Di Matteo Factfile

Sky Sports takes a look back at the career of Roberto Di Matteo after he was sacked by Chelsea.

Roberto Di Matteo has become the latest manager to fall victim to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's axe just months after he was handed a two-year contract. The Italian was a popular figure at Stamford Bridge during his playing career and then led Chelsea to FA Cup and Champions League success in May as caretaker manager. Here, Sky Sports takes a look back at Di Matteo's career as both a player and manager. 1970: Born May 29 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, to Italian parents. 1988: Starts career as a midfielder with Schaffhausen. 1991: Joins FC Zurich. 1992: Joins FC Aarau and wins the Swiss Super League in his only season at the club. 1993: Moves to Lazio in Serie A. 1994: November - Makes Italy debut as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat to Croatia in qualifying for Euro 96. 1996: Joins Chelsea, then managed by Ruud Gullit. 1997: April - Scores his first international goal in a World Cup qualifier against Poland which Italy won 3-0. May 17 - Scores what was then the fastest ever goal in an FA Cup final, netting after 42 seconds against Middlesbrough as Chelsea go on to win 2-0. 1998: March 29 - Scores as Chelsea again beat Boro 2-0 to win the League Cup. May 13 - Wins Cup Winners' Cup with 1-0 win over Stuttgart in the final. 2000: May 20 - Scores the only goal of the game against Aston Villa to win the FA Cup for a second time. 2002: February - Retires due to injury aged 31 after failing to recover from a broken leg he suffered 18 months earlier in a UEFA Cup tie with St Gallen. 2008: July - Appointed manager of MK Dons in League One. 2009: May - Misses out on promotion as the Dons lose their play-off semi-final on penalties to Scunthorpe. June - Appointed manager of Championship side West Brom. 2010: May - Wins promotion to the Premier League as the Baggies finish second in the Championship. 2011: February - Sacked by West Brom. June - Appointed assistant manager to Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea. 2012: March - Named the Blues' interim coach after Villas-Boas was sacked. May 5 - Wins the FA Cup as Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 in the final. May 19 - Leads Chelsea to the greatest achievement in the club's history as they win the Champions League by beating Bayern Munich on penalties in Munich. June 13 - Appointed Chelsea's permanent manager and first-team coach on a two-year contract. Nov 21 - Chelsea announce they have parted company with Di Matteo, the night after a 3-0 Champions League defeat to Juventus makes their qualification out of the group stages unlikely.