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	Gianluca Vialli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gianluca Vialli (born July 9, 1964 in Cremona) is an Italian football striker and manager.
		Gianluca moved to Premiership club Chelsea in 1997 and spent his last three years as a player there scoring 40 goals in 83 appearances.
		Vialli became a player-manager for Chelsea after Ruud Gullit was fired in 1998, and stayed on with the club until 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gianluca_Vialli (812 words)

	Gianluca Vialli: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vialli's career started in 1980; he played for Cremonese (additional info and facts about Cremonese), Sampdoria (additional info and facts about Sampdoria), and Juventus (additional info and facts about Juventus), winning scudetto (additional info and facts about scudetto) s with the latter two clubs.
		Vialli became a player-manager for Chelsea after Ruud Gullit (additional info and facts about Ruud Gullit) was fired in 1998, and stayed on with the club until 2000.
		Vialli was part of Italy (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) 's third place finish at the and earned 59 caps, scoring 16 goals for his country.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gi/gianluca_vialli.htm (180 words)

	collect soccer - the dotcom for football memorabilia collectors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vialli the latest victim of Bates' ruthless regime Tony Banks The end of Gianluca Vialli's managerial career at Chelsea on Tuesday had an almost eerie echo of his predecessor Ruud Gullit's final moments in charge two-and-a-half years earlier.
		Like Vialli, Gullit had, on the face of it, been a success as manager and there was little sign of a major decline of the club's fortunes on the field.
		Vialli, whose contract was due to run out at the end of this season and who has said he lived in constant fear of the sack, said only this week: "I have always said my future is at Chelsea, at least for the next 10 months.
	www.collectsoccer.com /news-detail.cfm?ID=3 (968 words)

	BBC SPORT \| SPORTS TALK \| Were Chelsea right to sack Vialli?
		Vialli is a top class coach and manager and to sack him at this stage of the season because of a poor start smacks of panic at its worst.
		Vialli is undoubtably a genuine and dignified individual, but he lacks experience as a coach both tactically and from a man management perspective, criticism of him personally in the latter respect is a little unfair, given his length of time in management.
		Vialli was the best thing to happen to Chelsea.Gianluca Vialli, if you read this, I wish you all the best and the upmost success wherever your next position is. Thank you for all those great memories (too many to mention) and most importantly thank you for all the trophies.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/sports_talk/922229.stm (7111 words)

	Vialli's appetite for glory earns respect as well as millions
		But Chelsea's new manager, Gianluca Vialli, is not only an exceptional player but an exception among players, having been born into wealth and privilege before he earned more by his exploits on the field.
		Vialli, 33, comes from a wealthy Italian family whose seat is the Castello di Belgioiosa, a Cremona pile in the countryside of Lombardy, where he has hosted lavish dinner parties for his team-mates.
		Vialli's frequent presence on the substitutes' bench was testimony to his often difficult relationship with his predecessor as the club's player-manager, Ruud Gullit.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/02/13/sfnbak13.html (864 words)

	Gianluca Vialli - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Vialli's career started in 1980; he played for Cremonese, Sampdoria, and Juventus, winning scudetti with the latter two clubs.
		Despite making wholesale and expensive changes to the playing and coaching staff, he failed to bring any level of success to the Hertfordshire side and was eventually sacked after a run of dismal performances.
		Gianluca Vialli, Timeline, 1964 births, Italian footballers, U.C. Sampdoria players, Juventus F.C. players, Chelsea F.C. players, Italian football managers, Chelsea F.C. managers and Watford F.C. managers.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Gianluca_Vialli (867 words)

	'Vialli was a mistake' \|\| aFunnyOldGame.tk - Unofficial 1st Div England News and Views (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Watford chairman Graham Simpson has admitted that the appointment of Gianluca Vialli as manager was a mistake.
		Vialli was appointed as The Hornet's manager in the summer of 2001 after a successful spell as Chelsea manager.
		Vialli failed to realise the financial constraints faced by teams outside the Premier League and his lavish spending is one of the reason's for Watford's current financial crisis.
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s30/st13807.htm (198 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Cup king Vialli nearly quit Chelsea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vialli, who had joined Chelsea in 1996 when they were a “sleeping giant”, nevertheless considered moving away from Stamford Bridge the next summer — seven months before he replaced Gullit.
		Vialli was nevertheless in and out of the side for the next few months before chairman Ken Bates finally lost patience with Gullit’s contract demands and showed him the Stamford Bridge door.
		Vialli’s era is now in the past, although despite the unhappy ending, the Italian, who moved on to Watford after leaving Stamford Bridge, still recalls his time in West London extremely fondly.
	www.breakingnews.ie /2004/01/01/story127692.html (1045 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Vialli confirms return to management at Watford - Wednesday May 02, 2001 06:28 AM
		Vialli reportedly signed a three-year deal with the Hornets and is expected to bring in Ray Wilkins as his assistant.
		Vialli retired as a player the next season when Chelsea finished third to qualify for the Champions Cup which ended in quarterfinal elimiation by Barcelona.
		Vialli joins a club which looked almost certain to return to the top flight by chasing Fulham for the leadership in the first half of the season.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2001/05/02/vialli_watford (733 words)

	Blind, Stupid and Desperate - Watford FC site - Articles
		Vialli had come in, signed loads of players and built up our expectations by way of pronouncements that we were the "Manchester United of the division" and other over-optimistic utterances.
		Vialli, again, with little understanding of the club he was at, seemed to think that the mere fact that his team was walking on the field was sufficient for a standing ovation.
		Since the end of the season, news has emanated about boardroom friction and antipathy towards Vialli, who was becoming more and more aggressive in his outbursts to the media about the lack of money at the club and the lack of passion from players that he himself had brought in.
	www.bsad.org /articles/vialli8.html (2470 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Hearts set sights high with Vialli No1 target as director of football
		Gianluca Vialli described assistant manager Rix as his 'right arm' during their successful time at Chelsea.
		GIANLUCA Vialli, the former Chelsea manager, is the man Hearts want as their director of football.
		Vialli was delighted that Hearts offered Rix a route back into football after months in the wilderness but a lot of persuading will need to be done by the Edinburgh club if they are to reunite the former Chelsea pair.
	sport.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=2225422005 (964 words)

	Gianluca Vialli - Nobok Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vialli was an unlikely footballer having been born into a wealthy family with millions to their name.
		Vialliâs reign began with a glass of champagne with his players and the League Cup and Cup Winnerâs Cup were in the cabinet within three months.
		Vialli took his side to FA Cup glory in the last final held beneath the Twin Towers at Wembley in 2000 before he was surprisingly shown the door.
	www.nobok.co.uk /Football/Legends/Other/Gianluca%20Vialli.aspx (455 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| soccer \| news Vialli dreams of Blues return
		Gianluca Vialli is refusing to give up hope that he will one day return to Stamford Bridge for a second managerial stint.
		Vialli, who is currently unemployed, is targeting a return to English football but fears that his one year spell at Watford, during which he underachieved, may have damaged his chances.
		Vialli said: "I would very much love to manage a club in England because that is where I belong and that is where my football mentality is most at home.
	sport.iafrica.com /soccer/news/294255.htm (299 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vialli has been out of the game since he was sacked as manager of English first division club Watford last June and though he has been linked with several jobs in Italy his lack of a coaching certificate would make it difficult for him to work in his homeland.
		Vialli said he was ready to take on a job with a small club if they were ambitious.
		Vialli was in charge of Watford in the English first division for the 2001-2002 season.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030514/asp/sports/story_1967889.asp (337 words)

	Observer \| Cool hand Luca
		Vialli could be on the way to a fashion show in Milan; Wilkins is unequivocally arriving at a bitterly cold northern ground.
		Vialli is in the tunnel, fl woolly hat pulled over his head, enveloped in a cloud of smoke; one last cigarette before watching the game.
		As Vialli said of his first game against Leeds 'it was like playing rugby', but even when he fell out with Ruud Gullit and spent time sulking on the bench smoking (as he did away to Tottenham in February 1997), he was still going home to his house in Belgravia.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4364265-103977,00.html (5100 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - Ravanelli will be a hit in Dundee, predicts Vialli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vialli is not damaged beyond repair by the experience, which although sour at Chelsea - he was sacked just five games into the 2001/02 season - perhaps dived to a nadir at Watford, the unfashionable club where he lasted little more than a year.
		Vialli worked with Duffy at Chelsea when the former was manager at Stamford Bridge and the latter a youth team coach.
		Vialli is certain the player retains the hunger to turn the final days of his career into a glorious valediction.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1066392003 (1109 words)

	Zamnet Home Page
		Gianluca Vialli believes he will one day return to Chelsea for a second spell in charge as manager.
		Vialli was replaced by the club's current manager Claudio Ranieri more than three years ago.
		But Vialli admitted his return to English football is some way off because of his poor record at Watford, where he was sacked after the club finished 14th in Division One.
	www.zamnet.zm /newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=17&id=1073035173 (239 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Gianluca Vialli profile
		Gianluca Vialli was born in Cremona Italy in 1964 and started his football career in his native country with Cremonese during the 1980/81 season.
		Gianluca's big break and first major season came the year after when he made 31 appearances for the Serie B club.
		Vialli remained in Italy but made the jump to Serie A when he joined Sampdoria in 1984.
	www.soccernet.com /england/news/2000/0912/20000912cfcvialliprofile.html (423 words)

	Football news, live scores, fixtures and results from 4thegame.com
		Gianluca Vialli has admitted he still feels "betrayed" after the manner in which he departed Chelsea.
		Vialli was sacked by Chelsea last September after taking just six points from the first five Premiership matches of the season.
		Vialli was speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Chiles on Saturday programme, due to be broadcast tomorrow.
	www.4thegame.com /news/story/80818 (455 words)

	Vialli sets out his manifesto for Chelsea
		GIANLUCA Vialli has been in management less than a week and already he is bandying cliches around with the seasoned touch of any managerial Tom, Dick or Harry Bassett, writes Henry Winter.
		Although he admits he wants to be like "a sponge, absorbing as many things as possible", Vialli has already grasped one of his new profession's fundamentals.
		Although he stressed his desire to acquire coaching qualifications, Vialli dealt cleverly with Fabio Capello's suggestion that making him player-manager is like handing a Formula One car to a man who cannot drive.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/02/18/sfnwin18.html (923 words)

	Chelsea FC Gianluca Vialli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Gianluca Vialli joined Chelsea FC on a free transfer from Juventus in May 1996.
		Now Gianluca Vialli has a new challenge - in his own words, "I want to be a Chelsea FC legend."
		In the 2000-01 season Gianluca has one mission on his mind - the Premiership title.
	www.sportcartoons.co.uk /chelseafc7.html (175 words)

	Football news, live scores, fixtures and results from 4thegame.com
		Vialli simply wanted to concentrate on playing matters, even if the impact of the likely six-month loss of Rix's experience and Wise's litany of suspensions were being keenly felt on the pitch.
		Hutchinson explained: "Gianluca took over at a difficult time and has taken to the job like a duck to water but it is a learning process all the time and he feels he has made some mistakes.
		But as he came to the end of last season, Vialli was back to his normal self in public, insisting that his squad would return even stronger this time around after learning from their experiences.
	www.4thegame.com /news/story/57045 (1018 words)

	Encyclopedia: Gianluca Vialli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Strikers, also known as centre forwards, forwards, and attackers, are the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing teams goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
		Vialli was past his prime when he arrived at Chelsea but still showed brief
		Amazing action poster featuring Gianluca Vialli from the 1996-97 season, prior to his posting as player-manager.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gianluca-Vialli (2198 words)

	BBC SPORT \| CHELSEA \| Vialli sacked as Chelsea boss
		Vialli took over at Stamford Bridge in February 1998, but has been under increasing pressure after Chelsea's poor start to the season.
		And while the club expressed their "admiration" for the Italian's achievements during his two-and-a-half-year reign, they concluded that "in a wider context it is in our best interests to seek a change of direction".
		While reactions to Vialli's dismissal have been mixed in England, the sentiments voiced in his native Italy are of continuing admiration and sympathy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/football/teams/c/chelsea/newsid_922000/922110.stm (866 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Soccer: Chelsea lose patience with Vialli
		Vialli won the FA Cup final against Aston Villa last season, but the club finished fifth in the Premiership and failed to qualify for the Champions League.
		Vialli took over from Ruud Gullit on February 12 1998 as player-manager after joining the club from Juventus in 1996 on a free transfer.
		Graham Rix and the current coaching staff will be installed while Chelsea search for a successor to Vialli, but many sources inside the game place Gianfranco Zola as favourite to take the reigns.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2000/0912/soccer8.html (271 words)

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