Carlo Ancelotti

italian professional football director and former player
Carlo Ancelotti, ( born 10 June 1959 ) is an italian professional football coach and erstwhile actor who is the director of La Liga cabaret Real Madrid. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Ancelotti is one of lone three managers to have won the UEFA Champions League three times ( twice with AC Milan and once with Real Madrid ), and one of lone two to have managed teams in four finals. He has won the FIFA Club World Cup doubly, managing Milan and Real Madrid. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Ancelotti is besides one of seven people to have won the european Cup or Champions League as both a musician and a coach.

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Nicknamed Carletto, [ 9 ] Ancelotti played as a midfielder and began his career with italian cabaret Parma, helping the baseball club to Serie B forwarding in 1979. He moved to Roma the succeed season, where he won a Serie A claim and four Coppa Italia titles, and besides played for the late 1980s Milan team, with which he won two league titles and two european Cups, among other titles. At international level he played for the italian national team on 26 occasions, scoring once, and appeared in two FIFA World Cups, finishing in one-third plaza in the 1990 version of the tournament, ampere well as UEFA Euro 1988, where he helped his nation to reach the semi-finals. As a coach, he has worked for Reggiana, Parma, Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Napoli and Everton, and has won domestic titles in Italy, England, France, Spain, and Germany .

Club career [edit ]

Parma [edit ]

Ancelotti began his career in 1974 with Parma. He made his professional debut in Serie C during the 1976–77 season, at the age of 18. Under coach Cesare Maldini, he was often deployed behind the forwards, or as a second gear hitter, due to his eye for goal. Ancelotti excelled in this role and helped Parma to a second place in the Serie C1 girone A during the 1978–79 season, which qualified the team for the Serie B play-offs. In the decisive match in Vicenza, against Triestina, with the score tied at 1–1, he scored two goals, which gave Parma a 3–1 victory and sealed their topographic point in Serie B the follow season. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ]

read-only memory [edit ]

After attracting impregnable pastime from Inter Milan, in mid-1979, Ancelotti transferred to Roma, and made his Serie A debut in a 0–0 trace against AC Milan on 16 September. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 14 ] Under coach Nils Liedholm, he was deployed as a winger or central midfielder and became one of the club ‘s most significant players in a team which featured the likes of brazilian star midfielders Falcão and Toninho Cerezo, equally good as italian footballers Roberto Pruzzo, Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, and Pietro Vierchowod, immediately winning consecutive Coppa Italia titles in his first two seasons with the club. During his eight seasons at the golf club, he won the Coppa Italia a sum of four times ( 1980, 1981, 1984, and 1986 ). After struggling with knee injuries, and managing second- and third-place league finishes in 1981 and 1982, Ancelotti helped lead the team to win a historic italian backing in 1983, the cabaret ‘s second ever league title in their history. [ 11 ] The follow season, he even helped Roma to win another Coppa Italia title and reach the european Cup final in 1984, although missed the final through injury as Roma were defeated by Liverpool on penalties at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 14 ] He was named the team ‘s captain in 1985 under new clubhouse director Sven-Göran Eriksson, and served as a mentor to the young midfielder Giuseppe Giannini, as Roma won the Coppa Italia, but once again narrowly missed out on the league deed during the 1985–86 Serie A season, finishing in second seat behind Juventus. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 13 ]

AC Milan [edit ]

From 1987 until 1992, Ancelotti played for Milan, and was a key part of the successful squad that won the Serie A title in 1988, back-to-back european Cups in 1989 and 1990, two european Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and a Supercoppa Italiana under coach Arrigo Sacchi. [ 10 ] During this fourth dimension, Milan played with one of their finest teams ever assembled in that decade under the fiscal back of clubhouse president Silvio Berlusconi, with Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Mauro Tassotti and Alessandro Costacurta as defenders ; Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit and Roberto Donadoni as midfielders ; and Marco van Basten upfront. [ 11 ] One of Ancelotti ‘s most memorable moments with Milan was when he received a pass from Ruud Gullit, dribbled around two very Madrid players and netted a potent long-range snapshot during the Rossoneri’s 5–0 thrashing of Real Madrid in the 1989 european Cup semi-finals. [ 15 ] He went on to play all 90 minutes in Milan ‘s 4–0 level of Steaua București in the concluding. [ 16 ] The follow season, Ancelotti suffered an injury to his leave knee in the quarter-finals of the european Cup against KV Mechelen which forced him to miss the semi-finals, although he was able to return in clock to help Milan defend their championship against Benfica in the final, held in Vienna. [ 11 ] Following Sacchi ‘s passing, he won a moment Serie A title under refilling coach Fabio Capello during the 1991–92 Serie A season, as Milan won the title undefeated, but haunting knee injuries and competition from child Demetrio Albertini limited his play time, and finally forced him into previous retirement at the end of the temper, at the senesce of 33. He played the final couple of his career with the club in a 4–0 home succeed over Hellas Verona on 17 May 1992, in which he came off the bench in the final 20 minutes of the bet on and scored two goals, and was given an ovation by the fans. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 13 ]

International career [edit ]

Under director Enzo Bearzot, Ancelotti made his Italy national team debut and scored his beginning and entirely goal on 6 January 1981 in a one-off tournament against the Netherlands, which ended in a 1–1 draw. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] He was identical probable to be capped for the 1982 World Cup campaign, but a dramatic stifle injury forced him away for several months, as Italy went on to win the tournament without him. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] He was a separate of Italy ‘s World Cup police squad in the 1986 World Cup, where he did not make a single appearance, however, as both he and Paolo Rossi struggled during the team ‘s fitness tests, due to the altitude of the region, and were replaced in the starting line-up by Fernando De Napoli and Giuseppe Galderisi respectively. [ 17 ] Under new Italy coach Azeglio Vicini, he was besides a key member of the Italy team that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 1988, and was besides set to represent his state at the Summer Olympics in Seoul that summer. An injury to the meniscus of his right knee, however, prevented him from taking separate in the tournament, where Italy ultimately managed a fourth-place finish. [ 11 ] Ancelotti later went on to play in the 1990 World Cup on home dirt under Vicini at the senesce of 31, although an injury in the second group couple against Austria once again limited his appearances in the competition to good three, and kept him on the sidelines until the third-place final examination against England, in which he returned to help Italy to a 2–1 win. [ 11 ] Ancelotti made a sum of 26 performances for the italian national side, and announced his retirement from external football in 1991, making his final Italy appearance under Arrigo Sacchi. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] [ 13 ]

style of play [edit ]

A first player, Ancelotti was a creative, cautious, and effective midfielder who was known for his leadership, skill, composure on the ball, and organizational ability ; he is regarded as one of the best italian midfielders of his generation. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Although he lacked pace, equally well as noteworthy physical and acrobatic characteristics, he was a highly talented, yet hard-working, battleful, and coherent team-player, who was competent defensively, but who above all obsessed excellent technical ability, tactical intelligence, vision and passing range, a well as a powerful and accurate inject from outside the area ; his wide-eyed crop of skills enabled him to contribute to his team ‘s unsavory play with goals and assists. A versatile midfielder, he was capable of being deployed in several positions : while he was normally deployed as a playmaker in the center of the gear during his time with Milan under Arrigo Sacchi, he frequently played on the wings during his clock time with Roma, and was besides capable of playing as an attacking midfielder, or even in a box-to-box function ; in his youth, he was often deployed in a more advanced function as a forward, normally as a second gear striker. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] [ 18 ] As with Milan he was often deployed in front of the back-line, as a cardinal or defensive midfielder, a position which allowed him to set the tempo of his team ‘s act after winning bet on possession ; he is regarded as having been the mentor and harbinger of Demetrio Albertini and Andrea Pirlo in the deep-lying playmaking role at the clubhouse. Despite his ability, his career was affected by several injuries, which limited his act meter, and forced him into retirement in 1992 at the age of 33. [ 11 ] [ 18 ] [ 13 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

Reggiana [edit ]

Ancelotti undertook his coaching studies at Coverciano, where he penned a inquiry article entitled “ Il Futuro del Calcio : Più Dinamicità ” [ 22 ] ( english : “ The future of football : More Dynamism ” ). After serving as an assistant director with the Italy national team under his former Milan passenger car Arrigo Sacchi between 1992 and 1995, and reaching the 1994 World Cup final, [ 10 ] [ 12 ] [ 14 ] Ancelotti began his managerial career with Serie B side Reggiana in 1995, [ 23 ] where he immediately aided the team in achieving promotion to Serie A ; [ 14 ] he left after the 1995–96 Serie B season, [ 23 ] finishing with a record of 17 wins, 14 withdraw, and 10 losses in his lone season with the club. [ 24 ]

Parma [edit ]

“ I said, ‘ No, you have to play striker. ’ Baggio went to another golf club. That year Baggio scored 25 [ actually 22 ] goals – for Bologna ! I lost 25 goals ! big mistake. ”

—Carlo Ancelotti talking to Simon Kuper of the Financial Times in 2014, reminiscing his repent on choosing a system over Roberto Baggio during his clock time as Parma ‘s coach. [ 25 ] [ 26 ]
Ancelotti joined Parma the follow season, [ 27 ] a team which had recently enjoyed several years of domestic and european success under the previous director Nevio Scala, and which contained respective promise young players, including future Italy stars Gianluigi Buffon and Fabio Cannavaro. [ 28 ] Ancelotti made his debut in the Coppa Italia in a 3–1 personnel casualty to Pescara. [ 29 ] Ancelotti made several changes at the club, implementing a rigorous Sacchi-inspired 4–4–2 formation, and initially deploying creative forward Gianfranco Zola out of position on the left wing in order to accommodate Hristo Stoichkov up-front, although both players were subsequently finally sold by the club after miss of play time due to struggling to perform in this system. [ 30 ] With the new attacking partnership of Enrico Chiesa and Hernán Crespo, Parma finished second in Serie A during the 1996–97 season under Ancelotti, which guaranteed them a stead in the adjacent edition of the UEFA Champions League. [ 28 ] [ 31 ] The pursuit season, the club had agreed to sign another italian creative forward, Roberto Baggio, but Ancelotti impeded the transportation as he once again did not feel that a player like Baggio would fit into his tactical plans. [ 28 ] [ 30 ] [ 32 ] Ancelotti late stated that he regretted this decision, stating that at the time he believed that the 4–4–2 was the ideal constitution for achiever, and that unsavory playmakers were not compatible with this system. [ 33 ] After suffering a first round elimination in the 1997–98 Champions League, and a semi–final appearance in the Coppa Italia, [ 34 ] Ancelotti was lone able to guide Parma to a sixth-place end in Serie A during the 1997–98 season, and was sacked at the end of the season, despite qualifying the team for future season ‘s UEFA Cup. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 35 ]

Juventus [edit ]

In February 1999, Ancelotti was appointed Juventus director, where he both succeeded and preceded Marcello Lippi, who returned to the golf club when Ancelotti left. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] With Juventus, Ancelotti became less rigorous with the team ‘s formation, abandoning his favor 4–4–2 in order to accommodate ace French playmaker Zinedine Zidane in his prefer absolve function behind the forwards in the team ‘s starting line-up. [ 30 ] His beginning broad season at Juventus began promisingly, as he immediately won the Intertoto Cup with the club by beating Rennes 4–2 on aggregate, [ 38 ] although Juventus suffered a rung of 16 elimination in the UEFA Cup, and lost the league title to Lazio by a individual bespeak on the final match-day of the season ; this was after surrendering a five-point lead with three games remaining, which drew potent criticism from the fans and the board of directors. [ 14 ] [ 35 ] The follow season, Ancelotti went trophyless, finishing runner-up in Serie A yet again, to Roma, and he was sacked by Juventus. [ 14 ] [ 16 ] Ancelotti ‘s dismissal was announced by Juventus at half-time in the final league game of the season at home against Atalanta, on 17 June 2001, even though they were still within a probability of winning the title ; Juventus won the meet 2–1, although the result was not adequate to prevent them from finishing behind Roma in the league. [ 35 ] [ 39 ] Ancelotti finished his tenure with Juventus with a commemorate of 63 wins, 33 draws and 18 losses. [ 40 ]

AC Milan [edit ]

Ancelotti was appointed Milan coach on 5 November 2001, after Fatih Terim was sacked due to poor people results. [ 10 ] [ 12 ] [ 14 ] [ 41 ] He was inheriting another recently trophyless team in Milan, as the Rossoneri had floundered domestically and in Europe since their last Scudetto victory in 1999. In the 2001–02 season, Ancelotti led Milan to qualify for the Champions League once again, as the team managed a fourth-place finish up in Serie A, [ 42 ] and besides reached semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, their best ever finish in the rival, losing out to Borussia Dortmund, [ 43 ] [ 44 ] and besides suffered a semi-final elimination in the Coppa Italia to Juventus. [ 43 ] The follow season, Ancelotti – who was heavily criticised by club owner Silvio Berlusconi due to his purportedly defensive tactics – was able to adopt a creative playing period in Milan while making respective changes to the team ‘s police squad. He made Dida – however maligned for his 2000–01 Champions League howler against Leeds United – his newfangled starting goalkeeper barely a month into the season, while converting budding attacking midfielder Andrea Pirlo to a defensive midfielder, playing him behind the count 10 ( either Rui Costa or Rivaldo ) in front of the team ‘s back-line as a deep-lying playmaker in a 4–3–1–2 or 4–1–2–1–2 formation. [ 13 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] At the lapp meter, Filippo Inzaghi and Andriy Shevchenko proved to be dominant and moral force strikers, who were prolific in presence of finish. [ 48 ] Milan won the 2003 Champions League final, [ 49 ] beating Juventus 3–2 on penalties at Old Trafford, [ 50 ] and besides won the 2003 Coppa Italia Final over Roma. [ 10 ] It was a sweet retaliation for him as Juventus had viciously sacked him and to add abuse, Marcello Lippi was re-hired for a irregular tenure and won back-to-back Serie A titles. [ 30 ] The trace season, with the addition of brazilian attacking midfielder Kaká, and Ancelotti ‘s formidable four-man back-line of Cafu, Costacurta, Alessandro Nesta and Maldini, Milan took home the UEFA Super Cup in 2003 over Porto, [ 51 ] followed by the Scudetto in 2004 with an italian record of 82 points from 34 games, [ 52 ] while Shevchenko finished the season as the league ‘s top-scorer. [ 10 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] The Rossoneri, however, suffered penalty-shootout defeats to Juventus in the 2003 Supercoppa Italiana, [ 55 ] and to Boca Juniors in the 2003 Intercontinental Cup. [ 56 ] They were besides knocked out by Deportivo de La Coruña in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. [ 57 ] Under Ancelotti ‘s reign, Milan besides won the 2004 Supercoppa Italiana, [ 58 ] and were besides back-to-back Serie A runner-up to Juventus in 2004–05 [ 59 ] and 2005–06 [ 60 ] ( both Scudetti were subsequently wiped from the criminal record books of Juventus due to the cabaret ‘s participation in the Calciopoli scandal ). During the 2004–05 season, Ancelotti besides led Milan to the 2005 Champions League final examination, where they lost out to Liverpool 2–3 on penalties after a 3–3 draw in normal time. [ 16 ] [ 61 ] In the Coppa Italia, the team was ineffective to get past the quarter finals. [ 62 ] The following season, Milan once again face disappointment as they lost out to Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, [ 63 ] and alone reached the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia. [ 64 ]
Ancelotti with Milan in 2007 After the deviation of striker Andriy Shevchenko at the get down of the 2006–07 season, Ancelotti was forced to redesign Milan ‘s line-up once again, devising a 4–3–2–1 system that would former be known as his “ Christmas Tree ” formation. Milan ‘s line-up used Inzaghi as a alone hitter, supported by attacking midfielders Clarence Seedorf and Kaká, in movement of a three-man midfield which featured Andrea Pirlo as a creative playmaker, supported by hard-working defensive midfielders Gennaro Gattuso and Massimo Ambrosini. [ 65 ] Milan received an eight-point subtraction during the 2006–07 Serie A season for their function in the Calciopoli scandal, [ 66 ] which virtually put the team out of the title rush, and rather led Ancelotti to focus on winning the Champions League. [ 67 ] On 23 May 2007, Milan avenged their get the better of to Liverpool two years earlier with a 2–1 win at the Olympic Stadium in Athens in the 2007 Champions League final examination, [ 68 ] leading to Ancelotti ‘s second Champions League trophy as Milan coach and his fourth title overall, having besides won it twice as a Milan player in 1989 and 1990. [ 16 ] During the 2006–07 temper, Milan besides finished fourth in Serie A, [ 69 ] and lost out to eventual champions Roma in the Coppa Italia semi-final. [ 70 ] The future season, Ancelotti besides won the 2007 UEFA Super Cup, [ 71 ] adenine well as the club ‘s first ever FIFA Club World Cup in 2007, becoming the first coach to do so with a european side. [ 10 ] After finishing the league in fifth seat, [ 72 ] Milan missed out on Champions League qualification, [ 73 ] and besides suffered round of 16 eliminations in the Champions League [ 74 ] and Coppa Italia ( to Arsenal and Catania respectively ). [ 75 ] In Ancelotti ‘s final season at the club, Milan managed a third-place finish in Serie A behind Juventus and cross-city rivals Inter, sealing a place in the following season ‘s Champions League, [ 76 ] while they were eliminated in the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, [ 74 ] and the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia. [ 77 ] After previously denying rumours that he would be leaving the baseball club, on 31 May 2009 Ancelotti announced his resignation from Milan – less than an hour after their 2–0 victory over Fiorentina in the final match of the season. [ 16 ] [ 76 ] In sum, Ancelotti led Milan for 423 games ; only Nereo Rocco has been in charge of the cabaret for more matches. [ 10 ]

Chelsea [edit ]

On 1 June 2009, Ancelotti succeeded interim coach Guus Hiddink when he was confirmed as the new Chelsea director after agreeing to a three-year contract, and formally assumed his duties on 1 July. [ 78 ] His wage at Chelsea was initially reported to be more than £ 5 million per year. [ 79 ] Ancelotti became the club ‘s fourth permanent coach in 21 months, following José Mourinho, Avram Grant and Luiz Felipe Scolari. He was besides the third base italian to manage Chelsea, after Gianluca Vialli and Claudio Ranieri. On 9 August 2009, Ancelotti won his beginning trophy as Chelsea director, the Community Shield, beating Manchester United on penalties, following a 2–2 draw. His foremost Premier League game in care of the Blues ended in a 2–1 home victory over Hull City on 15 August 2009. [ 80 ] Chelsea lost their beginning equal under Ancelotti at the DW Stadium away to Wigan Athletic on 26 September, losing 1–3. They were eliminated from the League Cup on 2 December, reaching the quarter-finals stagecoach, after a punishment gunfight frustration to Blackburn Rovers after a 3–3 draw at Ewood Park .
In the Champions League, Ancelotti returned to the San Siro for the first time since his passing from Milan, when his team faced Inter Milan, who was at the time coached by ex-Chelsea coach José Mourinho, at the Round of 16 stage. Ancelotti and Mourinho had a tense relationship from the previous season, as managers of Milan and Inter respectively. [ 81 ] Chelsea was eliminated from the Champions League on 16 March 2010 after a 1–3 aggregate loss to Inter, having lost 1–2 aside and 0–1 at Stamford Bridge. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] On 9 May 2010, Ancelotti led Chelsea to the Premier League deed, beating Manchester United by one point [ 84 ] and setting score records. The team finished the campaign with 103 goals, becoming the foremost team in the Premier League to score more than 100 goals in a season, and the first since Tottenham Hotspur in the 1962–63 temper. [ 85 ] Chelsea secured the entitle with an 8–0 victory over Wigan at Stamford Bridge. [ 86 ] Ancelotti besides became the first base italian director to win the Premier League [ 87 ] and lone the fifth coach overall in the League ‘s 18 seasons. On 15 May 2010, Ancelotti led Chelsea to its first base ever domestic double by defeating Portsmouth 1–0 in the FA Cup final examination at Wembley Stadium ; [ 88 ] this was Chelsea ‘s third base FA Cup in four years, equaling the criminal record set by Arsenal between 2002 and 2005. The following season, after having lost to Manchester United in the 2010 FA Community Shield in August, Ancelotti led Chelsea to the top of the board on the beginning weekend of the season thanks to a 6–0 rout of newly promoted West Bromwich Albion. Chelsea followed up this consequence with another 6–0 winnings, this time over Wigan, while Stoke City were beaten 2–0 in the future match. Chelsea had a commodity begin to the season, winning their first base five matches. Chelsea then lost 3–4 against Newcastle United on 23 September 2010 in the League Cup. [ 89 ] They then went on to lose against Manchester City in the Premier League 0–1 after a cleverly-taken strike by City captain Carlos Tevez. Chelsea made a good starting signal in Europe by beating MŠK Žilina and Marseille 4–1 and 2–0, respectively, in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. Chelsea then defeated fourth-placed Arsenal 2–0 on 3 October 2010, courtesy of a finish from Didier Drogba and a free-kick by defender Alex. Chelsea ‘s next frustration of the season came against Liverpool at Anfield on 7 November 2010, where they lost 0–2 with both goals coming from Fernando Torres. A week late, Chelsea suffered their second base Premier League get the better of in three matches with a remarkable 0–3 home defeat to Sunderland. In their take after five league games, they lost two and drew three games, culminating in a 1–3 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. On 5 January 2011, Chelsea suffered a shock 0–1 defeat at struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers, leaving them fifth in the League and in veridical danger of missing out on a Champions League position for the first time since 2002. [ 90 ] This solution led to Ancelotti ruling out Chelsea ‘s chances of retaining the title, insisting that he did not fear that he would be sacked. [ 91 ] After this couple, however, Chelsea ‘s form began to improve. First with a 7–0 convulse of Ipswich Town in the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge and then a 2–0 victory over Blackburn, followed by emphatic away wins against Bolton Wanderers and Sunderland, putting them in one-fourth status in the league, though still ten points behind leaders Manchester United. On 31 January 2011, Chelsea signed Liverpool striker Fernando Torres for a british record £50 million and Benfica defender David Luiz for £22 million. Chelsea lost 0–1 to Liverpool at Stamford Bridge but beat league leaders Manchester United on 1 March in a 2–1 comeback acquire that saw David Luiz net his first base goal for Chelsea, which was followed by a 3–1 win aside to Blackpool. Chelsea were subsequently defeated by Manchester United at family and away ( aggregate of 1–3 ) in the Champions League quarter-finals. Following their defeat in the Champions League, Chelsea made a noteworthy rejoinder in the league, defeating Wigan 1–0 at home, West Brom 3–1 away, Birmingham City 3–1, West Ham United 3–0 and Tottenham 2–1 at home. Chelsea, who at one point were one-fifth and 15 points behind leaders Manchester United, vaulted into the second placement the league, good three points behind them with three games left of the season. On 8 May, however, Chelsea lost 1–2 against Manchester United at Old Trafford to stay moment in the league, now six points behind the leaders with merely two more games to play. [ 92 ] Ancelotti was sacked less than two hours after a 0–1 aside get the better of against Everton on 22 May 2011, Chelsea ‘s last Premier League pit of the season. [ 93 ] They had finished the 2010–11 Premier League in moment place. [ 94 ] He reportedly received a severance requital of £6 million from Chelsea. [ 95 ] Ancelotti finished with a record of 67 wins, 20 draws and 22 losses in 109 matches. [ 96 ] Ancelotti ‘s win share at Chelsea was ( as of May 2016 ) the third-highest in Premier League history, behind only José Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson. [ 97 ]

Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]

Ancelotti during a press conference with Paris Saint-Germain in 2012 On 30 December 2011, with Paris Saint-Germain at the top of the Ligue 1 with three points down to Montpellier, Ancelotti was appointed as the raw coach of the golf club on the same day as their previous director, Antoine Kombouaré, was released from his abridge. [ 98 ] His wage at PSG was reported to be € 6 million per class. [ 95 ] On 21 March 2012, Ancelotti experienced his first base kill in commit of PSG as the club fell to a 1–3 get the better of at the hands of Lyon in a Coupe de France quarter-final equal. [ 99 ] Ten days late, PSG suffered their first Ligue 1 defeat under Ancelotti when they lost 1–2 off to Nancy. [ 100 ] PSG ended up as runner-up in Ligue 1 in Ancelotti ‘s first season in charge, three points behind winners Montpellier. [ 101 ] He besides took PSG to the Coupe de France quarter-finals. [ 102 ] The club were eliminated from the Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Europa League prior to Ancelotti ‘s appointment. [ 102 ] During Ancelotti ‘s first full season at the clubhouse, PSG entered the winter break at the top of the Ligue 1 table ahead of Lyon and Marseille on finish deviation. They clinched the Ligue 1 deed on 12 May 2013 with two matches to spare. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] [ 105 ] The golf club reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where they lost to Barcelona on the away goals principle ( 3–3 on aggregate ), the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France and the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue. [ 106 ] On 19 May 2013, Ancelotti asked to leave the cabaret, then joined Real Madrid. [ 107 ]

real Madrid [edit ]

On 25 June 2013, Ancelotti became the coach of Real Madrid as the successor for the depart José Mourinho, signing a three-year manage. [ 108 ] [ 109 ] He was introduced at a press conference at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, where it was besides announced that Zinedine Zidane and Paul Clement would be his assistant coaches. concisely following his arrival, Real Madrid confirmed the sign of Isco for a fee of €24 million which was followed by the sign of Asier Illarramendi for €32 million. Argentinean striker Gonzalo Higuaín left the club for €40 million to Napoli. This, along with the sale of Mesut Özil to Arsenal, paved way for new universe record bless Gareth Bale for £86 million ( €105M ) from Tottenham Hotspur. [ 110 ] In Ancelotti ‘s first gear league game in charge, on 18 August 2013, Real Madrid won 2–1 at home against Real Betis. [ 111 ] At Real Madrid, Ancelotti finally deviated from the 4–2–3–1 formation which had been deployed by his harbinger, switching rather to a 4–3–3 geological formation to capital effect, in which Argentine winger Ángel Di María particularly excelled as a left-sided central midfielder, and played a key role in the golf club ‘s successes. [ 112 ] On 16 April 2014, Ancelotti won his first major trophy as real Madrid coach after they defeated Barcelona 2–1 in the Copa del Rey final examination agree at the Mestalla Stadium. [ 113 ] On 29 April, Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the Champions League by an aggregate score of 5–0 ( 1–0 in Madrid and 0–4 in Munich ), with Los Blancos reaching their first final since they death won the contest in 2002. [ 114 ] By finishing third base in the 2013–14 La Liga season ( degree on 87 points with Barcelona and three behind champions Atlético Madrid ), he became the first Real Madrid director to finish outside the top two of La Liga since the 2003–04 season, and besides the first Real Madrid director to finish behind city rivals Atlético since the 1995–96 season. On 24 May, Real Madrid won their one-tenth Champions League trophy after defeating rivals Atlético Madrid in the final 4–1 after extra time. [ 115 ] He became only the second gear director after Liverpool ‘s Bob Paisley to win the contest on three occasions and the first man to win the Champions League/European Cup twice as a player and three times as a director to this day. In addition to winning the Champions League, they finished third in La Liga, [ 116 ] losing the tiebreaker for second seat against Barcelona, [ 116 ] and winning Copa del Rey. [ 117 ] On 12 August, Ancelotti won another european trophy, leading actual Madrid to a 2–0 victory over Sevilla in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup. In the death four months of 2014, his team set a spanish record of 22 straight meet victories in all competitions that began on 16 September and culminated with Real Madrid ‘s first FIFA Club World Cup title in December 2014, finishing the class 2014 with four trophies. [ 118 ] On 1 December 2014, Ancelotti was nominated as one of the three finalists for the 2014 FIFA World Coach of the Year Award. [ 119 ] On 19 January 2015, Ancelotti was inducted into the italian Football Hall of Fame [ 120 ] and on 20 January 2015, he won the IFFHS 2014 Award as The World ‘s Best Club Coach. [ 121 ] Real Madrid finished the 2014–15 league season in second place with 92 points, two off treble-winning Barcelona and scoring a read 118 goals in the process. [ 122 ] They were eliminated in the polish of 16 of the Copa del Rey, [ 123 ] and lost 3–2 on aggregate against Juventus in the Champions League semi-finals. [ 124 ] On 25 May 2015, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez announced that the golf club ‘s board had taken “ a very unmanageable decision ” to relieve Ancelotti of his duties with immediate effect. Pérez stated that Ancelotti had won the hearts of both the board and fans, and would constantly have a topographic point in the club ‘s history because he was the passenger car that led them to the Décima. “ however at this clubhouse the demands are huge and we need a modern caprice in arrange to win trophies and be at our best, ” he added. [ 125 ] [ 126 ] [ 127 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

Ancelotti during a train session with Bayern Munich in 2017 On 20 December 2015, Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed that Ancelotti would replace Pep Guardiola as director for the 2016–17 temper, signing a three-year contract. [ 130 ] His sign started on 1 July 2016. [ 131 ] His first gear training session was on 11 July 2016 [ 132 ] and his first catch was a pre–season win against SV Lippstadt 08. [ 133 ] His first equal at Allianz Arena was a 1–0 pre–season gain over his predecessor Guardiolas ‘s Manchester City. [ 134 ] Bayern participated in the International Champions Cup. [ 135 ] In the first match, Bayern lost to Milan in a gunfight. [ 136 ] In the second base match, Bayern defeated Inter Milan. [ 137 ] In the concluding equal, Bayern lost to Real Madrid. [ 138 ] On 14 August 2016, Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in the german Super Cup. [ 139 ] This was his beginning trophy as Bayern ‘s director. [ 140 ] On 26 August 2016, in his Bundesliga debut, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 6–0. [ 141 ] In accession to defeating Borussia Dortmund, [ 140 ] Carl Zeiss Jena, [ 142 ] and Werder Bremen, [ 141 ] they defeated Schalke 04, [ 143 ] Rostov, [ 143 ] Ingolstadt 04, [ 143 ] Hertha BSC, [ 143 ] and Hamburger SV [ 143 ] to win his first eight matches as head coach before losing to Atlético Madrid. [ 144 ] They continued their winless streak against 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt before defeating PSV Eindhoven. [ 143 ] After the win against Eindhoven, Bayern went on a three match winless streak. [ 143 ] Bayern draw against 1899 Hoffenheim and lost against Borussia Dortmund and Rostov before defeating Bayer Leverkusen. [ 143 ] On 29 April, Ancelotti led Bayern to their fifth consecutive Bundesliga deed and their 27th overall following a 6–0 away win over Wolfsburg. [ 145 ] however, Bayern were eliminated in the Champions League in a controversial quarter-final brush against Ancelotti ‘s early team Real Madrid. [ 146 ] They besides lost 3–2 to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals. [ 147 ] On 5 August 2017, Ancelotti started the 2017–18 season with Bayern Munich by retaining the DFL-Supercup, beating out Borussia Dortmund 5–4 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes ; this was the sixth prison term that Bayern had managed to win the style. [ 148 ] however, on 28 September 2017, Ancelotti was sacked as coach of Bayern Munich, following a 3–0 away loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the club ‘s second group peer of the 2017–18 Champions League the night before. [ 149 ] After the Paris Saint-Germain match, reports surfaced that Ancelotti had lost the dress room. It was reported that five elder players wanted Ancelotti out as coach which Bayern ‘s president of the united states Uli Hoeneß later confirmed. Questions were besides raised about Ancelotti ‘s tactical setup and team selection against Paris Saint-Germain when he left several key players on the judiciary and one was left to watch the peer from the stands. [ 150 ]

naples [edit ]

On 23 May 2018, Ancelotti was appointed as coach of Napoli, signing a three-year narrow, replacing Maurizio Sarri in the function. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] On 19 August, he made his return key to the Serie A, winning his inaugural equal as coach with a 2–1 away victory over Lazio. [ 153 ] On 10 December 2019, Ancelotti was sacked despite a 4–0 home win against Genk in their final 2019–20 UEFA Champions League match of the group phase that ensured Napoli ‘s advancement to the round of 16. [ 154 ] The decision came after a summit with Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis that had followed the match that was in the first place scheduled for 11 December. [ 155 ]

Everton [edit ]

On 21 December 2019, Ancelotti was appointed as the coach of Everton on a four-and-a-half-year deal. [ 156 ] His beginning couple as coach was a 1–0 home victory over Burnley on 26 December. [ 157 ] On 1 March 2020, Ancelotti was sent off after the full-time whistle following an on-pitch conversation with the referee Chris Kavanagh, who had ruled out a manque late match-winning goal against Manchester United due to an offside that was determined by VAR. [ 158 ] He was charged with misbehave by the FA the take after day. [ 159 ] Ancelotti went on to record a total of eight wins, five draws and six losses in the league in his first base temper with the Blues, as Everton finished in one-twelfth place. [ citation needed ] During the close-season Ancelotti signed his former players James Rodríguez and Allan, along with Ben Godfrey, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Niels Nkounkou and loanee Robin Olsen. [ 160 ] Everton started the 2020–21 season with seven straight wins in all competitions, [ 161 ] and Ancelotti was named September ‘s Premier League Manager of the Month. [ 162 ] After a devolve in shape a resumption of full results saw Everton ending 2020 in fourth place, but knocked out of the EFL Cup, losing 2–0 to Manchester United in the quarter-final. [ 163 ] In February, Ancelotti guided Everton to a 2–0 succeed over Liverpool in the Merseyside bowler hat, Everton ‘s first in all competitions since 2010, and their first at Anfield since 1999. [ 164 ] Results for the end of the season were mix, and Everton finished the temper in tenth place .

Return to Real Madrid [edit ]

On 1 June 2021, Ancelotti resigned from his position at Everton to rejoin Real Madrid, signing a contract until 2024. [ 165 ] On 19 September 2021, Ancelotti, as a coach, reached the milestone of 800 league matches with clubs from the top 5 european leagues. [ 166 ]

style of management [edit ]

Ancelotti coaching his players from the technical area in November 2012 Towards the beginning of his coaching career, and during his fourth dimension with Parma, Ancelotti preferred to use a rigorous 4–4–2 formation, which made use of heavy press, and drew influence from that of his Milan and Italy coach Arrigo Sacchi, and which he believed to be the most successful system for his team ; however, this organization did not allow for more creative forwards, such as Gianfranco Zola, Hristo Stoichkov and Roberto Baggio, to play in their preferable positions, and ultimately led to Zola and Stoichkov ‘s passing from the club, while Baggio ‘s transfer to Parma in 1997 was impeded by Ancelotti. Ancelotti belated stated that he regretted his intransigency, and when he joined Juventus, he abandoned his privilege 4–4–2 in prefer of a 3–4–1–2 system, in regulate to accommodate Zinedine Zidane in his prefer advance playmaking role behind the forwards. [ 13 ] [ 25 ] [ 28 ] [ 33 ] [ 30 ] [ 32 ] [ 167 ] In summation to Sacchi, Ancelotti has besides cited his former Roma coach Nils Liedholm, and his young coach Bruno Mora as major influences. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] [ 170 ] Despite his initial reputation as a tactically inflexible passenger car, with Milan Ancelotti late drew praise for his ability to find systems which would best suit his players, and which allowed respective talented and creative players to co-exist ; under Ancelotti ‘s management, the club enjoyed one of the most fruitful spells in its history. Carlo Ancelotti ‘s Milan sides normally about constantly used a potent four-man back-line, a main striker and an assail midfielder. In his first seasons with the club, although he was initially criticised by the cabaret ‘s president Berlusconi, due to his purportedly defensive tactics, Ancelotti was able to implement a more creative play vogue based on self-control when he notably adopted a 4–3–1–2, 4–1–2–1–2 or 4–4–2 diamond geological formation. While however preserving the team ‘s hard defensive line, Ancelotti converted attacking midfielder Andrea Pirlo to a deep-lying playmaker, which saw him play in a apparently defensive midfield function in battlefront of the back-line, and behind the team ‘s advanced playmaker, either Rui Costa or Rivaldo, giving the Italian more time on the ball to orchestrate the team ‘s attacking moves from deeper areas, or to create goalscoring opportunities for the team ‘s prolific strikers with his accurate long spend ability ; the team ‘s two playmakers were supported defensively by box-to-box midfielders on either side of them in the midfield ball field. Due to rival from Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini, Roque Júnior, Dario Šimić, and late Jaap Stam in defense, he besides converted former centre-back Alessandro Costacurta to a defensive left-back, alternating him with Kakha Kaladze or Giuseppe Pancaro, while, ascribable to the club ‘s constrict midfield, the club ‘s attacking right-back, Cafu, was given license to attack and provide width to the team ; due to Cafu ‘s offense capabilities, Ancelotti occasionally fielded a 4–4–1–1 or 3–4–1–2 formation, which saw Cafu used as an instantaneously winger, along with Serginho or Marek Jankulovski on the left. [ 13 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 167 ] [ 168 ] [ 171 ] [ 172 ] [ 173 ] [ 174 ] [ 175 ] [ 176 ] [ 177 ] After the departure of one of the golf club ‘s chief strikers at the beginning of the 2006–07 season, Andriy Shevchenko, Ancelotti redesigned Milan ‘s line-up, devising a 4–3–2–1 system, late known as his “ Christmas Tree ” formation. Milan ‘s line-up used either Filippo Inzaghi or Alberto Gilardino as a alone striker, supported by two attacking midfielders, Clarence Seedorf and Kaká, in front of a three-man midfield which once again have Andrea Pirlo as a deep-lying playmaker, supported by two hard-working defensive midfielders, such as Gennaro Gattuso, Massimo Ambrosini, or Cristian Brocchi. [ 13 ] [ 65 ] Moving to Chelsea, in the 2009–10 season Ancelotti continued with 4–4–2 rhombus formation used previously at Milan, much with Michael Essien or Mikel John Obi in the defensive function, Michael Ballack or Frank Lampard as box to box midfielders and Deco in a creative function, with entire backs Ashley Cole and José Bosingwa pushing forth and providing width to the narrow midfield. Later in the season the Africa Cup of Nations left Chelsea without strikers Salomon Kalou or Didier Drogba ( a well as midfielders Essien and Mikel ) and harder to play 4–4–2, so Ancelotti switched to the 4–3–2–1 “ Christmas Tree ” formation he had used at Milan, using Joe Cole and Florent Malouda to support lone striker Nicolas Anelka. He besides used 4–2–3–1 and 4–3–3 to be less predictable and better use creative players like Lampard and Malouda. [ 178 ] [ 179 ] [ 180 ] At Real Madrid, Ancelotti similarly drew praise for his versatility ; he modified the team ‘s 4–2–3–1 formation, which had been used under José Mourinho, to a 4–4–2 formation, before settling on a 4–3–3 formation, in which Argentine former winger Ángel Di María was converted to a left-sided cardinal midfielder, while Cristiano Ronaldo was played in his prefer free role on the left wing. Di María particularly excelled in this raw function and played a identify character in the baseball club ‘s successes. [ 112 ] [ 181 ] [ 182 ] In addition to his tactical art and adaptability, Ancelotti has besides drawn praise for his kindness, good humor, and his calm, poise approach as a director, a well as his ability to motivate his players and cultivate a good kinship with them, and foster a unite, winning team environment, although he has besides been known to lose his temper at times. [ 13 ] [ 168 ] [ 181 ] [ 182 ] [ 183 ] [ 184 ] [ 185 ] During Ancelotti ‘s inaugural season with Bayern Munich, spanish midfielder Thiago praised Ancelotti for the freedom he gave the players to express themselves and for the confidence with which he instilled them ; Ancelotti commented on the tactical changes he implemented at Bayern Munich, stating “ [ triiodothyronine ] he independent deepen is we press a bit more intermittently and we try to play more directly, more vertically, ” besides adding that “ if you ‘re organised flush an average player can do very well because he ‘ll have options and he ‘ll know where they are and how to find them. But when you get to the final third, everything changes. That ‘s where you need creativity and freedom because without it you merely have sterile possession. particularly if your opposition ‘s defense is organised and has been paying attention. ” [ 167 ] [ 186 ]

personal life sentence [edit ]

Ancelotti has two children : a daughter, Katia ; and a son, Davide, who was his adjunct coach at Everton, and now besides at Real Madrid. Davide previously besides played in the Milan youth team and joined Borgomanero in June 2008. [ 187 ] In 2008, Ancelotti confirmed in an interview that he had broken up with his wife of 25 years, Luisa Gibellini. [ 187 ] [ 188 ] He subsequently dated romanian Marina Crețu. In 2011, it was announced he was dating canadian businesswoman Mariann Barrena McClay. [ 189 ] Ancelotti and Barrena McClay married in Vancouver in July 2014. [ 190 ] In May 2009, Ancelotti ‘s autobiography, Preferisco la Coppa ( “ I Prefer the Cup “, with a word-play by Ancelotti on the italian word “ coppa “ that stands both for “ cup ” and a type of cure cold pork barrel meat cut, which is produced in Ancelotti ‘s native region of Emilia-Romagna ), was published, with all proceeds from sales of the book going to the Fondazione Stefano Borgonovo for the fund of research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [ 191 ] In his last temper with Chelsea, Ancelotti had to travel spinal column to Italy on a regular basis to visit his 87-year-old father who was in hapless health with diabetes and other issues. On the issue, he said, “ I do n’t have a problem managing the team for this reason. It ‘s difficult, emotionally, when it ‘s your father … but this is life. I have to do my best to stay close to him, but this is the life sentence. ” [ 192 ] His church father died on 29 September 2010, aged 87. [ 193 ] On 31 January 2019, Ancelotti became the grandfather of twins, Lucas and Leon, born to his son Davide ‘s collaborator Ana Galocha. [ 194 ] In February 2021, Ancelotti ‘s home in Crosby was burgled and a safe stolen by two male offenders wearing bootleg invest and balaclava. [ 195 ] The safe was later found dumped in a cable car park in nearby Thornton. It had been forced open and stripped of its contents. [ 196 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club

Season

League

Coppa Italia
Europe[n 1]

Other[n 2]

Total

Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

Parma
1976–77
Serie C

1
0
—
—
—
1
0

1977–78

Serie C

21
8
—
—
—
21
8

1978–79

Serie C1

33
5
—
—
—
33
5

Total

55
13
—
—
—
55
13

Roma
1979–80
Serie A

27
3
9
0
—
—
36
3

1980–81

Serie A

29
2
6
2
2
1
—
37
5

1981–82

Serie A

5
0
0
0
3
1
—
8
1

1982–83

Serie A

23
2
3
0
6
0
—
32
2

1983–84

Serie A

9
0
5
0
4
0
—
18
0

1984–85

Serie A

22
3
2
0
3
0
—
27
3

1985–86

Serie A

29
0
4
0
—
—
33
0

1986–87

Serie A

27
2
7
1
2
0
—
36
3

Total

171
12
36
3
20
2
—
227
17

AC Milan
1987–88

Serie A

27
2
7
0
4
0
—
38
2

1988–89

Serie A

28
2
2
0
7
1
1
0
38
3

1989–90

Serie A

24
3
4
0
6
0
1
0
35
3

1990–91

Serie A

21
1
4
0
4
0
2
0
31
1

1991–92

Serie A

12
2
6
0
—
—
18
2

Total

112
10
23
0
21
1
4
0
160
11

Career total

338
35
59
3
41
3
4
0
442
41

International [edit ]

Italy

Year
Apps
Goals

1981
4
1

1982
0
0

1983
4
0

1984
0
0

1985
0
0

1986
5
0

1987
3
0

1988
5
0

1989
0
0

1990
4
0

1991
1
0

Total
26
1

Goal
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition

1
6 January 1981
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
Netherlands
1–0
1–1
1980 Mundialito

director [edit ]

As of match played 4 December 2021

Honours [edit ]

player [edit ]

Roma [ 205 ]
AC Milan [ 205 ]
Italy [ 205 ]

coach [edit ]

Juventus [ 38 ]
AC Milan [ 206 ]
Chelsea
Paris Saint-Germain [ 206 ]
Real Madrid [ 206 ]
Bayern Munich
Individual

Orders [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]

bibliography [edit ]

Alessandro Alciato, Carlo Ancelotti, Preferisco la coppa. Vita, partite e miracoli di un normale fuoriclasse, Milan, Rizzoli, 2009, ISBN 88-17032-00-X (I Prefer the Cup. The Life, Games, and Miracles of an Ordinary Genius). ( in Italian )

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