Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 December 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | 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) | |
National team‡ | |||
1996–2001 | Italy | 22 | (7) |
Teams managed | |||
2010 | Figline | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2009 |
Enrico Chiesa (Italian pronunciation: [enˈriko ˈkjɛza]; born 29 December 1970 in Genoa) is an Italian football coach and former striker.
A prolific goalscorer, Chiesa played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and performed regularly in Serie A for over a decade, winning titles with Sampdoria, Parma, and Fiorentina; he later also had spells with Lazio and Siena, before retiring with Figline in 2010, the club with which he subsequently began his coaching career. He won the 1998–99 UEFA Cup with Parma, finishing the tournament as the top scorer, with 8 goals. At international level, he represented the Italy national football team on 22 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.
Chiesa made his early playing footsteps at amateur club Pontedecimo (1986–87). He then moved to Sampdoria, for which he made his debut on 16 April 1989 in a 1–0 loss at Roma in the 1988–89 Serie A. He then played for Teramo of Serie C2 and successively Chieti of Serie C1 before returning to Sampdoria in 1992. Failing to impress, he then joined 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.