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| Enrico Chiesa | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Enrico Chiesa | |
| Date of birth | December 29, 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Figline | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986-1987 | Pontedecimo | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1999 1999-2002 2002-2003 2003-2008 2008- |
Sampdoria Teramo Chieti Sampdoria Modena Cremonese Sampdoria Parma Fiorentina Lazio Siena Figline |
1 (0) 31 (5) 24 (6) 26 (1) 36 (15) 34 (14) 27 (22) 92 (33) 59 (34) 12 (2) 129 (32) - (3) |
| National team | ||
| 1996-2001 | Italy | 17 (7) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Enrico Chiesa (born December 29, 1970 in Genoa) is an Italian football (soccer) striker, who currently plays for Figline in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is a forward who is regarded as one the best forwards in the Serie A over the last decade. He has also contributed many assists and has great technique.
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Career
Club
Chiesa moved his early playing footsteps at amateur club Pontedecimo (1986-87). He then moved to Sampdoria, team for which he made his debut on April 16, 1989 in a 1-0 loss at AS Roma in the Serie A 1988-89.1 He then played for Teramo of Serie C2 and successively Chieti of Serie C1 before returning at Sampdoria on 1992. Failing to impress, he then joined Modena in 1993-94 and Cremonese in 1994-95, where he scored 14 goals in their Serie A campaign. In 1995 he returned again with the blucerchiati, forming a notable forward duo with Roberto Mancini and scoring 22 goals in 27 matches. In 1996 he was signed by rising club Parma, where he won a UEFA Cup and a Coppa Italia becoming one of the best forwards in Italian football, (when not injured or out of form) in a successful partnership with Hernán Crespo, the duo averaging 10-15 goals a season each.
In 1999 he was signed by Fiorentina, a team looking to expand and bring in better players, in an attempt to keep club captain and talisman Gabriel Batistuta. Despite making regular appearances in his first season for La Viola, Chiesa was fighting for a place with Predrag Mijatovic among others, and also had spells where he was out of form, and in the end only managed 6 goals in the league. In 2000-01, Batistuta had left to go to AS Roma and Fiorentina were plagued with injuries and financial problems; Chiesa became the main striker for the club, and scored 22 goals in 30 matches, finishing amongst the top 5 highest scorers in the league. After a very hard 2001-02 campaign, in which Chiesa played only five matches due to a serious knee injury, he moved to Lazio, where he however failed to play at his personal best.
In 2003 he joined Siena, where he is still playing as of 2008 and is considered a fan favourite also because of having been a key member of them in their whole Serie A history. Despite a very poor 2006-07 season in which Chiesa was not able to score a single goal,1 he was confirmed by the club and new trainer Andrea Mandorlini explicitly stated he is still important to the team, and that he expects at least 15 goals by him in their 2007-08 Serie A campaign.2 However, he played only twice in the current season, scoring no goals. In June 2008 he left the Serie A: he was signed by Figline3 in Lega Pro Second Division.
International
Chiesa played for the Italian team from 1996 to 2001, collecting a total of 17 caps with 7 goals. He was also selected to play the UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
References
- ^ a b "Serie A 2006/2007 - Enrico Chiesa" (in Italian). Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
- ^ "Calcio: Mandorlini esalta Chiesa" (in Italian). Gazzetta dello Sport (2007-07-11). Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
- ^ "Ecco Chiesa, il Figline sogna traguardi ambiziosi" (in Italian). CalcioToscano.it (2008-07-12). Retrieved on 2008-07-12.
External links
- Career profile at Gazzetta dello Sport.it (Italian)
- Profile at A.C. Siena's official site (Italian)
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Chiesa, Enrico |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chiesa, Enrico |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Football (soccer) player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970-12-29 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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