Gennaro Ivan Gattuso ( italian pronunciation : [ dʒenˈnaːro ɡatˈtuːzo ] ; born 9 January 1978 ) is an italian professional football coach and former player. As a player, he chiefly played in the center as a defensive midfielder, although he was besides capable of playing on the wing. [ 5 ] He initially played for Perugia, Salernitana, and Rangers, though he is by and large remembered for his time with Milan in Serie A, where he won the Champions League, in 2002–03 and 2006–07, the Coppa Italia in 2002–03, and besides the Serie A deed in 2003–04 and 2010–11. In accession to these titles, he won two italian Supercups, two UEFA Supercups, and a FIFA Club World Cup. At international level, he represented the Italy national football team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, three FIFA World Cups, two UEFA european Championships, and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
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Gattuso ‘s talismanic midfield partnership with playmaker Andrea Pirlo, both at club and external floor, played a key function in Italy ‘s World Cup victory in 2006, ampere well as Milan ‘s domestic, european, and international successes during the mid-2000s. Despite not being blessed with luminary technical skills, Gattuso ‘s pace, forte, and work-rate complemented and supported Pirlo ‘s composed, creative meet style, while his energy, aggression, and hard-tackling dash of fun enabled him to make a name for himself as one of the best players in the global in his position. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In addition to his ball-winning abilities, Gattuso was renowned for his competitive nature and leadership qualities throughout his career, much wearing the captain ‘s armband for Milan following Paolo Maldini ‘s retirement. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Gattuso ‘s managerial career began as player-manager of his concluding club, Sion of the swiss Super League, and he besides had short spells in blame of Palermo and OFI Crete. In June 2016, he led Pisa to Serie B forwarding. He later coached both the youth slope and the inaugural team of his former baseball club Milan between 2017 and 2019, before being appointed as coach of Napoli later that year, with whom he won his beginning title as a coach, the 2019–20 Coppa Italia .
Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Gattuso was born in Corigliano Calabro, Italy. He started his career with umbrian side Perugia, but transferred in July 1997, at the age of 19, to the Scottish team Rangers. [ 12 ] Walter Smith, who brought Gattuso to Glasgow, left the club in 1998. Smith ‘s successor, Dick Advocaat, did not favour Gattuso and, after being played out-of-position as a right-back, the Italian was sold in October 1998 to then recently promoted Serie A club Salernitana for £4 million. [ 13 ]
milan [edit ]
Gattuso was bought by Milan for € 8 million from Salernitana in the summer of 1999. [ 14 ] He made his debut with the club on 15 September 1999, in a 0–0 away draw with Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League ; [ 15 ] he soon broke into the starting line-up that season, besides playing his first Milan-derby couple on 24 October 1999, in which he stood out and immediately endeared himself with the Milan fans for the adulthood and doggedness he demonstrated when facing Inter hitter Ronaldo, who was wide regarded as the best player in the global at the time. [ 16 ] During his time at the clubhouse, Gattuso ‘s work-rate and versatility as a ball-winner former allowed Milan director Carlo Ancelotti to place midfield playmaker Andrea Pirlo alongside him in a more creative, attacking position, while Gattuso supported him in a deeply character, as a defensive midfielder ; this midfield partnership was pivotal to Milan ‘s domestic and international successes under Ancelotti, which included the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup in 2003, angstrom well as the Serie A title and the Supercoppa Italiana in 2004. [ 7 ] [ 17 ] Gattuso signed a compress propagation with Milan in June 2003 [ 18 ] and in October 2004. [ 19 ] During this time period, Gattuso besides reached the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final with Milan, only to be defeated by Liverpool on penalties, after initially leading 3–0 at half-time. [ 20 ] [ 21 ]
Gattuso in May 2007 Gattuso played his three-hundredth game for the club in a scoreless Champions League draw against Lille on 26 September 2006, and he extended his current bargain with Milan until 2011 on 1 February 2007. [ 22 ] On 23 May 2007, Gattuso won the Champions League for the second time in his career when Milan beat Liverpool 2–1 in the concluding. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] After winning the FIFA Club World Cup, on 27 December 2007, Gattuso trained with his former clubhouse Rangers to regain seaworthiness during the Serie A winter break whilst his wife was visiting syndicate in Scotland over Christmas. [ citation needed ] The follow December, Gattuso suffered a tear Anterior cruciate ligament early on in the 1–0 league win against Catania. Despite the injury, however, Gattuso played the entire 90 minutes before being diagnosed by the club doctors after the match. He undergo operating room to repair the damage on 19 December 2008 in Antwerp, Belgium. He was expected to miss up to six months of carry through but managed to return to the Milan bench on 10 May against Juventus, a calendar month ahead of agenda .
Gattuso in 2008 On 22 August 2009, he made his four-hundredth appearance with Milan in the open match of the 2009–10 Serie A season against Siena, wearing the captain ‘s armband. [ 15 ] It was confirmed by Milan on 14 December 2009 that Gattuso would remain a Milan musician until 30 June 2012, after adding one more year to his current abridge. [ 25 ] The 2010–11 season with Milan was one of Gattuso ‘s best seasons of his career, and saw him end a three-year goal drought with a left-footed strike from outside the box, which proved to be the decisive finish in a 1–0 victory over Juventus on 5 March 2011. [ 26 ] Gattuso late celebrated another finish in a 4–1 victory against Cagliari with a long-distance header that beat the goalkeeper, who was off his telephone line. Gattuso celebrated Milan ‘s 18th Scudetto victory after a scoreless string against Roma on 7 May. [ 27 ] Gattuso had been experiencing sight problems in early September 2011, a few days before the season kicked off. [ 28 ] On 9 September 2011, Gattuso crashed into teammate Alessandro Nesta whilst playing against Lazio in Milan ‘s open Serie A bet on of the 2011–12 season. He was substituted off directly subsequently in the twentieth moment and diagnosed with a impart one-sixth cranial boldness paralysis, resulting in double vision, [ 29 ] an injury that could have ended his football career. He former revealed that he had seen teammate Zlatan Ibrahimović in four unlike positions during the opening stages of the match, and was ineffective to see Nesta, resulting in the couple ‘s clash. [ 28 ] On 11 May 2012, Gattuso confirmed that he would not renew his contract with the baseball club which was ascribable to expire on 30 June and that he would be leaving Milan at the end of the season. [ 30 ]
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On 15 June 2012, after being released by Milan, Gattuso joined Swiss club Sion. [ 31 ] He had been linked with a hand to join former club Rangers in Scotland, but the softwood fell through because of the clubhouse ‘s fiscal difficulties. [ 31 ] On 25 February 2013, Gattuso was named as the raw coach of Sion after coach Víctor Muñoz was demoted to a scouting function after a 4–0 kill by Thun in the swiss Super League. [ 32 ]
Controversies [edit ]
In a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Ajax in September 2003, he was sent off during second-half injury time after slapping Ajax striker Zlatan Ibrahimović in the expression with the spinal column of his hand. His temper caused him further problems when in December 2005, at the final examination whistle of Milan ‘s 3–2 frustration of Schalke 04 in the Champions League, Gattuso was seen seeking away and taunting Schalke ‘s midfielder Christian Poulsen [ 33 ] as a reaction to Poulsen ‘s cutthroat marking of Kaká in the first peg. Gattuso insisted, however, that the bid exaggerated the significance of the incidental. On 15 February 2011, during Milan ‘s Champions League game against Tottenham Hotspur, Gattuso pushed Tottenham passenger car Joe Jordan away by the throat during an incident on the avocation. Jordan was seen outside his allow technical area exchanging words with Gattuso, in relation to the relatively physical game that had been played. After the game, after Gattuso had shaken hands with the Tottenham players, video footage showed him confronting Jordan and head-butting him after another commute of words, before being restrained by both teammates and opponents. “ I lost operate. There is no excuse for what I did. I take my responsibilities for that ”, said the 33-year-old Gattuso, but he besides said Jordan provoked him throughout the game but refused to say what his comments were. [ 35 ] Newspapers, however, reported Joe Jordan had been using racist, dysphemistic calls for much of the game by calling Gattuso a “ fuck italian bastard ” from the sidelines. [ 36 ] The follow day, it was announced that UEFA was looking at extra sanctions or punishment for Gattuso ‘s actions against Jordan the previous day and had been charged with “ gross cheating conduct. ” [ 37 ] Gattuso was then suspended for five Champions League matches – one for yellow card collection, the other four for the incident with Jordan. [ 37 ] The Tottenham bus besides received a touchline ban by UEFA for his interest in the exchange. [ 38 ] On 2 December 2012, Gattuso, in a game in the swiss Super League, took the yellow poster from reviewer Nikolaj Hänni ‘s hand and gave it back after gestures. [ 39 ] [ 40 ]
International career [edit ]
Gattuso represented the Italy under-18 side [ newton 1 ] at the 1995 UEFA european Under-18 Football Championships, where Italy finished in second place to Spain following a 4–1 final frustration ; [ 41 ] he besides represented the Italy under-21 side at the 2000 UEFA european Under-21 Football Championship, where Italy went on to win the tournament with a 2–1 victory over the Czech Republic in the concluding. [ 42 ] Gattuso was capped 73 times for his country at senior flush, and played in the 2000 Summer Olympics, [ 43 ] the 2002 World Cup, [ 44 ] Euro 2004, [ 45 ] the 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008, the 2009 Confederations Cup, and the 2010 World Cup. [ 4 ] He made his elder external introduction under Dino Zoff, at the historic period of 22, in a 1–0 friendly home victory over Sweden, on 23 February 2000. [ 46 ] He made his beginning start for Italy late that year, under Giovanni Trapattoni, on 15 November, scoring the alone goal in a 1–0 friendly home victory over England with a mighty affect from outside the sphere ; this was his beginning and lone goal for Italy. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] Gattuso made two substitute appearances at the 2002 World Cup, first in his nation ‘s 2–0 open group win against Ecuador, [ 49 ] and second in Italy ‘s controversial 2–1 extra-time kill to co-hosts South Korea in the orotund of 16 of the competition. [ 50 ] He besides late appeared in Italy ‘s two opening group matches at Euro 2004, against Denmark ( 0–0 ) [ 51 ] and Sweden ( 1–1 ), [ 52 ] but missed out on Italy ‘s final match against Bulgaria ( 2–1 ) due to a abeyance following an accretion of two jaundiced cards in the inaugural two matches of the contest ; [ 52 ] despite a 2–1 succeed, Italy were eliminated from the tournament in the first beat on direct encounters, following a tripartite five-point tie with Denmark and Sweden. [ 53 ] Gattuso was named to Italy ‘s 23-man police squad for the 2006 World Cup, [ 54 ] and was one of the identify players in Italy ‘s eventual victory in the tournament under coach Marcello Lippi ; he won the man of the Match award for his performance in his nation ‘s 3–0 victory in the quarter-finals of the tournament, against Ukraine. [ 55 ] He and Andrea Pirlo formed a formidable partnership in the center of midfield, with Gattuso supporting Pirlo ‘s creative playmaking duties with his work-rate and ability to break down self-control. [ 7 ] [ 17 ] While Pirlo finished as one of the top assist providers in the tournament, Gattuso won more challenges than any other actor in the tournament ( 47 – 11 more than Patrick Vieira in second place ) and completed 351 passes out of the 392 he attempted ; [ 56 ] [ 57 ] he besides provided an assist during the tournament, helping to set up Filippo Inzaghi ‘s goal in a 2–0 win over the Czech Republic in Italy ‘s final examination group catch of the tournament on 22 June. [ 58 ] Gattuso achieved a bill of notoriety for his post-match celebrations after Italy won the World Cup final on penalties against France on 9 July, [ 59 ] during which he removed his shorts and run around the pitch in his underpants, until FIFA officials forced him to cover astir. He was named to the tournament ‘s All Star Team for his performances. [ 60 ] Under Roberto Donadoni at Euro 2008, Gattuso played in the matches against Netherlands ( a 0–3 personnel casualty ) [ 61 ] and France ( a 2–0 win ) in the group stage, [ 62 ] but was suspended for the quarter-final match against eventual champions Spain, along with Andrea Pirlo ; in their absence, Italy went on to lose 4–2 in the ensuing punishment shoot-out after a 0–0 describe following extra-time. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] [ 65 ] On 19 November 2008, he made his beginning appearance as Italy ‘s captain, taking the armband following Fabio Cannavaro ‘s substitution in the 61st infinitesimal of a friendly against Greece. [ 66 ] Despite having alone recently recovered from a serious knee wound, Lippi included Gattuso in Italy ‘s squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, [ 67 ] where they suffered a first turn elimination. [ 68 ] At the tournament, Gattuso gained notoriety against Egypt when he got tripped up by Mohamed Aboutrika, and his shorts fell down, revealing his briefs. [ 69 ] In June 2010, he announced that he would retire from international duty after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, [ 70 ] where he participated in his nation ‘s final group match against Slovakia – his stopping point crippled for the national side, as Italy suffered a first base round elimination following a 3–2 defeat. [ 71 ]
style of play [edit ]
Gattuso in 2007 Throughout his career, Gattuso chiefly played as a cardinal or defensive midfielder, although he was even deployed on the correctly flank on occasion, either as a fully back, wing-back, or as a winger, due to his versatility ; he was besides capable of playing as a cardinal defender. [ 5 ] Despite not being particularly skilful from a technical point of view ( although he was able to improve in this sphere with time under the care of Mauro Tassotti ), [ 13 ] [ 6 ] or peculiarly tall, Gattuso was a physically strong, reproducible, aggressive, and hard- harness midfielder, with an extremely high employment rate ; [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 72 ] he besides possessed a brawny stroke, and quick reactions, a well as an excellent positional smell and good anticipation, which enabled him to excel in this placement ; in his prime, he was wide regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His energetic and battleful box-to-box style of play, angstrom well as his pace, tactical awareness and abilities as a ball-winner, allowed him to form a successful midfield partnership with playmaker Andrea Pirlo throughout his career, both at cabaret and external level. Gattuso ‘s deeper position on the pitch allowed him to support Pirlo and his other teammates defensively by breaking up the enemy ‘s attacks ; he frequently only gain in order to intercept the ball and play it to one of his more creative or offensive teammates after winning back self-control, subsequently returning to his more defensive midfield function. His doggedness on the pitch, exemplified by his fierce challenges and stamen, earned him the dub Ringhio ( Snarl ). [ 7 ] [ 17 ] In addition to his footballing abilities, he besides stood out for his competitive heart, decision, and leadership. [ 10 ] [ 11 ]
Managerial career [edit ]
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Gattuso started his coaching career in 2011 by attending a course for UEFA A Licence, when he even played for AC Milan. He passed the examination in July. [ 73 ] On 25 February 2013, Gattuso was named as the raw director of Sion after director Víctor Muñoz was demoted to a scouting function after a 4–0 kill by Thun in the swiss Super League. [ 32 ] Gattuso became the fifth coach of the club in the 2012–13 season. [ 32 ] On 27 February 2013, Gattuso won his foremost match as a coach, beating Lausanne 2–0 off in a swiss Cup equal. [ 74 ] Gattuso was sacked on 13 May 2013. [ 75 ]
palermo [edit ]
late in May 2013, he was heavily linked with the managerial mail at Palermo, after the Sicilians were relegated to Serie B. On 3 June 2013, Maurizio Zamparini confirmed he had a verbal agreement with Gattuso, subjected to a condense free with then director Giuseppe Sannino. The appointment was made official later on 19 June, after Gattuso successfully rescinded his contract with Sion. [ 76 ] Gattuso named Luigi Riccio as his assistant, with whom he worked at Sion. [ 76 ] His experience as rosanero head coach was however ephemeral, as he was sacked 25 September 2013 after achieving merely two wins and a draw in the beginning six games of the league season. [ 77 ] During 2013–14 season, he besides attended a course for UEFA Pro Licence, after which he passed the examination in September 2014. [ 78 ]
OFI Crete [edit ]
On 5 June 2014, Gattuso was appointed director of Superleague Greece team OFI Crete. [ 79 ] While managing OFI Crete, in the first base few months there were rumours that the players and coaching staff were not getting paid due to the poor fiscal situation of the club. Gattuso lashed out at media saying that it was n’t true that he wanted to leave. Throughout the weight-lift league he controversially threw out curse words and banged on the mesa. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] On 26 October 2014 Gattuso tended his resignation as promontory coach of OFI Crete, following a 2–3 home personnel casualty to Asteras Tripolis, citing the club ‘s fiscal difficulties as one of the main reasons behind his decision. [ 82 ] however, on the very adjacent day he changed his mind after having been successfully persuaded by the baseball club supporters and the board to stay. [ 83 ] On 30 December 2014, Gattuso formally resigned as OFI Crete director, due to the club ‘s fiscal problems. [ 84 ] In January 2015, he applied for the director ‘s position at scots cabaret Hamilton Academical following the passing of Alex Neil. [ 85 ]
pisa [edit ]
Gattuso was appointed as the director of the then Lega Pro side Pisa on 20 August 2015. [ 86 ] On 12 June 2016, he led Pisa to Serie B forwarding after beating out Foggia 5–3 on aggregate in the Lega Pro promotion play-off final. [ 87 ] On 31 July however, he suddenly left Pisa, citing “ serious, constant and unacceptable ” problems at the club being the reason for his departure. [ 88 ] One calendar month after leaving the club, he re-joined Pisa as the team ‘s headway coach. [ 89 ] however, in the follow season, Pisa finishes in last place with the second best defense, but the worst attack in the league, and Gattuso leave office again, this meter decidedly .
Milan ( young person ) [edit ]
In May 2017 Gattuso was appointed as the coach of Milan Primavera, [ 90 ] the under-19 team of the club. He was the third base former player who won 2007 UEFA Champions League, to coach the Primavera team, after Filippo Inzaghi ( 2013–14 ) and Cristian Brocchi ( 2014–2016 ). They besides coached the foremost team, after the dismissal of Clarence Seedorf ( besides a erstwhile Milan player and 2007 Champions League achiever ) and Siniša Mihajlović respectively. [ 91 ] As of rung 10 of the Campionato Nazionale Primavera ( which ended on 26 November ), the Milan Primavera side was ranked third base ( out of 16 teams ) in the league ‘s first division. [ 92 ]
milan [edit ]
On 27 November 2017, Vincenzo Montella was sacked by Milan. Subsequently, they appointed Gattuso as the head coach of the first team, who left the situation as the bus of the under-19s. [ 93 ] He recorded his first acquire with a 2–1 home victory against Bologna in Serie A on 10 December. [ 94 ] Milan finished the temper in 6th put. In April 2018, Gattuso ‘s condense was extended to 2021. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] [ 97 ] In his first full season in consign, Milan missed out on Champions League by 1 point, finishing 5th on 68 points. [ 98 ] On 28 May 2019, he departed Milan by reciprocal accept. [ 99 ]
naples [edit ]
On 11 December 2019, Gattuso was appointed point coach of Napoli following the net of Carlo Ancelotti the previous day. [ 100 ] On 13 June 2020, Napoli achieved a 1–1 home draw with Inter in the moment leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals, which allowed them to progress to the 2020 Coppa Italia Final following a 2–1 aggregate victory ; Gattuso dedicated the accomplishment to his sister, who had recently died. [ 101 ] On 17 June, Napoli went on to win the final against Juventus 4–2 on penalties after a scoreless draw. [ 102 ] On 23 May 2021, the final examination day of the league, Gattuso was ineffective to secure a fourth place finish for Napoli after a 1–1 home pull back with Verona, finishing in one-fifth, one detail below Juventus, which won 4–1 over Bologna, granting Juventus reservation to the following season ‘s Champions League alternatively ; [ 103 ], a tweet from the golf club chair, Aurelio De Laurentiis, put an end on Gattuso ‘s feel as the head coach of Napoli after one year and a half. [ 104 ]
Fiorentina [edit ]
On 25 May, Fiorentina announced the date of Gattuso as their modern mind coach, effective from 1 July. [ 105 ] however, on 17 June, barely two weeks before his contract was due to begin on 1 July, Gattuso and Fiorentina mutually rescinded the agreement. [ 106 ] [ 107 ]
personal life [edit ]
Gattuso is married to Monica Romano, a scots womanhood of italian descent. Her father Mario was a millionaire restaurateur who died in 2011, and her baby is television presenter Carla Romano. [ 108 ] They have two children. [ 109 ] In January 2010, Gattuso opened a pisces workshop in his dwelling town of Corigliano Calabro. [ 110 ] Gattuso is a Catholic, and when he played for Rangers, a club with a Protestant identity in the 1997–98 season, he alleged that his teammates ordered him to take off his crucifix necklace. [ 111 ] Gattuso ‘s sister, Francesca, died in June 2020 at the long time of 37. She had been in intensive caution since February. [ 112 ] Gattuso suffers from an auto-immune disease named ocular myasthenia since his days as a football player. He opened up about his illness in deep 2020 after he appeared on the peddle wearing an eyepatch during several games. [ 113 ]
Media [edit ]
In December 2003, Gattuso participated on the italian translation of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Chi vuol essere milionario?, aboard christian Vieri during an episode organised for charity. The pair ended the plot on the second-to-last question, winning €150,000. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] [ 116 ] On the question before, when the pair were doubtful about the correct answer, Vincenzo Montella, one of the football players who were in the audience, invited them to walk off with €70,000 rather of taking the gamble of answering incorrectly and dropping down to €16,000. Vieri playfully suggested to sell the musician ( “ Ma vendetelo ! “ ), while Gattuso facetiously asked for Montella to be sent out of the studio as he was behaving like a hex ( “ Porta una sfiga Montella, mandatelo via ! “ ). [ 115 ] [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Gattuso features in EA Sports ‘ FIFA football video recording game serial ; he was included in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 16 and late iterations of the game. [ 118 ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
[ 119 ] [ 120 ] [ 121 ]
International [edit ]
[ 4 ]
Italy
Year
Apps
Goals
2000
6
1
2001
3
0
2002
10
0
2003
4
0
2004
9
0
2005
8
0
2006
10
0
2007
6
0
2008
9
0
2009
5
0
2010
3
0
Total
73
1
Goal
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
1.
15 November 2000
Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy
England
1–0[4]
1–0
Friendly
managerial [edit ]
- As of match played on 23 May 2021.
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
From
To
Record
Sion
25 February 2013[32]
13 May 2013[75]
12
3
4
5
10
15
−5
0
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25.00
Palermo
19 June 2013[76]
25 September 2013[77]
8
3
1
4
10
9
+1
0 37.50
OFI
5 June 2014[79]
30 December 2014[84]
17
5
3
9
11
24
−13
0 29.41
Pisa
20 August 2015
26 May 2017
86
28
35
23
81
72
+9
0 32.56
AC Milan
28 November 2017
28 May 2019
83
40
23
20
117
82
+35
0 48.19
Napoli
11 December 2019
23 May 2021
81
46
13
22
147
93
+54
0 56.79
Total
287
125
79
83
376
295
+81
0 43.55
Honours [edit ]
player [edit ]
Perugia Youth [ 122 ]
AC Milan [ 122 ]
Italy U21
Italy [ 122 ]
Individual
Orders
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CONI: Golden Collar of Sports Merit: 2006[126]
director [edit ]
Napoli [ 122 ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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