Enrico Chiesa

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Enrico Chiesa
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-12-29) 29 December 1970 (age 53)[1]
Place of birth Genoa, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1986–1987 Pontedecimo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Sampdoria 1 (0)
1990–1991
Teramo
 31 (5)
1991–1992
Chieti
 24 (6)
1992–1993 Sampdoria 26 (1)
1993–1994
Modena
 36 (15)
1994–1995 Cremonese 34 (14)
1995–1996 Sampdoria 27 (22)
1996–1999
Parma
 92 (33)
1999–2002 Fiorentina 59 (34)
2002–2003 Lazio 12 (2)
2003–2008
Siena
 129 (32)
2008–2010 Figline 32 (7)
Total 503 (171)
International career
1996–2001 Italy[a][3] 17 (7)
Managerial career
2010 Figline
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enrico Chiesa (Italian pronunciation: [enˈriːko ˈkjɛːza; ˈkjeːza];[4][5] born 29 December 1970) is an Italian football coach and former striker.

Chiesa played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and performed regularly in

Siena where he became a household name and, thanks to his goals, the Tuscan side stayed in the top division for many seasons. He retired with Figline in 2010, the club with which he subsequently began his coaching career. He won the 1998–99 UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia with Parma, finishing the former tournament as the top scorer, with 8 goals. At international level, he played for the Italy national team on 17 occasions between 1996 and 2001, scoring 7 goals, and was also part of the Italian squads that took part at UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup
.

He is father to

Juventus
’s #7 forward in Italian football’s top flight, Serie A.

Club career

Born in

Modena in Serie B for the 1993–94 season, and later Cremonese during the 1994–95 season, where he scored 14 goals in their Serie A campaign. In 1995, he returned again with the blucerchiati, forming a notable attacking duo with Roberto Mancini, and scoring 22 goals in 27 matches in Serie A.[7][8][9]

In 1996, he was signed by rising club

Marseille, a competition in which Chiesa finished top scorer, with 8 goals.[7][8]

In 1999, he was signed by

final; in the second leg at home, he set up Nuno Gomes's goal in a 1–1 draw, which allowed Fiorentina to clinch the title 2–1 on aggregate.[11] The 2001–02 campaign proved to be a very difficult one: Chiesa started the campaign off strongly, scoring five goals in the first five matches of the season, but was ruled out for the rest of the season after sustaining a serious injury to his knee ligaments against Venezia on matchday five; left without Chiesa to lead the club's attack, Fiorentina were ultimately relegated at the end of the season.[7] As a result of Fiorentina's relegation and financial troubles,[7][12][13][14] Chiesa subsequently moved to Lazio for the following season, where he however failed to play at his personal best.[7]

In 2003, he joined

Siena, where he became a fan favourite and a key player in the club's Serie A history, impressively reaching double scoring figures in Serie A during his first three seasons at the club. Despite a very poor 2006–07 season in which Chiesa was not able to score a single goal in Serie A,[6] he was backed by the club and new trainer Andrea Mandorlini, who explicitly stated that he felt that Chiesa was still important to the team, and that he expected at least 15 goals from him in their 2007–08 Serie A campaign.[15] However, he played only twice, scoring no goals once again, before he was signed by Figline[16] of the Lega Pro Second Division. He scored five goals with Figline, thus giving his contribution to the team's promotion to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In the following season, his last as a footballer, he played a limited number of games due to suffering a fractured leg, an injury which forced him to stay out of contention for most of the season.[7]

International career

Chiesa played for the

most goals scored by an Italian international coming off the bench (5).[7][29] Chiesa is currently the last player to manage 2 goals in his first two Italy appearances.[3][30]

Style of play

A prolific goalscorer, Chiesa was considered one of the most exciting and dynamic strikers in Italy during the mid-'90s. A quick, strong, hardworking, and elegant player, he was mainly deployed in a

volleys.[8][9][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] In addition to his goalscoring ability as a footballer, he was also known for his dedication, professionalism and his correct behaviour on the pitch,[8][9][31] although, despite his reputation, his career was affected by several injuries.[9][39]

Coaching career

In June 2010 it was announced that Chiesa was appointed the new head coach of Figline for the 2010–11 season.[40] The experience however lasted a very short time, as Figline was excluded from the Italian leagues in July.

Personal life

Chiesa's son, Federico, is also a footballer who currently plays for Juventus.[41]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[42]
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sampdoria 1988–89 Serie A 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
1989–90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Teramo 1990–91 Serie C 31 5 — — — 31 5
Chieti
 1991–92 Serie C 24 6 — — — 24 6
Sampdoria 1992–93 Serie A 26 1 — — — 26 1
Modena
 1993–94 Serie B 36 15 1 0 — — 37 15
Cremonese 1994–95 Serie A 34 14 4 0 — — 38 14
Sampdoria 1995–96 Serie A 27 22 — — — 27 22
Parma
 1996–97 Serie A 29 14 0 0 2[b] 2 — 31 16
1997–98 33 10 7 5 8[c] 6 — 48 21
1998–99 30 9 8 1 8[b] 8 — 46 18
Total 92 33 15 6 18 16 — 125 55
Fiorentina 1999–2000 Serie A 24 7 4 1 11[c] 4 — 39 12
2000–01 30 22 6 5 2[b] 0 — 38 27
2001–02 5 5 0 0 2[c] 1 1[d] 0 8 6
Total 59 34 10 6 15 5 1 0 85 45
Lazio 2002–03 Serie A 12 2 6 1 11[b] 4 — 29 7
Siena
 2003–04 Serie A 30 10 1 0 — — 31 10
2004–05 36 11 0 0 — — 36 11
2005–06 38 11 2 1 — — 40 12
2006–07 23 0 2 0 — — 25 0
2007–08 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 129 32 5 1 — — 134 33
Career total 471 164 41 14 44 25 1 0 557 203

International

Source:[a][3][42]
Italy
Year Apps Goals
1996 5 3
1997 1 0
1998 5 3[a]
1999 5 1
2001 1 0
Total 17 7

Honours

Club

Sampdoria[44]

Parma[44]

Fiorentina[44]

Figline[44]

Individual

Notes

  1. ^
    FIGC recognises three goals Chiesa scored in a 6–2 friendly home win against the FIFA World XI on 16 December 1998, in Rome.[43]
  2. ^
    UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

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