Capitan Ventosa

Machine-translated from the Italian article

Luca Cassol (Milan, 25 August 1968) is an Italian actor, television personality and radio presenter, known for having been a correspondent for Striscia la notizia from 2002 to 2013, wearing the guise of Capitan Ventosa in most of the segments recorded for the program. A classmate in middle school of the well-known Milan footballer Paolo Maldini, as stated in an episode of Striscia la notizia in June 2009, Cassol himself briefly played football: after completing his accounting studies he moved to Australia, where he played for two years on a football team. Back in Italy he approached the world of entertainment, becoming a radio presenter and playing minor roles in some films, including Il testimone dello sposo by Pupi Avati.