Pierluigi Casiraghi

Pierluigi Casiraghi

Casiraghi during a charity match in 2018
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 Monza. He later played for Juventus, and Lazio, before ending his career with Chelsea in the Premier League. He retired after failing to recover from a cruciate ligament injury sustained in 1998. Casiraghi was a member of the Italy national football team that reached the 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]