playername	Gianluca Vialli
fullname	Gianluca Vialli
height
dateofbirth	July 09, 1964
cityofbirth	Cremona
countryofbirth	Italy
position	Striker
youthyears1	1973–1978 | youthclubs1 Pizzighettone
youthyears2	1978–1980 | youthclubs2 Cremonese
years1	1980–1984 | clubs1 Cremonese | caps1 105 | goals1 23
years2	1984–1992 | clubs2 Sampdoria | caps2 223 | goals2 85
years3	1992–1996 | clubs3 Juventus | caps3 102 | goals3 38
years4	1996–1999 | clubs4 Chelsea | caps4 58 | goals4 21
totalcaps	488 | totalgoals 167
nationalyears1	1985–1992 | nationalteam1 Italy
nationalcaps1	59 | nationalgoals1 16
manageryears1	1998–2000 | managerclubs1 Chelsea
manageryears2	2001–2002 | managerclubs2 Watford }}

Gianluca Vialli (born 9 July 1964 in Cremona) is an Italian football manager and former player. Vialli started his 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 3 Italian cups, the Serie A and the European Cup Winners Cup. 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 is the only player in European footballing history to have winner's and runner's up medals in all three main European club competitions. During his twenty years long career as a professional footballer he has scored 259 goals at club level, 16 goals with the national team, 11 goals with the under 21 national team for a total of 286 goals in more than 500 appearances.

Club career

Vialli's career started in 1980 when, signing for local club Cremonese. After scoring ten goals for the club in the 1983–84 season, he was transferred to Sampdoria.

Sampdoria

At Sampdoria he formed a prolific strike partnership with team mate and childhood friend Roberto Mancini, earning the nickname ''The Goal Twins''. With Vialli at his best, Sampdoria had the most successful era in its history. They won their first ever Serie A championship in the 1990–91 season, in which Vialli was league top scorer with 19 goals, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1990) – where he scored both goals in the 2–0 win over Anderlecht in the final – and three Italian Cups (in 1985, 1988 and 1989). They also reached the European Cup final in 1992, losing to Spain's Barcelona.

While at Sampdoria, Vialli made his debut for Italy in a friendly match against Poland in 1985. He scored his first ever national goal in a Euro 88 qualification match against Malta in 1986. He was included in the squad for the 1986 World Cup. He also played at Euro 88 (scoring the winner in Italy's 1–0 win over Spain) and was part of the squad which finished 3rd at Italia '90. Vialli was largely expected to have a huge impact on the tournament and started Italy's first two games. He set up a goal in Italy's opening game with Austria and in the following game he hit the post from a penalty against the USA. His poor form and injury saw him dropped in favour of Roberto Baggio and Toto Schillaci, but he did make a surprise return in the semi-final in place of Baggio. He was substituted in favour of Baggio during the match. In a recent interview with Irish radio station Newstalk Vialli claimed he had also been suffering with a chest infection in the early part of the tournament.

Juventus

He moved to Juventus shortly after the European Cup final loss for a world record fee of £12.5million. Vialli won the UEFA Cup in his first season with Juventus. Coincidentally, he had his last international cap in 1992 also against Malta in a 1994 World Cup qualification match where he also scored, but was left out of the squad for the World Cup finals following a dispute with coach Arrigo Sacchi, after which Vialli declared he would be supporting Brazil. He won another Scudetto and Italian Cup with Juve in 1995, scoring 16 goals during the season, but Juve were denied a treble after defeat in the UEFA Cup final to Parma, despite Vialli scoring a spectacular second leg goal. He ended his time in Turin by captaining the side to a Champions League final win over Ajax Amsterdam in 1996.

Chelsea

Vialli joined Chelsea in the summer of 1996 for $1million a year (after rejecting an offer from Rangers) as part of manager Ruud Gullit's cosmopolitan rebuilding of the side, and won the FA Cup in his first season, including two goals in a spectacular 4–2 comeback over Liverpool in the fourth round. However, a feud with Gullit saw him regularly left out of the starting line-up; in the final itself he was limited to a five-minute cameo appearance as a late substitute.

During the 1997–98 season, Vialli scored four goals in a league win over Barnsley and a hat-trick against Norwegian side Tromsø in the Cup Winners' Cup, but still couldn't cement his place in the side under Gullit.

Managerial career

Chelsea

Gullit was sacked in February 1998 and 33-year-old Vialli was appointed player-manager. Chelsea were already in the semi-finals of the Coca Cola Cup and the quarter finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, and went on to win both competitions under Vialli, as well as finishing 4th in the Premier League. In beating VfB Stuttgart at the Cup Winners' Cup final on 13 May 1998, 33 years and 308 days old Vialli became the youngest coach to ever win a UEFA competition. The record stood for thirteen years until 18 May 2011 when FC Porto's André Villas-Boas won the Europa League at the age of 33 years and 213 days.

The following season Chelsea won the European Super Cup by beating Real Madrid 1–0, and finished 3rd in the Premier League, just four points behind champions Manchester United in what was Chelsea's highest league finish since 1970. Vialli made his final competitive appearance for the club against Derby County at the end of that season (a game in which he scored), finishing his Chelsea career with 83 appearances and 40 goals.

The following season saw Chelsea reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League on their debut in the competition, the highlight of which was a 3–1 quarterfinal first leg victory over FC Barcelona, although they were eventually knocked out on aggregate following a 5-1 return leg loss at Camp Nou that needed extra time. Despite a disappointing 5th place finish in the Premier League, the campaign ended on a high note when Vialli guided Chelsea to a win over Aston Villa in the 2000 FA Cup final.

The 2000–01 season started brightly, with Chelsea beating Manchester United to win the FA Charity Shield, Vialli's fifth official trophy with the club in less than three years, making him the club's most successful manager at the time. But Vialli was sacked five games into the season after an indifferent start and having fallen out with several players, including Gianfranco Zola, Didier Deschamps and Dan Petrescu.

Watford

Vialli then took up an offer to manage First Division club Watford in 2001–02. Despite making wholesale and expensive changes to the playing and coaching staff, the Hertfordshire side 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.

Other

In 2006, Vialli's book ''The Italian Job: A Journey to the Heart of Two Great Footballing Cultures'' that he wrote with friend and football journalist Gabriele Marcotti got released. 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. Vialli is donating 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 player Massimo Mauro in order to raise funds for research into cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Today Vialli works as a TV football commentator for Sky Italia. In 2007 he was linked with a move to the managers position at Queens Park Rangers, following the club takeover by Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone and the dismissal of John Gregory as manager, but ultimately declined any interest in the job.

Personal life

Vialli has been married to Cathryn White-Cooper since 26 August 2003 and has two children. He is a keen golfer and has played at the Dunhill links championship pro-am event.

Career statistics

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|- |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 |}

Club playing honours

;Cremonese

Serie C1: promotion 1980–81

;Sampdoria

Serie A: 1990–91

Coppa Italia: 1985, 1988, 1989

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1990

;Juventus F.C.

Serie A: 1994–95

Coppa Italia: 1995

Supercoppa Italiana: 1995

UEFA Champions League: 1996

UEFA Cup: 1993

;Chelsea F.C.

FA Cup: 1997

League Cup: 1998

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1998

UEFA Super Cup: 1998

International playing honours

;Italy national football team

World Cup: 3rd place 1990

Club managerial honours

;Chelsea F.C.

Football League Cup: 1998

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998

UEFA Super Cup: 1998

FA Cup: 2000

FA Charity Shield: 2000

Managerial stats

143 52

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
!G!!W!!L!!D!!Win %
align=left	Chelsea					|	76	29	38
align=left	Watford					|	20	21	11

See also

List of players to have won the three main European club competitions

References

External links

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{{infobox football biography | name	Roberto Mancini | image

Roberto Mancini (born 27 November 1964) is an Italian football manager, formerly an international player and current manager of Premier League club Manchester City.

As a player Mancini was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 league matches, and helped them win the Serie A league title, four Coppa Italias and the Cup Winners Cup, whilst being capped 36 times by Italy. As a player he gained a penchant as a future manager and would often give team talks at half-time and ultimately became an assistant to Sven Goran Eriksson at Lazio in the twilight of his playing career. After his retirement, Mancini embarked on a successful managerial career. A cup specialist, Mancini has never failed to reach a semi-final of a major cup competition in every season he has managed and has guided the clubs he managed to a record 5 consecutive Coppa Italia finals from 2004 to 2008, with Lazio once in 2004 and with Inter in the following 4 seasons.

Mancini's first managerial role was at a cash stricken Fiorentina at only 35 years old and managed to win a Coppa Italia, but left with Fiorentina facing bankruptcy. Months later, he took over as manager at Lazio, where again he inherited financial constraints and was forced to lose a number of key players. With limited resources during his two season tenure, he still managed to win another Coppa Italia, reach a UEFA Cup semi-final, and secure a lucrative Champions League place.

In 2004, Mancini was given the chance to manage a major club, being offered the manager's job at Internazionale. During his tenure at Inter, the club won 3 consecutive Serie A titles (an Inter club record) and a European record 17 consecutive league game victories stretching nearly half a season. and became Inter's most successful manager in 30 years. Despite his domestic success, many pundits saw the repeated failure to win the coveted Champions League as the main reason for his sacking in 2008.

After being out of football for over a year, Mancini was appointed Manchester City manager in December 2009 and his team-building achievements at Lazio and Inter were a factor in his appointment. In the 2010-11 season, his first full season at City, Mancini guided the club to lucrative Champions League football and the FA Cup, and has moulded City into a sound defensive unit. He maintains a tradition of wearing a scarf of his club's colours, something which has been continued at Manchester City.

Early life

Mancini was born in the small town of Jesi, Italy in 1964 but then moved onto the mountain town of Rocadaspida, Italy and was raised by Aldo and Marianna Mancini along with his younger sister, Stephanie. Raised a Roman Catholic, his young life in Jesi revolved around religion and football. He was an altar boy and played for the local ''Aurora Calcio'' football team in his youth. On one occasion a fixture clashed with his first Holy Communion. Halfway through the ceremony the young eight year old Mancini was nowhere to be seen. His local priest who was administering his first communion frequently coached ''Calcio'', he heard they were losing 2–0 at half-time and so he asked a young Mancini quietly after receiving his communion if he had his football kit and boots with him. Roberto said they were in the changing rooms and so he told him to sneak out of the side door and put them on because his team needed him unbeknownst to his father. Roberto Mancini used to be as a pizza delivery boy

Playing career

Overview

Mancini debuted in the Italian Serie A for Bologna on 12 September 1981. The following year he was bought by Sampdoria, for whom he played until 1997. Later he played for Lazio (1997–2000) and Leicester City (2001).

In Italy

With Sampdoria, he formed a dynamic strike partnership with Gianluca Vialli, and helped the club to its only league title in 1991, four Coppa Italias (1985, 1988, 1989 and 1994) and a Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. He also appeared in the final of the 1991–1992 European Cup against Barcelona.

With Lazio he won his second ''scudetto'' (2000) and Cup Winners' Cup titles (1999) as well as two more Coppa Italias (1998 and 2000). In the 1999–2000 season, Lazio won the Scudetto and Coppa Italia, but Mancini failed to score in 20 matches and he announced his playing retirement. He joined Lazio’s coaching staff as Sven-Goran Eriksson’s number two.

Leicester City

Joining Leicester City in January 2001, Mancini made his Premier League debut against Arsenal at the age of 36, but failed to complete 90 minutes in his five appearances for the club. In early February, he was given leave of absence, citing personal reasons. However, he telephoned the club on 14 February, and informed them he would not be returning to England (he had been offered the manager's job at Fiorentina). Despite this, he cites his time at Leicester as the period during which he fell in love with the English game, and which later prompted him to accept the job at Manchester City.

International career

Despite success at club level, Mancini never became a regular for Italy. At U-21 level, Mancini was part of the team which reached the semi-finals in UEFA U-21 Championship 1984 and finished runners-up in UEFA U-21 Championship 1986. He made his international debut in 1984 against Canada, won 36 caps and scored four goals for his country (including a goal against West Germany at Euro 88). He was also a non-playing member of the Italian squad at 1990 World Cup, being kept out of the side by Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Baggio. His international career ended after a dispute with national team coach Arrigo Sacchi, when Mancini was upset because he would not be guaranteed a first team place at the 1994 World Cup. Fierce competition for places hindered his international opportunities with forward players like Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Baggio and later Francesco Totti and Alessandro Del Piero hastened his self-imposed exile from the Italian national team.

Managerial career

Fiorentina

Although Mancini had written a research pamphlet entitled "Il Trequartista". which examined the role of an attacking midfielder, he had not as yet attained the necessary coaching badges to become a manager. He therefore needed special dispensation from the Italian football authorities to take the post at Fiorentina. Fiorentina was plagued by financial problems. He made occasional playing appearances himself. According to various sources, Mancini sometimes worked unpaid and even received death threats as key players such as Rui Costa and Francesco Toldo had to be sold. Despite this, Mancini managed to win the Coppa Italia before quitting in January 2002, after just 10 months in the job, with Fiorentina in the relegation zone of Serie A. Fiorentina were subsequently relegated in June 2002.

Lazio

In May 2002, Mancini was appointed manager of Lazio. He was again restricted by financial considerations, having to sell key players such as Hernan Crespo and Alessandro Nesta, and players were forced to take an 80% pay cut. However, in his first season with Lazio, the club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. In the 2003–2004, Lazio won the Coppa Italia. Lazio finished fourth in 2003 and sixth in 2004. Before the start of the 2004–05 season, rumours circulated in the Italian press that Inter had approached Mancini to fill the recently vacated managerial position at the club. Shortly after, Mancini quit Lazio and announced that he would be joining Inter.

Internazionale

Under Mancini, Inter soon won the club's first domestic trophy since 1989. Inter became the dominant team in Italy.

In Mancini's first season, Inter won the Coppa Italia with a 3–0 victory over Roma at the San Siro Stadium. Inter finished third in Serie A and reached the Champions League quarter-finals only to be knocked out by city rivals AC Milan 3–0 on aggregate. In August 2005, Inter won the Italian Super Cup for the second time in their history with a 1–0 victory over Juventus.

Inter again won the Italian Cups and Italian Super Cup. Following the Calciopoli scandal, Juventus were stripped of the Scudetto title which was handed to Inter instead.

Inter achieved a record-breaking run of 17 consecutive victories in Serie A, starting on 25 September 2006 with a 4–1 home win over Livorno and ending on 28 February 2007 after a 1–1 draw at home to Udinese. The run lasted for almost five months and is among the best in European league football history. Inter won a second successive league title with 5 games to spare and only losing one league game all season. Inter finished with a record-breaking 97 points, which is an Italian football record and, until 2010, was a European record.

Mancini became the third coach in Inter history to win back-to-back league titles after Alfredo Foni (1952–53 and 1953–54) and Helenio Herrera (1964–65 and 1965–66).

Inter also progressed to the Coppa Italia and Italian Super Cup for the third consecutive season, but were beaten in both finals by AS Roma. However, once again, Inter struggled in Europe. In the Champions League they were knocked out in the first round by Valencia. At the end of the game there was a mass brawl involving both sets of players. Mancini was not involved in the incident, but camera footage showed him attempting to block a camera's view, before he was seen shrugging his shoulders and walking away.

This was Mancini's fourth, and final, season in charge of Inter. His reputation continued to grow as he added a third consecutive Serie A title to his honours. Again he guided Inter to the Coppa Italia final, but lost for a second consecutive season to Roma, 2–1 at the Stadio Olimpico.

Despite his successes, the inability to make any real progress in the Champions League displeased Inter owner Massimo Moratti. Inter were knocked out in the Second Round of the UEFA Champions League by Liverpool. In March 2008, amid rumours that he was to be sacked and replaced by José Mourinho at the end of the season, Mancini announced his intention to step down at the end of the 2007–08 season. He rescinded this decision a day later after meeting with Inter president Massimo Moratti.

On 29 May 2008, Inter officially announced the sacking of Mancini. Club Chairman Massimo Moratti justified the sacking by pointing to Mancini's negative comments after the Liverpool defeat. He was replaced by Jose Mourinho.

Out of football

Mancini was linked to the vacant Chelsea job in May 2008 and then the Notts County job On 30 October 2009, Mancini won compensation for his sacking by Inter. However, the contract settlement meant Mancini was actually unemployable by any other club from May 2008 to October 2009. It was rumoured that Mancini was entitled to a €16m pay-off, in the end he reportedly settled for a €5m.

Manchester City

On 19 December 2009, Mancini was publicly revealed to be taking over as manager of Manchester City on a three and a half year deal following the sacking of Mark Hughes. With wealthy Arab owners who were willing to invest heavily in the team, Manchester City had become a club expectant of success.

2009–10

Having been appointed half-way through the season, Mancini's arrival had an immediate impact on City's form, with four consecutive wins. Mancini won his first ever Manchester Derby 2–1 in a Carling Cup semi-final first leg. However United won the second-leg 3–1, and eliminated City from the competition.

In April, Manchester City moved into fourth place in the Premier League. However, on May 5, a single goal defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur meant that City missed out on a Champions League place. City finished the season in 5th place, their highest Premier League finish. There had been speculation that Mancini might lose his job if Manchester City did not to secure Champions League Football, but chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak gave his support to Mancini.

2010–11

Mancini spent heavily during the summer transfer window. He signed German international defender Jerome Boateng from Hamburg for approximately £10.64m, Spanish World Cup winner David Silva from Valencia for approximately £24m, Yaya Toure from Barcelona for around £24m and Aleksandar Kolarov from Lazio for approximately £19m.

The 2010-11 season Premier League season was marked by a run of good form and poor form. A 2-0 win away at Wigan Athletic on 19 September 2010, City went 4th in the 2010-11 Premier League and did not drop out of the top 4 which offers lucrative Champions League football throughout the rest of the season. However the team struggled for form in October and November putting pressure on Mancini to deliver with his tactics criticised following two consecutive 0–0 home draws at home to Manchester United and Birmingham in November 2010.

However a fine run of form in the weeks running up to Christmas meant City occupied 1st place twice over the Christmas period, although City missed the opportunity to be 1st at on Christmas Day with a 2-1 defeat to Everton days before. In the ten games before the 15 January 2011, City won 7 times, drew twice and lost only once as they surged into title contention, whilst also securing passage into the Round of 32 of the Europa League as group winners. As a result of strong league form, Mancini was awarded the Premier League Manager of the Month award for December.

Premier League form tailed off in the new year with City jointly contesting the FA Cup and Europa League with Mancini citing burnout for losing ground in the title race. City were eliminated from the Europa League by Dynamo Kiev in March, but City replied strongly winning 8 out of the next 10 matches with a FA Cup semi-final victory at Wembley over rivals Manchester United in April. A win over Tottenham Hotspur in May 2011 guaranteed City 2011-12 Champions League football. The win was followed with City winning the 2010-11 FA Cup with a 1-0 win over Stoke City on the weekend after the Tottenham victory. The FA Cup truimph meant Mancini joined five other City managers who have won major honours and had ended the club's longest trophy drought in its history. Thanks to their strong run of form finished 3rd ahead of Arsenal on the last day of the season with a 2-0 win over Bolton, thus avoiding a play-off round to progress to the group stages, with only goal difference separating City from a 2nd place finish over Chelsea.

Management style

Defensive emphasis

Mancini places great emphasis on building from the back, stressing the importance of not conceding a goal means the team will always have an opportunity to win, going as far to say, 'I like 1-0 wins. When you don't concede a goal and you have players like Edin Dzeko, Carlos Tevez or David Silva, you win 90%. I prefer we are boring for two to three matches and we win 1-0... If you watch teams that won titles, they conceded very few goals.' Despite this, some argue Mancini is more of a "''defense first''" manager, rather than a "''win first''" manager. A style that has been criticised by some in the British media. However, others believe his pragmatic and cautious approach is what the team lacked, and that Mancini is adopting a style to ensure City can challenge for trophies regularly.

Although Mancini has been defensive in some fixtures at Manchester City which has attracted criticism. Mancini did inherit a team from Mark Hughes, which whilst showing great prolifigacy and potential in front of goal, had a very insecure defence. Months of intensively coaching his defence, even throwing young Dedryck Boyata into the fray from the youth team in Mancini's first few weeks enabled him to get his tenure at City off to a positive start.

In Internazionale's Serie A winning season 2007-08, Inter conceded the fewest goals in the league - 26 to be precise, 11 fewer than Juventus and Roma. At Manchester City, his team has gradually garnered a reputation as being well organised defensively and tough to break down. In Mancini's first full season in charge at City, they conceded 33 goals in the Premier League, fewest conceded along with Chelsea and 18 clean sheets, the highest in the 2010-11 Premier League season.

Training methods

Mancini's training methods have been criticised by some City players and especially by ex-Manchester City fitness coach Raymond Verheijen, who is a personal fitness coach for Craig Bellamy.. The training sessions are known for being very competitive and has led to well publicised bust ups leading to City earning the nickname of "Fight Club" and recently Mancini was left nursing a sore calf after being flattened by summer signing Stefan Savic who was taking part in his first training session as a City player.

Attitude to players

During his time at Manchester City, Mancini has tried to stamp his authority with rebellious players who are unhappy or are not performing and has stated "''If a top player is not happy then it's better to go''". It has been alleged that Mancini has had frosty relationships with Craig Bellamy, club doctor Jamie Murphy and Emmanuel Adebayor who was unhappy at not getting first team football. Manchester City players have alluded to Mancini's occasional "''hairdryer treatment''" at half-time if he feels his team are not playing well.

Personal life

Mancini has been married for nearly 20 years to his wife, Federica. They have a daughter and two sons, Filippo and Andrea, who have both played in the Internazionale youth ranks, where Filippo has played 10 minutes in a Coppa Italia match. Both of his sons have at one point been a part of Manchester City's youth set-up. Filippo trained with the City academy for several months of the 2007–08 season, while Andrea was signed by his father for the Manchester City under-21 Elite Development Squad in November 2010 after being released from Bologna.

Statistics

Player stats

:''As of 27 November 2009''

Bologna Football Club 1909 rowspan=151983–84 Serie A1984–85 Serie A1985–86 Serie A1986–87 Serie A1987–88 Serie A1988–89 Serie A1989–90 Serie A1990–91 Serie A1991–92 Serie A1992–93 Serie A1993–94 Serie A1994–95 Serie A1995–96 Serie A1996–97 Serie A !colspan="3" rowspan=31998–99 Serie A1999–2000 Serie A !colspan="3"Leicester City F.C.

Season	Club	Championship	Coppa Italia	!colspan="3"	Supercoppa Italiana	Total
!Comp	!Apps	!Goals	!Comp	!Apps	!Goals	!Comp	!Apps	!Goals	!Comp	!Apps	!Goals	!Apps	!Goals
Bologna Football Club 1981–1982	1981–1982	Bologna||	1981–82 Serie A>A	30	9	Coppa Italia 1981–82>CI	1	0
1982–1983	Sampdoria||	1982–83 Serie A>A	22	4	Coppa Italia 1982–83>CI	5	1
1983–1984	A||	30	8	Coppa Italia 1983–84>CI	8	2
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1984–1985	1984–1985	A||	24	3	Coppa Italia 1984–85>CI	11	3
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1985–1986	1985–1986	A||	23	6	Coppa Italia 1985–86>CI	11	4	1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	4	2
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1986–1987	1986–1987	A||	26	6	Coppa Italia 1986–87>CI	5	0
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1987–1988	1987–1988	A||	30	5	Coppa Italia 1987–88>CI	13	3
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1988–1989	1988–1989	A||	29	9	Coppa Italia 1988–89>CI	11	5	1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	8	0	1988 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	0	0	48	14
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1989–1990	1989–1990	A||	31	11	Coppa Italia 1989-90>CI	3	2	1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	9	2	1989 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	1	0	44	15
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1990–1991	1990–1991	A||	30	12	Coppa Italia 1990–91>CI	10	2	1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	5	2	1990 European Super Cup>SE	2	0	47	16
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1991–1992	1991–1992	A||	29	6	Coppa Italia 1991-92>CI	6	2	1991–92 European Cup>EC	9	4	1991 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	1	1	45	13
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1992–1993	1992–1993	A||	30	15	Coppa Italia 1992-93>CI	2	0
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1993–1994	1993–1994	A||	30	12	Coppa Italia 1993-94>CI	7	0
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1994–1995	1994–1995	A||	31	9	Coppa Italia 1994-95>CI	2	1	1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	4	2	1994 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	1	0	38	12
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1995–1996	1995–1996	A||	26	11	Coppa Italia 1995-96>CI	2	1
Unione Calcio Sampdoria 1996–1997	1996–1997	A||	33	15	Coppa Italia 1996-97>CI	2	0
Total – Sampdoria ||	424	132		98	26		39	12		5	1	566	171
Società Sportiva Lazio 1997–1998	1997–1998	Lazio||	1997–98 Serie A>A	34	5	Coppa Italia 1997-98>CI	8	1	1997–98 UEFA Cup>UC	10	3
Società Sportiva Lazio 1998–1999	1998–1999	A||	33	10	Coppa Italia 1998-99>CI	6	2	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup>EWC	7	0	1998 Supercoppa Italiana>SI	1	0	47	12
Società Sportiva Lazio 1999–2000	1999–2000	A||	20	0	Coppa Italia 1999-2000>CI	7	3	UEFA Champions League 1999-2000>UCL	9	0	1999 UEFA Super Cup>SE	1	0	37	3
Total – Lazio ||	87	15		21	6		26	3		2	0	136	24
2001	Leicester City||	2000–01 FA Premier League>PL	4	0	2000–01 FA Cup>FAC	1	0		0	0		0	0	5	0
colspan="2"	Total – Career	|	545	156		121	32		65	15		7	1	738	204

Managerial statistics

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Honours

As player

;Italy ;Serie A (2)

Sampdoria: 1990-91

Lazio: 1999-2000

;Coppa Italia (6)

Sampdoria: 1984-85, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1993-94

Lazio: 1997-98, 1999-2000

;Supercoppa Italiana (2)

Sampdoria: 1991

Lazio: 1998

;UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2)

Sampdoria: 1989-90

Lazio: 1998-99

;UEFA Super Cup (1)

Lazio: 1999

;Italy national team

1990 FIFA World Cup: Bronze medal - Third place

;Individual

Guerin d'Oro: 1988, 1991

Serie A Footballer of the Year: 1997

Italian Footballer of the Year: 1997

As manager

;Italy ;Serie A (3)

Internazionale: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

;Coppa Italia (4)

Fiorentina: 2000–01

Lazio: 2003–04

Internazionale: 2004–05, 2005–06

;Supercoppa Italiana (2)

Internazionale: 2005, 2006

;England ;FA Cup (1)

Manchester City: 2010–11

;Individual ;Manchester City

Premier League Manager of the Month: December 2010

References

External links

Official website

Profile on Manchester City Official Website

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Fabio Caressa (born on April 18, 1967 in Rome) is a famous Italian journalist and football commentator, broadcasting for SKY Italia.

He began his career in 1986 and in 1991 was chosen to take part in the commentators team for the newly founded Italian pay tv Tele+, founded by the Canal+ Group. In 1998 he started commenting on Sunday evening Serie A matches, making turns with Massimo Marianella. In 2002 he became the main "voice" of SKY Sport and, together with former Inter Milan star Giuseppe Bergomi, he is now one of the most notorious and appreciated sporting commentators in Italy.

After the World Cup he wrote a book about his experiences during his career and the World cup, entitled ''Andiamo a Berlino'' ("We're going to Berlin"), a phrase that Caressa shouted at the end of the World Cup semifinal Germany vs. Italy 0-2 a.e.t., just a few seconds after the goal scored by Alessandro Del Piero, expressing his joy for the qualification of Italy for the final that would be played in Berlin.

His wife is Italian TV-news journalist Benedetta Parodi: they have two daughters.

References

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