AC Milan will wear black armbands during tonight's Coppa Italia quarter-final against Torino as tribute to NBA legend Kobe Bryant.

Bryant – who tragically died in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on Sunday – was a lifelong supporter of AC Milan, spending seven years in Italy as a child having moved to the country when he was just six.

AC Milan reached an agreement with Serie A to commemorate the iconic athlete during tonight's game at the San Siro. All players will wear black armbands and there will also be a stadium-wide tribute moments before kick off.

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The five-time NBA champion was a big football fan and spent time with some of Europe's biggest clubs – including Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain – but AC Milan was where his heart was, telling Thierry Henry in 2016:

"I grew up a huge AC Milan fan – that was my team. I was right there with Van Basten, Rijkaard, Gullit...Maldini was just getting started and we had Baresi. That was my team.”

Football will never forget Kobe Bryant.