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Gianfranco Zola

Italian footballer and manager

Gianfranco Zola OBE (born 5 July 1966) is an Italian former football player. He is currently the vice-president of Lega Pro, the organisation for the Italian Serie C football league.

Gianfranco Zola
OMRI, OBE
Zola in 2018
Personal information
Full name Gianfranco Zola[1]
Date of birth (1966-07-05) 5 July 1966 (age 57)[1]
Place of birth Oliena, Italy
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1980–1983 Corrasi Oliena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Nuorese 31 (10)
1986–1989 Torres 88 (21)
1989–1993 Napoli 105 (32)
1993–1996 Parma 102 (49)
1996–2003 Chelsea 229 (59)
2003–2005 Cagliari 74 (22)
Total 629 (193)
National team
1991–1997[2] Italy 35 (10)
1990–1997 Sardinia 2 (1)
Teams managed
2006–2008 Italy U21 (assistant)
2008–2010 West Ham United
2011–2012 Italy U16
2012–2013 Watford
2014–2015 Cagliari
2015–2016 Al-Arabi
2016–2017 Birmingham City
2018–2019 Chelsea (assistant)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1994
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As a footballer he played for Napoli, Parma, Chelsea and Cagliari He was renowned for his technique, skill and dribbling. In total, he played in 632 league games and scored 184 goals in his career. He became manager of West Ham on 11 September 2008, replacing Alan Curbishley, after he stopped working as Italy Under-21's manager.

Career statistics change

Club change

Source:[3][4]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nuorese 1984–85 Serie C2 4 0 — — — — 4 0
1985–86 Serie D 27 10 — — — — 27 10
Total 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 10
Sassari Torres 1986–87 Serie C2 30 8 — — — — 30 8
1987–88 Serie C1 24 2 — — — — 24 2
1988–89 Serie C1 34 11 — — — — 34 11
Total 88 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 21
Napoli[5] 1989–90 Serie A 18 2 6 1 — 2[c] 0 — 26 3
1990–91 Serie A 20 6 7 0 — 2[d] 0 0 0 29 6
1991–92 Serie A 34 12 4 1 — — — 38 13
1992–93 Serie A 33 12 6 2 — 4[c] 0 — 43 14
Total 105 32 23 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 136 36
Parma 1993–94 Serie A 33 18 7 3 — 9[e] 1 2[f] 0 51 22
1994–95 Serie A 32 19 7 4 — 12[c] 5 — 51 28
1995–96 Serie A 29 10 1 0 1 0 5[e] 2 — 36 12
1996–97 Serie A 8 2 1 0 — 2[c] 0 — 11 2
Total 102 49 16 7 1 0 28 8 2 0 149 64
Chelsea 1996–97 Premier League 23 8 7 4 0 0 — — 30 12
1997–98 Premier League 27 8 1 0 4 0 8[e] 4 1[g] 0 41 12
1998–99 Premier League 37 13 6 1 0 0 5[e] 1 1[h] 0 49 15
1999–2000 Premier League 33 4 5 1 0 0 15[i] 3 — 53 8
2000–01 Premier League 36 9 3 2 1 1 2[c] 0 1[g] 0 43 12
2001–02 Premier League 35 3 6 1 5 0 4[c] 1 — 50 5
2002–03 Premier League 38 14 3 2 3 0 2[c] 0 — 46 16
Total 229 59 31 11 13 1 36 9 0 0 312 80
Cagliari 2003–04 Serie B 43 13 1 1[6] — — — 44 14
2004–05 Serie A 31 9 6 4 — — — 37 13
Total 74 22 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 27
Career total 629 193 77 38 14 1 72 17 0 0 797 238
  1. ↑ Includes Coppa Italia, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Football League Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in European Cup
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  6. ↑ Appearances in European Super Cup
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearance in FA Charity Shield
  8. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  9. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International change

Source:[7]
Italy
Year Apps Goals
1991 2 0
1992 1 0
1993 1 0
1994 6 0
1995 8 7
1996 8 0
1997 9 3
Total 35 10

International goals

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.[2][7]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 March 1995 Stadio Arechi, Salerno   Estonia 1–0 4–1 Euro 1996 qualifier
2. 3–0
3. 29 March 1995 Republikan Stadium, Kyiv   Ukraine 2–0 2–0 Euro 1996 qualifier
4. 26 April 1995 Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius   Lithuania 1–0 1–0 Euro 1996 qualifier
5. 15 November 1995 Stadio Giglio, Reggio Emilia   Lithuania 2–0 4–0 Euro 1996 qualifier
6. 3–0
7. 4–0
8. 22 January 1997 Stadio La Favorita, Palermo   Northern Ireland 1–0 2–0 Friendly
9. 12 February 1997 Wembley Stadium, London   England 1–0 1–0 1998 World Cup qualifier
10. 29 March 1997 Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste   Moldova 2–0 3–0 1998 World Cup qualifier

Manager change

As of matches played 17 April 2017[8]
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
West Ham United 15 September 2008 11 May 2010 80 23 21 36 028.75
Watford 7 July 2012 16 December 2013 75 33 15 27 044.00
Cagliari 24 December 2014 9 March 2015 10 2 2 6 020.00
Al-Arabi SC 11 July 2015 27 June 2016 26 10 5 11 038.46
Birmingham City 14 December 2016 17 April 2017 24 2 8 14 008.33
Total 215 70 51 94 032.56

Honours change

Torres

Napoli

Parma

Chelsea

Italy

Individual

References change

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Zola: Gianfranco Zola: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "caps and goals on figc.it" (in Italian). Italian FA (FIGC). Archived from the original on 26 November 2002. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Gianfranco Zola". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gianfranco Zola » Partite di club". calcio.com.
  5. ↑ "Zola, Gianfranco". www.napolistat.it.
  6. ↑ bold.dk. "Pro Patria - Cagliari, Coppa Italia 2003/2004 17/8-2003". bold.dk.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Gianfranco Zola – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Gianfranco Zola management career statistics at Soccerbase
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Gianfranco Zola". 123Football. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "Gianfranco Zola". The Independent. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  11. ↑ 1994 FIFA World Cup USA, FIFA.com
  12. ↑ Maurizio Mariani; Misha Miladinovich (31 October 2000). "Italy Championship 1992/93". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  13. ↑ Karel Stokkermans (14 March 2007). "ESM XI". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Gianfranco Zola: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "The 2013/14 Chelsea Player of the Year awards ceremony takes place on Monday 12 May, with tickets for the event on sale now". Chelsea FC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Chelsea legend Zola awarded OBE". BBC. 1 November 2004. Retrieved 20 December 2006.
  17. ↑ "CALCIO, A ZOLA IL PALLONE D'ARGENTO DELL'USSI" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Chelsea Centenary XI". Chelsea F.C. 4 August 2005. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  19. ↑ "Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare Gaetano Scirea: Alba d'Oro" (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Gianfranco Zola NFM Hall Of Fame profile". nationalfootballmuseum.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  21. ↑ "A Gianfranco Zola il Premio Facchetti 2010" [The 2010 Facchetti Award goes to Gianfranco Zola] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "Da Zola a Mourinho e Zidane: le nuove leggende della Hall of fame del calcio italiano". Sky Italia (in Italian). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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