Editing Roberto Baggio (section)

=== Personal life ===
After his career threatening injury in 1985, Baggio, formerly a [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]], converted to Buddhism, practicing [[Nichiren Buddhism]], and is a member of the [[Soka Gakkai International]] Buddhist organisation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/205886|title=Buddisti Soka Gakkai. Una Sabina vi convertirà|publisher=L'Espresso|language=it|author=Sandro Magister|date=4 September 1997|access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> The captain's armband that he wore throughout his career bore the colours of this religious school (blue, yellow, and red) and the Japanese motto "We win. We must win" in ideograms of the language.<ref name="Has so much ever hung on a hamstring?"/><ref name="world at his feet">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-free-spirit-with-the-world-at-his-feet-1394514.html |title=Football: Free spirit with the world at his feet |work=The Independent |last1=Allsop |first1=Derick |date=16 February 1994 |access-date=19 April 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/serie-a/2017/03/05/fasce_da_capitanospeciali#09 |title=Da Belotti a Baggio: quando la fascia è speciale |publisher=sport.sky.it |language=it |date=5 March 2017 |access-date=19 April 2020 }}</ref> Despite his conversion, he married his long-time girlfriend Andreina Fabbi in 1989 in a traditional Roman Catholic ceremony. They have a daughter, Valentina (1990), and two sons, Mattia (1994) and Leonardo (2005).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pro-paul.net/baggio/english/biography.html|title=Roberto Baggio - Biography|access-date=29 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731001257/http://www.pro-paul.net/baggio/english/biography.html|archive-date=31 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://journeys-journal.blogspot.ca/2007/09/blog-post.html|title=R. Baggio|access-date=29 June 2012}}</ref>

Between 1991 and 2012, Baggio was the owner of a sporting goods store in Thiene, Vicenza, called ''Baggio Sport'', which he was eventually forced to close due to losses as a result of the [[2008 recession]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/notizie/cronaca/2012/7-settembre-2012/chiude-negozio-roberto-baggio-sport--2111734175188.shtml?refresh_ce-cp|title=Chiude il negozio Roberto Baggio Sport|publisher=Il Corriere della Sera|language=it|author1=Giulio Todescan|date=7 September 2012|access-date=19 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2001, Baggio wrote an autobiography entitled ''{{lang|it|Una porta nel cielo}}'' (literally "A Door in the Sky", also known as "A Goal in the Sky"), including details about his career, childhood, religion, personal life and rifts with managers.<ref name="R.BaggioAutoBiography">{{harvnb|Baggio|2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goaldentimes.org/roberto-baggio-and-the-essence-of-buddhism/|title=Roberto Baggio and the Essence of Buddhism: "Baggio took all that in his stride silently and he later said that his Buddhist values had made him handle his toughest days with serenity"|publisher=Goaldentimes.org|access-date=2 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007071408/http://www.goaldentimes.org/roberto-baggio-and-the-essence-of-buddhism/|archive-date=7 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/rubriche/libri/200111/28/3bf54ee905581/|title=Baggio: Una Porta Nel Cielo|website=rai.it|publisher=Rai Sport|language=it|date=28 November 2001|access-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812012510/http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/rubriche/libri/200111/28/3bf54ee905581/|archive-date=12 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> It won the award for best football book at the 2002 Serie A Awards.<ref name="Roberto Baggio: Statistiche"/>

Baggio has close ties with Argentina; he speaks [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and owns a ranch property in [[Rivera, Buenos Aires Province|Rivera]], where he enjoys hunting wild game.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> In March 2008, he gave a lengthy interview with ''La Gazzetta Dello Sport'', in which he revealed that he came to support Argentine club [[Boca Juniors]] due to their passionate fanbase.<ref name="Messi mi entusiasma"/>

In June 2024, Baggio sustained minor injuries during a robbery at his villa near [[Vicenza]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/soccer-baggio-azzuri-robbed-3c3942887efd86af78b46c0bfb53d484 |title=Retired Azzurri star Roberto Baggio robbed at home during Italy's loss to Spain |publisher=Associated Press |language=en |date=21 June 2024 |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>