Gianluca Vialli
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Gianluca Vialli Commendatore OMRI (Italian pronunciation: ; 9 July 1964 – 6 January 2023) was an Italian football player and manager who played as a striker. Vialli started his club career at Cremonese in 1980 in his native Italy where he made 105 league appearances scoring 23 goals. His performances impressed Sampdoria who signed him in 1984, during which time he scored 85 league goals, won three Italian cups, the Serie A and the European Cup Winners Cup.
In 1992, Vialli transferred to Juventus for a world record £12.5 million in 1992. During this time he won the Italian Cup, the Serie A, Italian Supercup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. In 1996 Vialli joined Chelsea and became Chelsea player manager the following season. In England he won the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners Cup and UEFA 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 have both winners' and runners-up medals in all three main European club competitions, including two winners medals for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
At international level, Vialli represented the Italy national team in two FIFA World Cups, in 1986 and (on home soil) in 1990. He also took part at UEFA 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 the tenth-highest scoring Italian player in all competitions.
On retirement from playing, he went into management, punditry and worked as a commentator for Sky Italia. He was part of the Italy national team non-playing staff as a delegation chief; however, he stepped down from this role due to his battle with cancer.
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1980-1984 |
1984-1992 |
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1992-1996 |
1996-1999 |
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2001-2002 Manager |
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| Sampdoria | Appearances | Italian Serie A | 1990-1991 | 26 |
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| Sampdoria | Goals | Italian Serie A | 1990-1991 | 19 |
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