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Gianluca Vialli
Gianlucla Vialli (born July 9, 1964 in Cremona) is an Italian football striker and manager.
Vialli's career started in 1980; he played for Cremonese, Sampdoria, and Juventus, winning scudettos with the latter two clubs. He also won the Champions League with Juve in 1996. Gianluca moved to Premiership club Chelsea in 1997 and spent his last three years as a player there.
Vialli became a player-manager for Chelsea after Ruud Gullit was fired in 1998, and stayed on with the club until 2000. He then managed Watford in 2001-02.
Vialli was instrumental in Italy's third place finish at the 1990 World Cup and earned 59 caps, scoring 16 goals for his country. Unfortunately for him, he was not called for the World Cup 1994.
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