Gianluca Vialli
Italian association football player and manager
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Gianluca Vialli is an Italian soccer player and manager who had a professional career in both roles. He matters because he was a notable figure in Italian football, contributing to the sport both as a competitor and as a leader of teams.
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Gianluca Vialli ( Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluːka viˈalli, - ˈvjalli]; 9 July 1964 – 5 January 2023) was an Italian football player and manager who played as a striker. Vialli started his club career at his hometown club Cremonese in 1980, where he made 105 league appearances and scored 23 goals. His performances impressed Sampdoria, who signed him in 1984 and with whom he scored 85 league goals, won three Italian cups, Serie A and the European Cup Winners Cup.
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1964 births1986 FIFA World Cup players1990 FIFA World Cup players2023 deaths20th-century Italian sportsmenAssociation football people awarded knighthoodsChelsea F.C. managersChelsea F.C. playersCommanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicDeaths from pancreatic cancer in EnglandExpatriate football managers in EnglandExpatriate men's footballers in England