about the leather industry