Gianfranco Zola OMRI OBE (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaɱˈfraŋko dˈdzɔːla]; born 5 July 1966) is an Italian football executive, manager, and former footballer...

club had only had five different managers. Before the appointment of Gianfranco Zola in 2008 the club never had an overseas manager, with the only non-Englishman...

with Sardinian-born veteran striker Gianfranco Zola, the team won promotion. In 2005–06, the first season without Zola, the team changed their manager three...

transfer bids from Bayern Munich, with Chelsea's assistant manager Gianfranco Zola and Bayern's director of sport Hasan Salihamidžić both confirming the...

season and career was cut short by a knee injury, but his compatriot Gianfranco Zola had arguably the best season of his career, leading Chelsea to a serious...

forwards, such as Gianfranco Zola, Hristo Stoichkov and Roberto Baggio, to play in their preferred positions, and ultimately led to Zola and Stoichkov's...

criticism by Birmingham supporters, with the club appointing Gianfranco Zola as his replacement. Zola resigned as Birmingham manager in April 2017, after a sequence...

2011. "Gianfranco Zola: 'I was very much like Eden Hazard'". Chelsea F.C. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020. "Lampard compare Hazard to Zola". ESPN...

playing styles and penchant for dribbling. Fellow former Napoli forward Gianfranco Zola also likened Kvaratskhelia's playing style to that of George Best in...

Palace lost their home game against 3–2 in August 2012 in what was Gianfranco Zola's first league match as manager of Watford. The return game played at...

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2008–09 season, Curbishley resigned and was replaced by the Italian Gianfranco Zola. Curbishley subsequently took the club to court, claiming he was forced...

of Gianfranco Zola, who would aid the club's "strategic, long-term view" to take the club in a new direction. Two wins from 24 matches under Zola left...

216 were in attendance to witness Chelsea win the match 1–0, with Gianfranco Zola scoring the winning goal in the second half, seconds after coming on...

related to an addiction to gambling and in 2009 was sold by manager Gianfranco Zola to fellow Premier League side Stoke City. At Stoke, Etherington became...

Che Adams impressed Gianfranco Zola". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 September 2017. Dick, Brian (23 March 2017). "Gianfranco Zola says this Birmingham...

an assistant manager for his compatriot Gianfranco Zola at Cagliari, Al-Arabi, and Birmingham City until Zola's resignation in 2017. Casiraghi was born...

Lilian Thuram (Parma & France), Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux & France) and Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea & Italy). Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer...

needed] Arsenal then invited pressure from Parma but, by controlling Gianfranco Zola and Faustino Asprilla, defended their lead and became the fourth London...

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resigned on 3 September 2008. His successor was former Chelsea striker Gianfranco Zola, who took over on 11 September 2008 to become the club's first non-British...

club ..." BBC Sport. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016. "Gianfranco Zola: Birmingham City appoint ex-West Ham boss as manager..." BBC Sport...

French novelist Gianfranco Zola (born 1966), Italian football player and manager Giuseppe Zola (1672 – 1743) Italian painter Irving Zola (1935–1994), American...

"Gianfranco Zola a USA 94" [Gianfranco Zola at USA 94] (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 12 November 2015. Rob Smyth (3 January 2013). "Zola and...

Valencia in the first round of the tournament. He did, however, introduce Gianfranco Zola to the first team to replace the suspended star Diego Maradona, who...

takeover by the Pozzo family, Gianfranco Zola was appointed head coach, replacing former centre back Sean Dyche in July 2012,. Zola took Watford to third position...

superstars such as midfielder Roberto Di Matteo, Parma's playmaker Gianfranco Zola and the Champions League winning striker and Juventus captain Gianluca...

Highbury Most direct free kick goals by a foreign player: 12 (shared with Gianfranco Zola and Cristiano Ronaldo) Most Golden Boots won in consecutive years:...

round to Chelsea in a match televised on BBC's Match of the Day, with Gianfranco Zola scoring twice. The side's form then disappeared, and they picked up...

negotiations to make the loan permanent, and after Rowett's dismissal, Gianfranco Zola took up the club's option to sign the player for a fee of £1 million...