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Roberto Di Matteo
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Roberto Di Matteo is a Swiss association football player and coach. Born in Schaffhausen in 1970, he holds Swiss citizenship and speaks Italian. He played as a midfielder for clubs including FC Zürich, FC Aarau, FC Schaffhausen, and Chelsea F.C. He also represented Italy in international competition, participating in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996.
Di Matteo has served as a coach for Chelsea F.C. During his playing career, he competed in the Premier League. He recorded zero total goals in his career and made one match appearance in the contexts provided. His name in his native language is Roberto Di Matteo.
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Key facts
- 2012
- Chelsea
- 2016
- Aston Villa
- Full name
- Roberto Di Matteo
- Date of birth
- ( 1970-05-29 ) 29 May 1970 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Schaffhausen , Switzerland
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1988 1991
- Schaffhausen
- 1991 1992
- Zürich
- 1992 1993
- Aarau
- 1993 1996
- Lazio
- 1996 2002
- Chelsea
- 1994 1998
- Italy
- 2008 2009
- Milton Keynes Dons
- 2009 2011
- West Bromwich Albion
- 2011 2012
- Chelsea (assistant)
- 2014 2015
- Schalke 04
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- Italy
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roberto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Schaffhausen
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1996
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Italy men's national association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Italy
- Mass
- 74
- Image
- Roberto Di Matteo S04 2015 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Roberto Di Matteo
- date of birth
- 1970-05-29
- name in native language
- Roberto Di Matteo
- coach of sports team
- Chelsea F.C.
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Roberto Di Matteo ( Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto di matˈtɛːo]; born 29 May 1970) is an Italian professional football manager and former player.
A midfielder, he played for Swiss clubs Schaffhausen, Zürich and Aarau early in his career. After winning the Swiss league title with Aarau in 1992–1993, he joined Serie A team Lazio where he played under managers Dino Zoff and Zdeněk Zeman. After three seasons at Lazio, he joined Chelsea in 1996 for a £4.9 million fee, a club record at the time. He retired as a player in February 2002 at the age of 31 following injury problems.
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