Gabriele Ambrosetti

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Gabriele Ambrosetti
Personal information
Full name	Gabriele Ambrosetti
Date of birth	August 7, 1973 (1973-08-07) (age 34)
Place of birth	Varese, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996 1996–1999 1999–2003 2000–2001 2001 2001–2002 2003–2004 2004–2006	Varese Brescia Venezia Vicenza Brescia Vicenza Chelsea → Piacenza (loan) → Vicenza (loan) → Piacenza (loan) Piacenza Pro Patria	50 (11) 34 (10) 18 0(3) 24 0(3) 09 0(2) 79 (15) 16 0(0) 14 0(1) 11 0(1) 14 0(0) 28 0(1) 41 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Gabriele Ambrosetti (born 7 August 1973) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a winger.

Born in Varese, he played for several Italian sides, including Brescia and Vicenza, before signing for English club Chelsea for £3.5m in August 1999. He arrived as, according to his manager, Gianluca Vialli, the 'Italian Ryan Giggs', but struggled to live up to the tag and in four years made only a handful of appearances. He made his Chelsea debut as a sub in a 1-0 home win against Aston Villa. The only goal he scored for Chelsea was in a 5-0 win against Galatasaray in Istanbul in the UEFA Champions League. He was spotted in a Cup Winners Cup Semi Final by Chelsea against Vicenza in April 1998.