Gabriele Ambrosetti
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriele Ambrosetti | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Varese, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990–1993 | Varese | 50 | (11) |
| 1993–1994 | Brescia | 34 | (10) |
| 1994–1995 | Venezia | 18 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Vicenza | 24 | (3) |
| 1996 | Brescia | 9 | (2) |
| 1996–1999 | Vicenza | 79 | (15) |
| 1999–2003 | Chelsea | 16 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Piacenza (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Vicenza (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | → Piacenza (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Piacenza | 28 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Pro Patria | 41 | (1) |
| Total | 338 | (48) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Gabriele Ambrosetti (born 7 August 1973) is a former Italian footballer who played as a winger.
Born in Varese, he played for several Italian sides, including Brescia and Vicenza. He won the 1996–97 Coppa Italia at Vicenza,[1] and in April 1998 played in a Cup Winners Cup semi-final against Chelsea, inspiring the English Premier League club to sign him for £3.5 million 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 substitute on 21 August in a 1–0 home win against Aston Villa, replacing compatriot Gianfranco Zola for the last three minutes.[2] The only goal he scored for Chelsea was in a 5–0 win against Galatasaray in Istanbul, on 20 October 1999 during the UEFA Champions League Group Stage.[3]
Honours
Vicenza
- Coppa Italia: 1997
References
- ↑ "1996/97 Coppa Italia". gazzetta.it. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Gabriele Ambrosetti in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ Bradley, Mark (21 October 1999). "Flo inspires Chelsea exhibition". London: The Independent. Retrieved 5 November 2009.