Gianfranco Zola

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.

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
Club
Source:

ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNuorese1984–85Serie C240————401985–86Serie D2710————2710Total3110000000003110Sassari Torres1986–87Serie C2308————3081987–88Serie C1242————2421988–89Serie C13411————3411Total8821000000008821Napoli1989–90Serie A18261—20—2631990–91Serie A20670—20002961991–92Serie A341241———38131992–93Serie A331262—40—4314Total1053223400800013636Parma1993–94Serie A331873—912051221994–95Serie A321974—125—51281995–96Serie A2910101052—36121996–97Serie A8210—20—112Total10249167102882014964Chelsea1996–97Premier League2387400——30121997–98Premier League2781040841041121998–99Premier League37136100511049151999–2000Premier League3345100153—5382000–01Premier League3693211201043122001–02Premier League353615041—5052002–03Premier League3814323020—4616Total2295931111313690031280Cagliari2003–04Serie B431311———44142004–05Serie A31964———3713Total7422750000008127Career total6291937738141721700797238

International
Source:

ItalyYearAppsGoals199120199210199310199460199587199680199793Total3510

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

Manager

TeamFromToRecordGWDLWin %West Ham United15 September 200811 May 2010Watford7 July 201216 December 2013Cagliari24 December 20149 March 2015Al-Arabi SC11 July 201527 June 2016Birmingham City14 December 201617 April 2017Total

Honours
Torres
Serie C2: 1986–87

Napoli
Serie A: 1989–90

Parma
UEFA Cup: 1994–95
European Super Cup: 1993

Chelsea
FA Cup: 1996–97, 1999–2000
Football League Cup: 1997–98
FA Charity Shield: 2000
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98
UEFA Super Cup: 1998

Italy
FIFA World Cup runner-up: 19941994 FIFA World Cup USA, FIFA.com
Individual
Serie 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: 1999, 2003
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

References

Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:1994 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Chelsea F.C. players
Category:Footballers from Sardinia
Category:Italian football managers