Pierluigi Casiraghi

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Pierluigi Casiraghi
Lazio
in 1993
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-03-04) 4 March 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Monza, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989
Monza
 94 (28)
1989–1993 Juventus 98 (20)
1993–1998
Lazio
 140 (41)
1998–2000 Chelsea 10 (1)
Total 342 (90)
International career
1988–1990 Italy U21 7 (1)
1991–1998 Italy 44 (13)
Managerial career
2002–2003
Monza
(youth team)
2003–2004
Legnano
2006–2010 Italy U21 / Italy Olympic
2014–2015 Cagliari (assistant)
2015–2016 Al-Arabi (assistant)
2016–2017 Birmingham City (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1994
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pierluigi Casiraghi (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpjɛrluˈiːdʒi kaziˈraːɡi]; born 4 March 1969) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who played as a striker.

Casiraghi began his playing career in Italy in 1985, with

1994 FIFA World Cup Final, and was also a member of Italy's 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. Beginning in 2014, he worked as an assistant manager for his compatriot Gianfranco Zola at Cagliari, Al-Arabi, and Birmingham City until Zola's resignation in 2017.[1]

Club career

Italy

Casiraghi was born in

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.[2]

His goalscoring record in

Fiorentina. He earned his first international cap for Italy during his spell with Juventus.[2]

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.[3][4] His Chelsea career was cut short by a cruciate ligament injury sustained during a collision with West Ham goalkeeper Shaka Hislop in November 1998.[5] 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.[4] Casiraghi criticised the club for not helping him,[5] and in August 2000 Casiraghi explored legal action against Chelsea for unpaid wages after his contract was terminated early.[6]

International career

As an

play-off against Russia to advance 2–1 on aggregate on 15 November 1997,[9] he failed to make the squad for the final tournament under Cesare Maldini.[10]

Style of play

Although he was primarily deployed as a

assists.[2][11][12][13][14][15]

Managerial career

Casiraghi became manager of Italian

Serie C2 side Legnano in May 2003. On 24 July 2006, he was appointed head coach of the Italy U-21 national team alongside former Chelsea teammate Gianfranco Zola as his assistant, succeeding Claudio Gentile.[16]

In his coaching tenure, Casiraghi led the Azzurrini into the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, ending in fifth place after having eliminated Spain in the qualifying phase. He was successively confirmed for the 2008 Summer Olympics campaign, which ended in the quarter-finals with a 3–2 loss to Belgium. He also helped them to win the 2008 Toulon Tournament. In the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, his side, having lost several key players through injury and suspension, narrowly lost 1–0 to Germany in the semifinal.

In December 2016, he joined

Birmingham City as an assistant coach, again reuniting with Zola, as he has done the role at Cagliari and Al-Arabi
.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monza
 1984–85 Serie B — — — —
1985–86 12 1 1 0 — 14 1
1986–87 25 6 5 2 — 5 2
1987–88 30 12 4 0 — 4 0
1988–89 27 9 4 1 — 31 10
Total 94 28 14 3 — 108 31
Juventus 1989–90 Serie A 23 4 8 2 9 3 40 9
1990–91 24 8 4 2 2 1 311 11
1991–92 33 7 8 1 — 41 8
1992–93 18 1 6 1 5 3 29 5
Total 98 20 26 6 16 7 141 33
Lazio
 1993–94 Serie A 26 4 2 0 3 1 31 5
1994–95 34 12 6 3 7 0 47 15
1995–96 28 14 3 0 4 4 35 18
1996–97 24 8 4 2 3 1 31 11
1997–98 28 3 6 0 10 4 44 7
Total 140 41 21 5 27 10 188 56
Chelsea
1998–99
 Premier League 10 1 — 4 0 152 1
Career total 342 90 61 14 47 17 452 121

International

Source:[17]
Italy national team
Year Apps Goals
1991 2 0
1992 6 1
1993 5 2
1994 10 2
1995 5 1
1996 9 5
1997 6 2
1998 1 0
Total 44 13

Honours

Club

Monza[18]

Juventus[2][18]

Lazio[18]

Chelsea[18]

International

Italy[19]

References

  1. ^ "Blues backroom departures". www.BCFC.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Stefano Bedeschi (4 March 2014). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Pierluigi CASIRAGHI" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Liverpool 1 – 1 Chelsea". 4TheGame. 4 October 1998. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  4. ^ a b Sean Ingle (3 August 2000). "The end for Casiraghi". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Casiraghi vents anger at Chelsea". The Independent. 25 July 2000. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. ^ Thomson, Steve (3 August 2000). "Casiraghi pay row". The Telegraph.
  7. ^ "Instinctive Casiraghi helps Italy sink Russia". UEFA.com. 6 October 2003.
  8. ^ "1996: GERMANIA" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  9. ^ "World Cup 2018: Italy and the nightmare of their play-off against Sweden". bbc.com. 10 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Nazionale in cifre: Casiraghi, Pierluigi". figc.it (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  11. ^ Chris Flanagan (11 January 2018). "Serie A in the '90s: when Baggio, Batistuta and Italian football ruled the world". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  12. ^ Piero Serantoni (7 March 1995). "Casiraghi: bravo Zeman a credere in me" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 31.
  13. ^ Bruno Bernardi (23 March 1992). "Casiraghi, l'azzurro come trampolino" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 3.
  14. ^ Andrea Galdi (7 January 1997). "CASIRAGHI, IL BOMBER RITROVATO" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  15. ^ FABRIZIO BOCCA (6 June 1992). "ANCORA FUORI VIALLI, IL MISTERO GLORIOSO" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Casiraghi and Zola take on Italy Under-21 roles". Soccernet. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2007.
  17. ^ "Casiraghi, Pierluigi" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  18. ^ a b c d "Pierluigi Casiraghi". Eurosport. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  19. ^ "P. Casiraghi". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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