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Which team did the player Pierluigi Casiraghi belong to from 1988 to 1989?
Pierluigi Casiraghi Pierluigi Casiraghi ( ; born 4 March 1969 ) , also known as Gigi Casiraghi ( ) , is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a striker . Since retirement he has become a football manager , and was Gianfranco Zolas assistant manager at Birmingham City until Zola resigned on 17 April 2017 . Casiraghi left his duties at Birmingham the following day . Casiraghi began his playing career in Italy in 1985 , with Monza . He later played for Juventus , and Lazio , before ending his career with Chelsea in the Premier League . He retired after failing to recover from a cruciate ligament injury sustained in 1998 . Casiraghi was a member of the Italy national football team that reached the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final , and was also a member of Italys UEFA Euro 1996 squad . After retiring , he began his managerial career in 2002 , first with the Monza youth side , later also coaching Legnano , and the Italy U-21 side . In 2014 , he worked as an assistant manager for Cagliari . Club career . Italy . Casiraghi was born in Monza , Lombardy , and began his career with his hometown side , AC Monza , in 1985 . The side were relegated to Serie C in his first season , but he helped them achieve promotion back to Serie B in 1988 . He moved to Serie A giants Juventus in 1989 , having scored 28 goals in 94 games for Monza . His goalscoring record in Turin was modest , achieving a best tally of 8 goals in 24 appearances in the 1990–91 season and a total of 20 in 98 games for the club . While at Juventus , he helped the side win two UEFA Cups ( in 1990 and 1993 ) and one Italian Cup , also in 1990 . He scored in the first leg of the 1990 UEFA Cup Final to help the Turin club defeat rivals Fiorentina . He earned his first international cap for Italy during his spell with Juventus . He signed for Lazio in 1993 and scored 41 goals in a five-year spell . His most successful season was in 1996–97 , when he scored 14 goals in 28 Serie A games . With Lazio , he won another Italian Cup , in 1998 . He found his opportunities limited in his final season , with manager Sven-Göran Eriksson preferring Alen Bokšić and Roberto Mancini in attack and sought a move away . Chelsea . Casiraghi joined English side Chelsea in May 1998 for £5.4 million . His time in west London proved luckless , and ultimately only scored one competitive goal for the club in ten appearances , which came against Liverpool in a 1–1 draw at Anfield . His Chelsea career was cut short by a cruciate ligament injury sustained during a collision with West Ham goalkeeper Shaka Hislop in November 1998 . Despite going through ten operations , he was unable to make a comeback and his contract with the club was terminated in July 2000 , with Chelsea receiving an insurance payout . Casiraghi criticised the club for not helping him , and in August 2000 Casiraghi explored legal action against Chelsea for unpaid wages after his contract was terminated early . International career . As an Italian international , Casiraghi won 7 caps , scoring 1 goal , for the Italy national under-21 football team between 1988 and 1990 , and 44 caps , scoring 13 goals , for the Italy senior side between 1991 and 1998 . He made his senior international debut on 13 February 1991 , in a 1–0 win against Belgium , scoring his first goal for Italy in a 4–0 win over San Marino on 19 February 1992 . He was a member of the Italy squad that reached the final of USA 94 under manager Arrigo Sacchi , playing in the group games against Norway and Mexico and the semi-final against Bulgaria . He was also a member of the Italy side at Euro 96 , scoring both goals in a 2–1 win against Russia , but was guilty of missing a late chance against the Czech Republic that could have proved vital to the group standings , and as such the side was knocked out in the first round . Despite sealing Italys qualification for the 1998 World Cup with the only goal in the second leg play-off against Russia to advance 2–1 on aggregate on 15 November 1997 , he failed to make the squad for the final tournament under Cesare Maldini . Style of play . Although he was primarily deployed as a centre-forward , Casiraghi was an athletic player , who was also capable of playing anywhere along the front line , due to his versatility . Throughout his career , he became renowned for his ability in the air , and for having a penchant for scoring acrobatic goals as a striker . Although he was not particularly skilful from a technical standpoint , he was a strong , hardworking , and prolific forward , with good movement off the ball , who often utilised his physical strength to hold up the ball with his back to goal in order to open up defences , and was also capable of creating space for his teammates with his attacking runs , which in turn enabled him to provide them with assists . Managerial career . Casiraghi became manager of Italian Serie C2 side A.C . Legnano in May 2003 . On 24 July 2006 , he was appointed joint coach of the Italian Under-21 national team alongside former Chelsea teammate Gianfranco Zola , succeeding Claudio Gentile . In his coaching tenure , Casiraghi led the Azzurrini into the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship , ending in fifth place after having eliminated Spain U-21 in the qualifying phase . He was successively confirmed for the 2008 Olympic Games campaign , which ended in the quarter-finals with a 3–2 loss to Belgium . He also helped the Italian youth side to win the 2008 Toulon tournament . In the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship , his side , having lost several key players through injury and suspension , narrowly lost 1–0 to Germany in the semi-finals . In December 2016 , he joined EFL Championship club Birmingham City , again reuniting with Gianfranco Zola , as he done at Al-Arabi in Qatar . Career statistics . Club . - Including 1 match in 1990 Supercoppa Italiana . - Including 1 match in 1998 UEFA Super Cup . Honours . Club . Monza - Coppa Italia Serie C : 1987–88 Juventus - Coppa Italia : 1989–90 - UEFA Cup : 1989–90 , 1992–93 - Supercoppa Italiana runner-up : 1990 Lazio - Coppa Italia : 1997–98 Chelsea - FA Cup : 1999–2000 - UEFA Super Cup : 1998 International . Italy - FIFA World Cup : 1994 ( runners-up ) External links . - FIGC Profile