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| Full name | Gianluca Vialli[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1964-07-09)9 July 1964[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cremona, Italy[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 January 2023(2023-01-05) (aged 58) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1978 | Pizzighettone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Cremonese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Cremonese | 105 | (23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1992 | Sampdoria | 223 | (85) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Juventus | 102 | (38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Chelsea | 58 | (21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 488 | (167) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1986 | Italy U21 | 20 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1992 | Italy | 59 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Chelsea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Watford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gianluca VialliOMRI (Italian pronunciation:[dʒanˈluːkaˈvjalli]; 9 July 1964 – 5 January 2023) was an Italianfootball player andmanager who played as astriker. Vialli started his club career at his hometown clubCremonese in 1980, where he made 105 league appearances and scored 23 goals. His performances impressedSampdoria, who signed him in 1984 and with whom he scored 85 league goals, won threeItalian cups,Serie A and theEuropean Cup Winners Cup.
In 1992, Vialli transferred toJuventus for a world record £12.5 million. During his time at the Turin club, he won the Italian Cup, Serie A,Italian Supercup,UEFA Champions League and theUEFA Cup. In 1996, Vialli joinedChelsea and became theirplayer-manager the following season. In England, he won theFA Cup,League Cup,UEFA Cup Winners Cup andUEFA Super Cup. He is one of nine footballers to have won the three main European club competitions and the only forward to have done so; he is also the only player in European footballing history to hold both winners and runners-up medals in all three mainstreamUEFA club competitions, including two winners medals for the now-defunctUEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
At international level, Vialli represented theItaly national team in twoFIFA World Cups, in1986 and (on home soil) in1990. He also took part atUEFA Euro 1988, helping his nation to a semi-final finish, and was elected to the team of the tournament. During his twenty-year-long career as a professional footballer, he scored 259 goals at club level, 16 goals with the national team, and 11 goals with the Italy national under-21 football team, for a total of 286 goals in more than 500 appearances, making him thetenth-highest scoring Italian player in all competitions.[3]
On his retirement from playing, Vialli went into management and later punditry, and worked as acommentator forSky Italia.[4] He was part of the Italy national team non-playing staff as a coordinator when they wonUEFA Euro 2020; he stepped back from this role days before his death from cancer.[5]
Vialli's senior career started in 1980 when he signed for local clubCremonese inSerie C1, winning promotion toSerie B.[6] After scoring ten goals for the club as a winger in the1983–84 Serie B season, he was transferred toSampdoria.[7]
Vialli played for Sampdoria between 1984 and 1992, during which time the club had their most successful period in their history. At Sampdoria, he formed a prolific strike partnership with teammate and friendRoberto Mancini, earning the nickname 'The Goal Twins' (in ItalianI Gemelli del Gol).[8] Vialli also had a very good relationship with club president Paolo Mantovani and coachVujadin Boškov, who were both described by Vialli as being father figures.[9][10] Sampdoria won their first ever Italian Cup in1985 with Vialli scoring inthe final, and would win it again in1988 and1989, when Vialli would score a record 13 goals in the tournament.[11] This led to two notableEuropean Cup Winners' Cup runs, where Sampdoria lost the1989 final before winning the trophy in1990, with Vialli scoring both goals inthe final victory overAnderlecht, and finishing the tournament astop-scorer.[12][13]
Despite losing out to Milan in the1990 European Super Cup,[14] the club went on to win their first ever Serie A championship in the1990–91 season, in which Vialli was leaguetop scorer with 19 goals –celebrating many of his goals with a backflip, including one againstInter Milan.[15] The following season, Sampdoria won theSupercoppa Italiana and reached theEuropean Cup final, but Vialli would miss a number of chances asJohan Cruyff'sBarcelona "Dream Team" won 1–0. This would be his last game with Sampdoria.[16]
Vialli moved toJuventus shortly after the 1992 European Cup final loss for aworld record fee of£12.5 million.[17][18] His first Juventus contract was negotiated for him by Sampdoria president Mantovani, as Vialli did not have an agent.[10] Although he struggled with injury, Vialli won theUEFA Cup in his first season with Juventus playing alongside players such asRoberto Baggio,Pierluigi Casiraghi,Paolo Di Canio andAndreas Möller, among other players, under managerGiovanni Trapattoni.[9] During the1993 UEFA Cup Final againstBorussia Dortmund, Vialli set-up Baggio's decisive first goal in the first leg.[19][20]
Following the arrival of managerMarcello Lippi, Vialli underwent an intense fitness and muscle strengthening training regime to lose weight, and gain speed, agility, physical strength, and stamina. Vialli refound his goalscoring form throughout the season, and through his leadership and decisive performances, he helped Juventus win theScudetto (his second overall) and theItalian Cup in1995, scoring 17 league goals during the season; the club also narrowly missed out on a treble after suffering a defeat in the1995 UEFA Cup Final toParma, despite Vialli scoring a spectacular second leg goal.[19]
In January 1996, with his contract expiring in summer, Vialli decided to leave Juventus at the end of the season.[10] He would finish his final season with Juventus bycaptaining the side to aSupercoppa Italiana victory (with Vialli scoring the only goal of the match) and aChampions League final win over defending championsAFC Ajax, playing alongsideDel Piero andFabrizio Ravanelli.[21][22][23] Vialli's only two goals in the latter competition came in the semi-finals againstNantes;[24] he scored the opening goal in a 2–0 home victory in the first-leg,[25] and then scored again during the second leg, in addition to assistingPaulo Sousa's decisive goal, which allowed Juventus to advance to the final 4–3 on aggregate.[26][27] During his four seasons with the club he totalled 102 appearances, scoring 38 goals.[28]
Vialli joinedChelsea in the summer of 1996 on a free transfer as part of managerRuud Gullit's rebuilding of the side, despite having been strongly linked with Scottish championsRangers.[29] Vialli adapted quickly to life in London due to his grasp of the English language and use of English idioms.[30] The team won theFA Cup in Vialli's first season, with the Italian scoring two goals in a 4–2 comeback overLiverpool in the fourth round.[31] However, a feud with Gullit saw him regularly left out of the starting line-up;[32] in thefinal itself he was limited to a five-minute appearance as a late substitute.
During the1997–98 season, Vialli scored four goals in aleague win overBarnsley and ahat-trick against Norwegian sideTromsø in theCup Winners' Cup, but still could not cement his place in the side under Gullit. However, following Gullit's dismissal in early 1998, Vialli assumed the role of a player-manager,[33] winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1998, and theLeague Cup.[34] Although he left himself out of the squad for the League Cup final, Vialli finished the season as Chelsea's top scorer. He then began his first full season as player-manager with a 1–0 victory over Champions League winnersReal Madrid in theUEFA Super Cup.[35]
Vialli retired from professional football at the end of the1998–99 season to focus on his position as Chelsea's manager.[36] He made his last professional appearance in Chelsea's final match of the1998–99 Premier League, scoring the winning goal againstDerby County atStamford Bridge and finishing his Chelsea career with 83 appearances and 40 goals.[37][38]
Gullit was sacked as Chelsea manager in February 1998[39] and 33-year-old Vialli was appointedplayer-manager,[40] becoming the first Italian to manage in the Premier League.[41] Chelsea were already in the semi-finals of the League Cup and the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, and went on to win both competitions under Vialli,[42] as well as finishing fourth in thePremier League. In beatingVfB Stuttgart at the Cup Winners' Cup final on 13 May 1998, at 33 years and 308 days old, Vialli became the youngest manager ever to win a UEFA competition.[43][44] The record stood for thirteen years until 18 May 2011 when FC Porto'sAndré Villas-Boas won the Europa League at the age of 33 years and 213 days.[45]
The following season Chelsea won theUEFA Super Cup by beatingReal Madrid 1–0,[46] and finished third in the Premier League, just four points behind championsManchester United[47] in what was Chelsea's highest league finish since1970, when they also finished third. After this, Vialli retired from playing.
The following season saw Chelsea make their debut in theUEFA Champions League,[48] where they reached thequarter-finals.[49] After a 3–1first leg victory overBarcelona,[50] they were eventually knocked out 4–6 on aggregate following a5–1 return leg loss atCamp Nou after extra time.[49] Despite a fifth-place finish in thePremier League,[51] the campaign ended on a high note when Vialli guided Chelsea to a win overAston Villa in the2000 FA Cup final.[52]
The2000–01 season started brightly, with Chelsea beating Manchester United to win theCharity Shield,[53] Vialli's fifth official trophy with the club in less than three years.[54] Vialli was sacked five games into the season after an indifferent start and having fallen out with several players, includingGianfranco Zola,Didier Deschamps andDan Petrescu.[55]
Vialli then took up an offer to manageFirst Division club Watford in 2001–02. The club invested in a number of high-profile signings includingAC Milan iconFilippo Galli,Ramon Vega,Patrick Blondeau andPierre Issa, but only finished an unimpressive 14th and Vialli was sacked after one year. Following this, he was drawn into a lengthy dispute with the club over the payment of the remainder of his contract.[56][57]
Vialli was a member of Italy's under-21 team for both the1984 and1986 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championships where the Azzurrini finished third and second respectively. Overall Vialli represented the Italy U21 team 20 times, scoring 11 goals.[58] He was also the top scorer in the 1986 Under-21 European Championship, with 4 goals, where Italy lost the final toSpain on penalties.[59]
In 1985, Vialli made his debut for the Italy senior team in a friendly match againstPoland. He was included in Italy's squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico, appearing with an all-shaved head as a substitute in all four of Italy's matches as back-up forBruno Conti.[60][61]
Vialli scored his first goal for Italy in a UEFA Euro 1988qualifier againstMalta in 1986. He was included in Italy's squad for the finals of the Euro 1988 competition and scored the winning goal againstSpain in the group stage. Although Italy were knocked out bythe Soviet Union in the semi-final after losing 0–2, Vialli was named inUEFA'steam of the tournament.[62]
With the 1990 FIFA World Cup being held on home soil, Vialli named part of the squad[63] and he was expected to make a huge impact for the hosts.[64] However, after failing to score in the first match againstAustria, despite setting up the winning goal via a cross,[65][66] Vialli missed a penalty againstthe United States in the next match, hitting the lower near post with keeperTony Meola diving the other way; he did play a role in the decisive goal, however, scored byGiuseppe Giannini, with his dummy onRoberto Donadoni's pass, following a team move.[65][67][68] He was subsequently dropped from the team in favour of the attacking duo ofRoberto Baggio andSalvatore Schillaci, the latter of whom had scored the winning goal against Austria from Vialli's assist, after appearing as a substitute.[65] Vialli returned to the team for the semi-final againstArgentina and played a role in Italy's opening goal after his shot on goal was blocked by Argentina keeper Goycochea and the rebound fell to Schillaci. He was substituted in the second half as Italy were eliminated onpenalties, eventually finishing the tournament in third place.[69] Because Italy assigned jersey numbers alphabetically to players for the World Cup (beginning with defenders, then midfielders, and finally attackers) Vialli wore the number 21 during the World Cup. Overall, he finished the tournament with two assists, which were both provided for the golden boot winner Schillaci.[70]
Vialli returned to lead Italy's attack during the qualifying games for theUEFA Euro 1992 Championship under managerVicini, scoring in Italy's 3–1 win overHungary[71] and 2–0 win overCyprus in 1991.[72] However, Italy missed out on qualifying after finishing second behind the Soviet Union inGroup 3.[73]
Vialli made his last appearance for the Azzurri in December 1992; his strained relationship with coachArrigo Sacchi brought his international career to a premature end, despite his club success during the 1990s.[74] It is rumoured that Vialli played a prank on Sacchi, which was the reason for his dropping from the national team.[75][76][77]
Overall, Vialli made 59 appearances for Italy, scoring 16 goals.[78][79]
Considered one of the best and most consistent Italian strikers of his generation, Vialli was a complete, dynamic, determined, and versatileforward, who was capable of playing anywhere along the front line; throughout his career, he was played on thewing, or in a deeper,supporting role, although his preferred position was in thecentre as a main striker, where he could best take advantage of his offensive movement and opportunism inside the box, as well as his keen eye for goal.[80][81][82] A prolific goalscorer, Vialli was known for his shooting power and accuracy with both feet as well as his head, which allowed him to finish off chances both inside and outside the penalty area.[21]
In addition to his ability to score goals, Vialli was also capable of playing off of and creating chances for his teammates, courtesy of his good vision, tactical intelligence, and distribution, which also occasionally saw him play in deeper roles inmidfield, as aplaymaker orattacking midfielder; he was also endowed with good technical ability,dribbling skills, and ball control, which allowed him to play the ball first time, or beat opponents and retain possession under pressure.[21][80][83] A quick, tenacious, hardworking, and energetic player, Vialli was gifted with pace, physicality, and stamina, and was known for his willingness to press opponents off the ball to win back possession.[21] Vialli was seen as a new breed of striker in Italian football, who combined technique and goalscoring ability with speed, athleticism, and physical power.[21]
Because of his outstanding athleticism, strength, and agility, he also excelled in the air, and had a penchant for scoring acrobatic goals fromvolleys andbicycle kicks, which led his Juventus managerMarcello Lippi and presidentGianni Agnelli at the time to praise him and compare him to legendary Italian strikerGigi Riva.[21][80][84] In addition to his footballing skills, he was also highly regarded for his dedication, leadership qualities, strong mentality, and his charismatic influence on the pitch.[21][81] Marino Bortoletti ofTreccani described Vialli as a "modern striker, gifted with power and style", and as "the most representative player of his generation", along with compatriots Roberto Baggio andFranco Baresi.[85]
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In 2006, Vialli releasedThe Italian Job: A Journey to the Heart of Two Great Footballing Cultures, co-written with his close friend and football journalist,Gabriele Marcotti. Written over a period of two and a half years from November 2003 until early 2006, the book discusses the differences between English and Italian football. He also attributes his tendency to play as a wide attacker to playing on a field that was short and wide as a young boy.[86] Vialli donated the proceeds of the book to the "Fondazione Vialli e Mauro per la ricerca e lo sport", which is a charitable foundation he founded together with former playerMassimo Mauro to raise funds for research into cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).[87]
From the late 2000s Vialli worked as a TV football commentator for Sky Italia.[4] In 2007, he was linked with a move to the manager's position atQueens Park Rangers, following the club takeover byFlavio Briatore andBernie Ecclestone and the dismissal ofJohn Gregory as manager, but ultimately declined any interest in the job.[88] DuringUEFA Euro 2012, he appeared as a pundit for theBBC's coverage of the tournament.[89]
Vialli, alongside ex-Morgan Stanley and -Goldman Sachs investment banker Fausto Zanetton, co-founded Tifosy, a sports investment platform,[90] with the aim of allowing anybody to invest in professional sports. Zanetton, its CEO, explained that "whilst there is an incredible passion and willingness to invest in sports, there is currently no way to do so for the average fan or investor...You no longer need to be a billionaire to invest in professional sports clubs."[91] AtWeb Summit 2016, Vialli discussed his latest venture with Tifosy.
In October 2019, Vialli was appointed new delegation chief of theItaly national football team under head coach and personal friend Roberto Mancini (his former teammate and striking partner at Sampdoria), a position unfilled since Gigi Riva's retirement in 2013.[92] On 11 July 2021, Italy wonUEFA Euro 2020 after a 3–2 victory in apenalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw afterextra-time againstEngland in thefinal.[93]
He was born into a wealthy family. His father was a "self-made millionaire";[94] it is often reported that his father is a billionaire but this was denied by his mother.[95] He married Cathryn White-Cooper on 26 August 2003 and fathered two daughters, Olivia and Sofia.[96] Vialli was a keen golfer and played at theDunhill links championship pro-am event. He continued to live in the SW6 postcode of London 20 years after leaving Chelsea F.C.[97]
In November 2018, Vialli revealed that he had successfully overcome a year-long illness withpancreatic cancer.[98][99] He was treated at theRoyal Marsden Hospital in London.[30] He was given the all-clear from pancreatic cancer in April 2020,[100] but in December 2021 revealed that he had been diagnosed with the disease for a second time.[101] He died on the night between 5 and 6 January 2023, in the Royal Marsden Hospital, at age 58.[102][103]
On 9 September 2023, Chelsea played a legends match againstBayern Munich – a rematch of the2012 Champions League Final – at Stamford Bridge in Vialli's memory. Chelsea won 4–0 with proceeds benefiting The Chelsea Foundation and The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.[104]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cremonese | 1980–81 | Serie C1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1981–82 | Serie B | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 32 | 5 | ||||
| 1982–83 | Serie B | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 37 | 8 | ||||
| 1983–84 | Serie B | 37 | 10 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | 42 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 105 | 23 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | 113 | 25 | |||||
| Sampdoria | 1984–85 | Serie A | 28 | 3 | 13 | 6 | – | – | – | 41 | 9 | |||
| 1985–86 | Serie A | 28 | 6 | 7 | 2 | – | 4[c] | 0 | – | 39 | 8 | |||
| 1986–87 | Serie A | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | 33 | 16 | ||||
| 1987–88 | Serie A | 30 | 10 | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | 43 | 13 | ||||
| 1988–89 | Serie A | 30 | 14 | 14 | 13 | – | 7[c] | 5 | 1[d] | 1 | 52 | 33 | ||
| 1989–90 | Serie A | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | – | 8[c] | 7 | 1[d] | 0 | 33 | 19 | ||
| 1990–91 | Serie A | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | – | 4[c] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 38 | 23 | ||
| 1991–92 | Serie A | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | – | 11[f] | 6 | 1[d] | 0 | 49 | 20 | ||
| Total | 223 | 85 | 67 | 36 | – | 34 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 328 | 141 | |||
| Juventus | 1992–93 | Serie A | 32 | 6 | 7 | 2 | – | 10[g] | 5 | – | 49 | 13 | ||
| 1993–94 | Serie A | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[g] | 0 | – | 12 | 4 | |||
| 1994–95 | Serie A | 30 | 17 | 7 | 3 | – | 9[g] | 2 | – | 46 | 22 | |||
| 1995–96 | Serie A | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 7[h] | 2 | 1[d] | 1 | 38 | 14 | ||
| Total | 102 | 38 | 14 | 5 | – | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 53 | |||
| Chelsea | 1996–97 | Premier League | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 11 | ||
| 1997–98 | Premier League | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8[c] | 6 | 1[i] | 0 | 34 | 19 | |
| 1998–99 | Premier League | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | |
| Total | 58 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 40 | ||
| Career total | 488 | 167 | 98 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 674 | 259 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 10 | 5 | |
| 1988 | 11 | 5 | |
| 1989 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 59 | 16 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 January 1987 | Stadio Comunale,Bergamo, Italy |  Malta | 5–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 2 | 10 June 1987 | Letzigrund,Zürich, Switzerland |  Argentina | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 14 November 1987 | Stadio San Paolo,Naples, Italy |  Sweden | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 4 | 2–1 | |||||
| 5 | 5 December 1987 | San Siro,Milan, Italy |  Portugal | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 6 | 20 February 1988 | Stadio della Vittoria,Bari, Italy |  Soviet Union | 2–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 3–1 | |||||
| 8 | 31 March 1988 | Stadion Poljud,Split, Yugoslavia |  Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 9 | 14 June 1988 | Waldstadion,Frankfurt, West Germany |  Spain | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1988 |
| 10 | 16 November 1988 | Stadio Olimpico,Rome, Italy |  Netherlands | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 26 April 1989 | Stadio Erasmo Iacovone,Taranto, Italy |  Hungary | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 12 | 1 May 1991 | Stadio Arechi,Salerno, Italy | Hungary | 3–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying |
| 13 | 12 June 1991 | Eleda Stadion,Malmö, Sweden |  Denmark | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 14 | 21 December 1991 | Stadio Pino Zaccheria,Foggia, Italy |  Cyprus | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying |
| 15 | 9 September 1992 | Philips Stadion,Eindhoven, Netherlands | Netherlands | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 16 | 19 December 1992 | Ta' Qali National Stadium,Ta' Qali, Malta | Malta | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Chelsea | 12 February 1998 | 12 September 2000 | 143 | 76 | 38 | 29 | 53.15 |
| Watford | 1 June 2001 | 14 June 2002 | 52 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 38.46 |
| Career total | 195 | 96 | 49 | 50 | 049.23 | ||
Sampdoria[106]
Juventus[106]
Chelsea[106]
Italy U21
Italy
Individual
5th Class / Knight:Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 1991[119]
3rd Class / Commander:Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2021[120]
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