Gianluca Vialli
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Gianluca Vialli (Italian pronunciation: [danluka vjalli, vi;a-]; born 9 July 1964) is an Italian football manager and player who competed as a striker. Since resigning, he has delved into leadership, punditry, and even worked as a commentator for Sky Sport Italia. He is currently a delegation chief for Italy's national football team non-playing staff.
Vialli began his football career at Cremonese in 1980, where he scored 23 goals in his homeland Italy. Sampdoria, who joined him in 1984, gained three Italian cups, the European Cup Winners Cup, and the European Cup Winners Cup. In 1992, Vialli moved to Juventus for a world record £12.5 million. He also won the Italian Cup, the Italian Supercup, Italian Supercup, UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Cup during this period. Vialli joined Chelsea in 1996 and became Chelsea's coach the following season. He won the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners Cup, and UEFA Super Cup in England. He is one of nine footballers to win the three main European club championships, and the first forward to do so; he is also the only player in European football history to win both winners and runner's up awards in all three major European clubs competitions, including two gold medals for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Vialli also appeared in two FIFA World Cups, in 1986 and 1990 on home soil. He was also on staff at UEFA Euro 1988, leading his country to a semi-final appearance, and was selected to the tournament's team. He scored 259 goals at club level, 16 goals with the national team, and 11 goals with the Italy national under-21 football team, making him the tenth-highest scoring Italian player in all competitions.
Personal life
Vialli, the son of a self-made millionaire, was welcomed with his four children in Cremona's 60-room Castello di Belgiogioso. Vialli has been married to Cathryn White-Cooper since August 26, 2003, and she has two children, Olivia and Sofia. He is a keen golfer and has competed at the Dunhill links championship pro-am tournament.
Vialli lives in London, 20 years after leaving Chelsea F.C.
Vialli revealed in November 2018 that he had successfully beat pancreatic cancer for the year. He was admitted to the Royal Marsden hospital.
It was revealed on April 13, 2020, that he had been suffering from the pancreatic cancer that he had been suffering from for 17 months.
He revealed that he had been fighting pancreatic cancer for the second time on December 21, 2021.
Club career
Vialli's career began in 1980 when he signed for Cremonese in Serie C1, winning promotion to Serie B. After scoring ten goals for the club in the 1983–84 Serie B season, he was moved to Sampdoria.
He and his colleague and childhood friend Roberto Mancini developed a long-running strike team at Sampdoria, earning the nickname The Goal Twins ("I Gemelli del Gol" in Italian). Sampdoria had the most profitable period in history, with Vialli at his peak. Vialli won their first Serie A championship in 1989, 1990, 1989, 1989 & 1989), setting a record of 13 goals in a single edition of the Coppa Italia (1990) – where he scored many of his goals with a backflip, including one against Inter. They also won a Supercopa Italiana and reached the final of the European Cup Championships in 1992, losing 1-1 to Barcelona's Barcelona "Dream Team" of Spain.
Vialli left Juventus a few weeks after losing in the 1992 European Cup final for a world record of £12.5 million. Vialli won the UEFA Cup in his first season with Juventus, alongside players such as Roberto Baggio, Pierluigi Casiraghi, Paolo Di Canio, Andreas Möller, and others, under new boss Giovanni Trattoni. Vialli's boss, Marcello Lippi, began an intense fitness and muscle training program in order to shed weight and increase agility, physical endurance, and stamina. Vialli regained his goalscoring form over the season, and he helped Juventus win the Scudetto (second overall) and the Italian Cup in 1995, scoring 16 goals; the club barely missed out on a treble after losing in the 1995 UEFA Cup Final to Parma after losing by a spectacular second leg penalty. He spent his time in Turin by leading the team to a Supercoppa Italiana victory and a Champions League final victory over defending champions AFC Ajax in 1996, where he competed with Del Piero and Fabrizio Ravanelli. He made 102 appearances on the team during his four seasons as a player, scoring 38 goals.
Vialli joined Chelsea on a free transfer as part of manager Ruud Gullit's rebuilding of the team. Vialli adapted to life in London thanks to his knowledge of the English language and the use of English idioms. In Vialli's first season, the team lifted the FA Cup, with the Italian scoring two goals in a 4–2 victory over Liverpool in the fourth round. However, a feud with Gullit saw him regularly dropped out of the starting lineup; in the final, he was limited to a five-minute appearance as a late substitute.
Vialli scored four goals in a league win over Barnsley and a hat-trick against Norwegian side Troms during the Cup Winners' Cup, but he could not secure his spot in the side under Gullit. Vialli assumed the role of a player-manager after Gullit's dismissal in early 1998, winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 and the League Cup in 1998. In the UEFA Super Cup, he dominated these victories by a 1–0 victory over Real Madrid, the UEFA Champions League champions.
Vialli retired from professional football at the end of the 1998–99 season to concentrate on his position as Chelsea's boss. He played in Chelsea's last match of the 1998–99 Premier League, scoring the winning goal against Derby County at Stamford Bridge.
Managerial career
Gullit was fired as Chelsea manager in February 1998 and Vialli, 33-year-old Vialli, was appointed player-manager, becoming the first Italian to manage in the Premier League. Chelsea was already in the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup and the quarter-finals, as well as finishing fourth in the Premier League. Vialli, the youngest manager to ever win a UEFA tournament, after defeating VfB Stuttgart in the Cup Winners' Cup final on May 13, 1998, 33 years and 308 days old. André Villas-Boas of FC Porto won the Europa League for thirteen years before his retirement at the age of 33 years and 213 days on May 18, 2011.
Chelsea won the UEFA Super Cup by beating Real Madrid 1–0 and finishing third in the Premier League, just four points behind champions Manchester United in what was Chelsea's highest league finish since 2005, and perhaps their most serious attempt to win a league title since their first league victory since 1955.
Vialli made his last competitive appearance for the club against Derby County at the end of the season (in which he scored), completing his Chelsea career with 83 appearances and 40 goals.
Chelsea made their debut in the UEFA Champions League this season, where they qualified to the quarter-finals. They were eventually knocked out 4–6 on aggregate after a 5–1 loss at Camp Nou after extra time following a 3–1 win over Barcelona. Despite a fifth-place finish in the Premier League, Vialli led Chelsea to victory over Aston Villa in the 2000 FA Cup final.
Chelsea won the Charity Shield, Vialli's fifth official award with the club in less than three years, making him the club's most effective manager at the time. Vialli was suspended five games into the season after an indifferent start and losing to a number of key names, including Gianfranco Zola, Didier Deschamps, and Dan Petrescu.
In 2001-2002, Vialli accepted the challenge of governing Watford in the First Division. Despite making wholesale and costly improvements to the playing and coaching staff, the Hertfordshire team reached their unimpressive 14th and Vialli was fired after one year. Following this, he was dragged into a long fight with the club over the remainder of his deal.
International career
Vialli competed in the 1985 and 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championships, where the Azzurrini finished third and second respectively. Vialli also scored 11 goals for Italy's U21 team. He was also the top scorer in the 1986 Under-21 European Championship, scoring four goals and losing the final to Spain on penalties.
Vialli made his Italy senior team debut in 1985 against Poland in a friendly match against Poland. He was selected in Italy's squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, displaying an all-shaved head as a substitute in all four of Italy's matches.
In a UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier against Malta, Vialli scored his first goal for Italy. He was selected in Italy's squad for the finals of the Euro 1988 championship and scored the winning goal against Spain in the group stage. Despite losing 0–2, Vialli was chosen in Italy's team of the tournament, despite the fact that Italy was knocked out by the Soviet Union in the semi-finals.
Vialli was named as part of the squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and he was supposed to make a huge difference for the hosts. Vialli missed a penalty against the United States in the next match, with keeper Tony Meola diving the other way after struggling to score in the first match against Austria despite setting up the winning goal via a cross. He was later dropped from the team in favour of Roberto Baggio and Salvatore Schillaci, who had scored the winning goal against Austria after being on a replacement. Vialli returned to the team after his shot on goal was blocked by Argentina keeper Goycochea, and Italy's opening goal was scored by Mario Goycochea. He was recalled in the second half when Italy was eliminated on penalties, resulting in the tournament's third place. Vialli wore the number 21 during the World Cup because Italy assigned jersey numbers alphabetically to players for the World Cup (beginning with defenders, then midfielders, and finally attackers). He had 2 assists in the tournament, which were both supplied for the golden boot champion Schilacci.
Vialli, the Vialli family's son, scored in Italy's 3–1 victory over Hungary and 2–0 victory over Cyprus in the qualifying games to the Euro 1992 Championship under Vicini, with Vialli leading Italy's attack during the qualifier games. However, Italy slipped out on qualifying after finishing second behind the Soviet Union in Group 3 last year.
Vialli made his last appearance for the Azzurri in December 1992, due to his tense friendship with coach Arrigo Sacchi, bringing his international career to a close end, despite his club's triumph in the 1990s. Vialli is believed to have been a prank on Sacchi, which was the reason for his release from the national team.
Vialli made 59 appearances for Italy, scoring 16 goals.