Gianfranco Zola member of sports team Chelsea F.C.
Gianfranco Zola  (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaɱˈfraŋko dˈdzɔːla]; born 5 July 1966) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played predominantly as a forward. He is currently in charge as vice-president of the Lega Pro, the Serie C football league.Zola is often regarded as one of the best Italian forwards of all time, as well as one of the best players ever to play at Chelsea F.C. and in the English Premier League.He spent the first decade of his playing career playing in Italy, most notably with Napoli, alongside Diego Maradona and Careca, where he was able to win the Serie A title, and at Parma, where he won the Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Cup. He later moved to English side Chelsea, where he was voted the Football Writers' Player of the Year in the 1996–97 season. During his time at the club, he won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, two FA Cups, the League Cup, and the Community Shield. In 2003, he was voted Chelsea's greatest player ever. He was capped 35 times for Italy from his debut in 1991, appearing at the 1994 World Cup, where Italy finished in second place, and Euro 1996.
After a stint with Italy under-21s, Zola began his club managerial career with West Ham United of the Premier League in 2008, before being sacked in 2010. He was manager of Watford from July 2012 until he announced his resignation on 16 December 2013. From December 2014 to March 2015 he managed Cagliari in Serie A. He returned to Chelsea as the assistant of new Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri on 18 July 2018, ahead of the 2018–19 Premier League season.UEFA Cup: 1994–95
European Super Cup: 1993ChelseaSerie A Top-assist provider: 1992–93
ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95
Premier League Player of the Month: December 1996, October 2002
FWA Footballer of the Year: 1997
Chelsea Player of the Year: 1998–99, 2002–03
Officer of the Order of the British Empire: 2004
Pallone d'Argento: 2004–05
Chelsea Centenary XI: 2005
Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea": 2005
English Football Hall of Fame: 2006
Premio internazionale Giacinto Facchetti: 2010
Football League Championship Manager of the Month: February 2013
Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2022
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