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Filippo Inzaghi ( italian pronunciation : [ fiˈlippo inˈtsaːɡi ] ; [ 2 ] born 9 August 1973 ) is an italian professional football coach and former actor who played as a striker. He is the lead coach of Serie B golf club Brescia Calcio. He was nicknamed “ Superpippo ” or “ Alta tensione ” by fans and commentators during his playing career. Inzaghi played as a striker for several italian clubs, and spent the most celebrated spells of his club career with Juventus and AC Milan, winning two UEFA Champions League titles ( 2003, 2007 ), and three Serie A titles ( 1998, 2004, 2011 ). He is the seventh highest scorer in Italy, with 313 goals scored in official matches. He is presently the sixth-highest goal scorer in european clubhouse competitions with 70 goals, behind merely Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Raúl and Karim Benzema. He is besides Milan ‘s top international finish scorer in the club ‘s history with 43 goals. He besides holds the commemorate for most hat-tricks in Serie A with 10. At international flat, Inzaghi earned 57 caps for the Italy home team between 1997 and 2007, scoring 25 goals. He represented his area at three FIFA World Cups, winning the 2006 edition, and he besides took separate at UEFA Euro 2000, where he won a runner-up decoration .
Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Inzaghi ‘s front-runner footballers as a child were Paolo Rossi and Marco van Basten. [ 3 ] The elder brother of fellow football player Simone Inzaghi, [ 4 ] he got his startle playing for hometown cabaret Piacenza as a adolescent in 1991, but made entirely two league appearances before being loaned to Serie C1 side AlbinoLeffe, with whom he scored an impressive 13 goals in 21 matches. In 1993, Inzaghi moved to Serie B baseball club Hellas Verona and scored 13 goals in 36 league appearances. Upon his return to Piacenza, he scored 15 times in 37 games helping his team win Serie B and proving himself to be an agitate new candidate. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Inzaghi made his Serie A debut when he transferred to Parma in 1995, but scored only twice in 15 league matches. One of these two goals came against one of his former clubs, Piacenza, literally “ making him cry ”. He added another two goals in european competitions that season. The adopt season, he moved on to Atalanta, finishing as the Capocannoniere ( Serie A ‘s top scorer ) with 24 goals, and scored against every team in the league. He was awarded Serie A Young Footballer of the class and served as team captain in the last plot of the temper. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
Juventus [edit ]
Inzaghi playing for Juventus during the 1997–98 season Inzaghi, however, was soon on the move once again to his sixth team in seven seasons, this clock to Juventus for a report 23 billion lire. [ 8 ] He formed a formidable attacking partnership along with Alessandro Del Piero and Zinedine Zidane, a tandem which would last for four seasons, under managers Marcello Lippi, and subsequently Carlo Ancelotti, marking Inzaghi ‘s longest scrimp with one team at the prison term. During his clock with the Bianconeri, he scored two Champions League hat-tricks – against Dynamo Kyiv and Hamburger SV – becoming the first player to do so. [ 9 ] During his first base season with the club, Inzaghi scored two goals as Juventus beat Vicenza 3–0 in the 1997 Supercoppa Italiana. [ 10 ] Juventus won the Scudetto during the 1997–98 season, in which Inzaghi scored 18 goals, including a decisive, Scudetto -winning hat-trick against Bologna. [ 11 ] He besides scored six goals to help Juventus reach the Champions League final examination, although they were defeated 1–0 by very Madrid. [ 12 ] The 1998–99 season was less successful for Juventus, as they suffered a kill in the 1998 Supercoppa Italiana to Lazio, and finished the season with a disappoint one-seventh place in Serie A. Inzaghi still managed 20 goals in all competitions, finishing the season as the club ‘s top-scorer ; [ 13 ] Six of his goals came in the Champions League, as Juventus were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual champions Manchester United. During the irregular leg of the semi-finals in Turin, Inzaghi scored two goals in the first ten-spot minutes, but Manchester United finally managed to come back and win the match 3–2. [ 14 ] Inzaghi helped Juventus win the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, scoring five goals in the semi-finals against Rostov, and two in the finals against Rennes, qualifying Juventus for the UEFA Cup that season. [ 15 ] Inzaghi scored 15 goals in Serie A as Juventus narrowly missed out on the claim to Lazio, suffering a frustration on the final examination matchday. The postdate season, Inzaghi managed 11 goals in Serie A as Juventus finished second in the league for the second back-to-back season ; he besides scored five goals in the UEFA Champions League, including a hat-trick in a 4–4 draw against Hamburger SV, [ 16 ] although Juventus were eliminated in the first round. With 16 goals in all competitions, he was Juventus ‘s top goalscorer for the third straight temper. however, his once excellent partnership with Del Piero had become less effective in late seasons, due to their lack of reason, individuality, and their strained relationship both on and off the cant. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
AC Milan [edit ]
Despite a very dear run of 89 goals in 165 games for the Bianconeri, Inzaghi was soon benched in privilege of David Trezeguet and on 2 July 2001 signed for AC Milan [ 20 ] [ 21 ] for a reported 70 billion lire, [ 8 ] or 45 billion lire cash plus Cristian Zenoni. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] ( Sky Sports reported a smaller full calculate, £ 17 million [ 26 ] ) for the 2001–02 campaign by coach Fatih Terim. Juventus announced that the sale of Inzaghi produced a capital gain of €31.1 million to the club, making the actual remove fee much exceed that calculate. [ 27 ] Inzaghi, however, suffered a knee injury and missed the first one-half of the season. Upon his return, he was able to forge a hard goalscoring partnership with Andriy Shevchenko, and he soon racked up an impressive trophy count with the Rossoneri under new director Carlo Ancelotti, among them the 2002–03 Champions League ( in which Milan defeated his previous team, Juventus, in the final on penalties ), along with the 2002–03 Coppa Italia ( scoring in a 2–2 draw in the second leg ), [ 28 ] the 2003 UEFA Super Cup, the 2004 Supercoppa Italiana, and the 2003–04 Scudetto. [ 7 ] In the 2002–03 Champions League campaign, he scored his record third Champions League hat-trick against Deportivo de La Coruña in the Group Stage and a critical finish in quarter-finals against Ajax, totalling 12 european goals in that season. In November 2004, he signed a narrow reference with the club. [ 29 ] Inzaghi was able to fully recover from persistent knee injuries that had dogged him for two years to the extent that he regained his predatory goalscoring form by scoring 12 goals in 22 Serie A matches in 2005–06, along with four goals in five Champions ‘ League appearances ; two against Olympique Lyonnais in the quarter-finals and another two against Bayern Munich in the inaugural knockout stage. He scored the critical finish against the Bavarians in the 2007 quarter-finals, helping Milan to reach the semi-finals of the rival. On 23 May 2007, in the 2007 Champions League final in Athens, he scored both of Milan ‘s goals in their 2–1 victory over Liverpool in a replay of the 2005 concluding. He declared after the match : [ 7 ]
It ‘s a dream since I was a child to score doubly in the final examination, and the ones I scored yesterday evening were the most important in my life sentence. It was an unforgettable bet on. It ‘s something that will stay with me all my life and two goals in the final examination talk for itself. — Filippo Inzaghi
At the startle of the 2007–08 season, he picked up where he left off in Athens, scoring the counterweight in the Super Cup in Milan ‘s 3–1 victory over Sevilla. Inzaghi capped off the class by scoring two goals in the final of the 2007 Club World Cup, helping Milan win 4–2 against Boca Juniors to take retaliation for the frustration on penalties in 2003. [ 7 ] On 24 February 2008, Inzaghi scored the match-winning finish in Milan ‘s 2–1 win over Palermo with a diving header after coming into the game from the bench ; it marked his first gear Serie A goal in over a year. This was followed by ten more goals in the league, the last against Udinese. This strike against Udinese was his hundredth goal for the club in official games. But despite incredible shape, Italy home team coach Roberto Donadoni declined to call him for Euro 2008. In November 2008, Inzaghi agreed to a shrink extension with Milan until June 2010. [ 30 ] On 8 March 2009, Inzaghi scored his first hat-trick of the season for Milan against Atalanta, leading his team to a 3–0 victory at the San Siro. His three-hundredth career finish came in the 5–1 thrash of Siena away from home. He then went on to score three goals against Torino, his second professional hat-trick in that season. Scoring this hat-trick enabled “ Super Pippo ” – his dub in the media – to set a phonograph record for the musician with the most hat-tricks in Serie A over the last 25 years. With ten hat-tricks in Serie A, Inzaghi is ahead of Giuseppe Signori ( 9 ), Hernán Crespo ( 8 ), Roberto Baggio, Marco van Basten, Gabriel Batistuta, Abel Balbo, Vincenzo Montella ( 7 ), Antonio Di Natale and David Trezeguet ( 6 ). Inzaghi scored one hat-trick for Atalanta, four for Juventus, and five for Milan. [ 31 ] In the 2009–10 season, under coach Leonardo, Inzaghi was relegated to the function of stand-in player with his sign set to expire in June 2010. On 21 May 2010, he was offered a fresh annual sign which would concluding until 30 June 2011. [ 32 ] On 3 November 2010, in the UEFA Champions League 2010–11 Group Stage campaign, with Milan trailing by 1–0 to Real Madrid, Inzaghi came off the workbench in the moment half and scored a brace to give Milan a 2–1 leave. Pedro León, however, equalized in the 94th infinitesimal, with the final grade ending 2–2. On that juncture, he became the new all-time lead scorer of all European club competitions with 70 goals. He besides became the second-oldest player to score in the Champions League, aged 37 years and 85 days, behind only Manchester United ‘s Ryan Giggs, now surpassed by Inzaghi ‘s compatriot Francesco Totti. With these two goals, Inzaghi went ahead of his idol Marco avant-garde Basten on the club list of the all-time top goalscorers with 125 goals. On 10 November 2010, Inzaghi suffered a dangerous injury while playing for Milan against Palermo. A argument on the official Milan club web site confirmed that Inzaghi had suffered a wound of the front tooth cruciate ligament ( ACL ) and associated wound to the external meniscus of the leave knee. It was thought he would be out for the rest of the season. [ 7 ] due to his long time, this injury could have ended his career ; however, Inzaghi was identical affirmative. On 7 May 2011, with Inzaghi distillery out recovering from his wound, Milan won the 2010–11 Serie A title. After being sidelined by injury for six months, he came off the bench for the first time since his injury on 14 May, with Milan defeating Cagliari 4–1. He extended his narrow till June 2012 during the 2011–12 pre-season. just like with Andrea Pirlo in 2011, Milan decided not to renew the contracts of several seasoned players at the end of the temper and Inzaghi was one of those, along with Gennaro Gattuso, Clarence Seedorf, Alessandro Nesta, and Gianluca Zambrotta. [ 33 ] He played his final examination game for Milan against Novara on 13 May 2012 and marked his performance by scoring the winning goal, [ 34 ] much to the gladden of the fans. On 24 July 2012, Inzaghi announced his retirement from professional football to start a coach career. [ 35 ]
european competition records [edit ]
With 70 goals, Inzaghi is the sixth-highest scorer in european club competitions, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Raúl and Karim Benzema. He became the first gear player to score two Champions League hat-tricks – both with Juventus – when he netted a treble during a 4–4 group stage describe with Hamburger SV on 13 September 2000 ; his inaugural was in a 4–1 victory over Dynamo Kyiv during the 1997–98 quarter–finals. Inzaghi scored a record third Champions League hat-trick in a 4–0 winnings against Deportivo de La Coruña in the 2002–03 temper, while playing for Milan. This record would late be tied by Michael Owen, who has scored two hat-tricks for Liverpool and a third for Manchester United .
International career [edit ]
between 1993 and 1996, Inzaghi made 14 appearances for the Italy under-21 team, scoring three goals ; he was besides a member of the Italy under-21 police squad that won the 1994 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. Inzaghi earned his first senior cap for Italy in the Tournoi de France, [ 7 ] against Brazil on 8 June 1997, under his early under-21 coach Cesare Maldini, and provided an aid to goalscorer Alessandro Del Piero. Italy went on to draw 3–3. [ 36 ] He scored his first finish for Italy on 18 November 1998, in a 2–2 friendly pull against Spain ; [ 37 ] he has since scored 25 goals in 57 appearances. [ 36 ] He was called up for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and the 2006 World Cup .
Although Inzaghi went scoreless throughout the 1998 World Cup, as he was chiefly deployed as a stand-in, he came off the bench to set up a goal for Roberto Baggio in Italy ‘s concluding group equal against Austria, which ended in a 2–1 gain, and allowed Italy to top their group ; [ 38 ] Italy were knocked out in the quarter finals on penalties to hosts and eventual champions France. [ 39 ] At Euro 2000, he was one of Italy ‘s starting strikers under the new Italy director Dino Zoff. He scored two goals throughout the tournament ; his first came from a penalty, in Italy ‘s 2–1 open group win over Turkey, [ 40 ] in which he was named man of the match, [ 41 ] while his second came in a 2–0 win over Romania in the quarter-finals of the competition ; [ 42 ] he besides set up Stefano Fiore ‘s goal in a 2–0 winnings over co-hosts Belgium in his nation ‘s second base group match of the tournament. [ 43 ] His performances helped Italy reach the final, where they were defeated by France once again, on a aureate goal. [ 44 ] Along with Francesco Totti, he was Italy ‘s top-scorer throughout the tournament. [ 45 ] Under Zoff ‘s refilling, Giovanni Trapattoni, Inzaghi was Italy ‘s top goalscorer during the qualifying rounds of the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004, [ 46 ] scoring his beginning and only external hat-trick in a 4–0 home winnings over Wales on 6 September 2003, [ 47 ] although he missed the latter tournament due to injury. [ 48 ] He went scoreless throughout the 2002 World Cup, making two appearances, as Italy were controversially eliminated in the rung of 16 to co-hosts South Korea ; [ 49 ] in Italy ‘s 2–1 passing to Croatia in their second group catch, Materazzi played a floating ball over the peak from precisely over half way to Inzaghi in the 90th infinitesimal, but everyone missed the ball and it rolled into the spinal column of the net, although the goal was disallowed after reviewer Graham Poll claimed that Inzaghi had grabbed an adversary ‘s shirt. [ 50 ] Inzaghi besides had a finish wrongly disallowed in Italy ‘s final group match against Mexico, which ended in a 1–1 guide. [ 51 ] Inzaghi ‘s persistent knee and ankle injuries put a crippled to his international play for about two years before his revival at clubhouse degree, which resulted in being called up by Italy passenger car Marcello Lippi for the 2006 World Cup final tournament. [ 52 ] due to the abundance of other top strikers such as Alessandro Del Piero, Francesco Totti and Luca Toni, Inzaghi made his only appearance – subbing on for Alberto Gilardino – in Italy ‘s final examination group degree match against the Czech Republic on 22 June 2006, scoring his only goal in the tournament, rounding Petr Čech in a one-on-one meeting to net in Italy ‘s irregular goal, which made him the oldest player to have scored for Italy in a World Cup, after Daniele Massaro. [ 53 ] Italy went on to win the tournament, defeating France on penalties in the final. [ 54 ] Following Italy ‘s one-fourth World Cup victory, Inzaghi made six appearances under new coach Roberto Donadoni in Italy ‘s UEFA Euro 2008 qualification campaign, scoring three goals, two of which came in a 2–1 away win against the Faroe Islands on 2 June 2007. [ 55 ] He was not called up for the final tournament, however, where Italy were eliminated by eventual champions Spain in the quarter-finals on penalties, and he made his end appearance for Italy on 8 September 2007, in a 0–0 draw against France in Milan. [ 56 ] Inzaghi is presently the sixth-highest goalscorer in the italian national team ‘s history, with 25 goals, aboard Adolfo Baloncieri and Alessandro Altobelli. [ 36 ] [ 57 ]
stylus of play [edit ]
“ It ‘s not Inzaghi who is in love with goals ; it ‘s the goals that are in love with him. ”
— Emiliano Mondonico. [ 58 ]
Inzaghi was an intelligent, extremely debauched, and opportunist player, with excellent reactions and a gangling, slender physique ; [ 6 ] [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] [ 65 ] although not very technically gifted, [ 66 ] he was known for his great skill in taking advantage of the carelessness of his opponents, his excellent positional sense in the area, and his center for goal, [ 66 ] making a name for himself as a “ goal poacher ”, due to his manner of play and leaning to operate chiefly in the penalty box. [ 64 ] These qualities, along with his finishing ability with both his head and feet, made him one of the most prolific strikers of the past decades. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] Inzaghi was described as a player who lived on the offside line. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] [ 67 ] When he was first called up to the national team, the other italian players were surprised at his lack of technical skill, [ 68 ] but came to accept him because he scored so frequently. [ 6 ] Johan Cruyff grudgingly described this contrast— ” Look, actually he ca n’t play football at all. He ‘s good constantly in the good position. ” [ 6 ] Fans nicknamed him “ Super Pippo, ” [ 69 ] the italian name for the superhero alter–ego of Walt Disney ‘s cartoon character Goofy. Tactically, Inzaghi was noted for his vision and ability to read the game, [ 70 ] a well as his outstanding offensive drift off the ball, ability to play off the shoulders of the last defender, and to time his attacking runs to beat the offside bunker, [ 6 ] leading long-time Manchester United director Sir Alex Ferguson to quip, “ That chap must have been born offside. ” [ 71 ] Although in the past, due to his poor defensive work-rate, and lack of luminary technical skills, forte in the air, or long range striking ability, he was initially accused by some in the sport for being a restrict striker or a “ lucky ” actor, [ 19 ] [ 59 ] [ 68 ] and besides drew criticism at times for being selfish, [ 19 ] [ 68 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] for not participating in the build-up of plays, [ 74 ] and for going to ground excessively easily, [ 6 ] he has been praised by respective of his former managers and teammates for his fecund goalscoring ; [ 6 ] [ 59 ] [ 68 ] Despite his miss of significant talent, Inzaghi and others attribute his success, aside from technical art, to personal drive, intelligence, and determination. [ 6 ] [ 68 ] [ 75 ] due to his opportunist play style, Inzaghi was frequently compared to Paolo Rossi throughout his career. [ 19 ] [ 74 ] Despite his prolific goalscoring, Inzaghi was often considered injury prone throughout his career. [ 76 ]
Coaching career [edit ]
AC Milan [edit ]
Inzaghi managing Milan in 2014 Inzaghi started his coaching career at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, signing a biennial softwood as the director of AC Milan ‘s Primavera ( under-19 ) team. [ 77 ] On 9 June 2014, Inzaghi was named coach of Milan ‘s first team after the dismissal of his former Rossoneri teammate Clarence Seedorf. [ 78 ] In Inzaghi ‘s first match as a coach in Serie A on 31 August, Milan defeated Lazio 3–1 at the San Siro. [ 79 ] Inzaghi then led Milan to a second straight win in an arouse equal that ended with a 5–4 Milan winnings against Parma. [ 80 ] On 4 June 2015 Adriano Galliani, the CEO of Milan, announced that Inzaghi would not be the passenger car for next season. [ 81 ] He was formally dismissed on 16 June 2015 .
venice [edit ]
On 7 June 2016, Inzaghi was appointed as the newly coach of ambitious Lega Pro club Venezia. [ 82 ] On 19 April 2017, after beating Parma to top spot, he won promotion to Serie B as champions. [ 83 ] He besides won the Coppa Italia Lega Pro in the same season. [ 83 ] During the 2017–18 temper, Inzaghi guided the Venetians to a fifth-place ending in Serie B, finishing in the playoffs positions to earn promotion to Serie A. After eliminating Perugia ( coached by his former teammate Alessandro Nesta ) in the preliminary round, his team was defeated by Palermo in the semi-finals. [ 84 ]
bologna [edit ]
On 13 June 2018, Inzaghi was announced as the new head coach of top-flight Bologna, taking over from Roberto Donadoni. [ 85 ] He faced a Lazio side coached by his younger buddy Simone in an eventual 0–2 frustration on 26 December. [ 86 ] Following a phonograph record of two wins in 21 games, he was dismissed on 28 January 2019 and replaced by Siniša Mihajlović. [ 87 ]
Benevento [edit ]
On 22 June 2019, Inzaghi was appointed coach of Benevento in Serie B. [ 88 ] On 30 June the following year, his club achieved promotion as champions with seven games remaining, reaching Serie adenine for the second time in their history. [ 89 ] On his Serie A debut for the team, they won 3–2 at Sampdoria on 26 September, having been losing 2–0. [ 90 ] Benevento ended the 2020–21 Serie A season in eighteenth place, being relegated back to Serie B after alone one season ; as a consequence of the events, Inzaghi was not offered a new condense and left Benevento afterwards .
brescia [edit ]
On 9 June 2021, Inzaghi was appointed coach of Brescia in Serie B. [ 91 ] On 16 August, Inzaghi made his debut for Brescia in the first round Coppa Italia match losing 4–2 in the punishment shoot-out after a 2–2 draw in the extra-time. [ 92 ]
Media [edit ]
Inzaghi features in EA Sports ‘ FIFA television game series ; he was on the blanket for the italian edition of FIFA 2001, [ 93 ] and was named in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 14. [ 94 ] In 2015, the arcade game company Konami announced that Inzaghi would feature in their football video recording game Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 as one of the new myClub Legends. [ 95 ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
- As of 13 May 2012.[96][97]
International [edit ]
[36][98] Appearances and goals by national team and class [edit ]
National
Year
Apps
Goals
Italy
1997
3
0
1998
6
3
1999
8
3
2000
11
5
2001
8
4
2002
8
0
2003
4
6
2004
0
0
2005
0
0
2006
5
2
2007
4
2
Total
57
25
International goals
- Scores list Italy’s tally first.[99]
managerial statistics [edit ]
- As of match played 1 December 2021[101]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
From
To
Record
AC Milan
9 June 2014
16 June 2015
40
14
13
13
58
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52
+6
0 35.00
Venezia
7 June 2016
11 June 2018
95
47
31
17
138
88
+50
0 49.47
Bologna
13 June 2018
28 January 2019
24
4
8
12
21
36
−15
0 16.67
Benevento
22 June 2019
24 May 2021
78
33
20
25
112
110
+2
0 42.31
Brescia
9 June 2021
present
16
9
4
3
29
19
+10
0 56.25
Total
253
107
76
70
358
305
+53
0 42.29
Honours [edit ]
Orders [edit ]
CONI: Golden Collar of Sports Merit: Collare d’Oro al Merito Sportivo: 2006[115]
References [edit ]
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