italian professional football director and early player
Carlo Ancelotti, ( born 10 June 1959 ) is an italian professional football director and former actor who is the director of La Liga clubhouse Real Madrid. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Ancelotti is one of alone three managers to have won the UEFA Champions League three times ( twice with AC Milan and once with Real Madrid ), and one of only 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 player and a director.

Nicknamed Carletto, [ 9 ] Ancelotti played as a midfielder and began his career with italian club Parma, helping the club to Serie B promotion in 1979. He moved to Roma the pursue temper, where he won a Serie A title and four Coppa Italia titles, and besides played for the deep 1980s Milan team, with which he won two league titles and two european Cups, among other titles. At international tied he played for the italian home team on 26 occasions, scoring once, and appeared in two FIFA World Cups, finishing in third place in the 1990 edition of the tournament, a good 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 temper, at the long time of 18. Under director Cesare Maldini, he was frequently deployed behind the forwards, or as a second striker, due to his eye for finish. Ancelotti excelled in this character and helped Parma to a irregular 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 pit 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 place in Serie B the follow season. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ]

read-only memory [edit ]

After attracting potent pastime from Inter Milan, in mid-1979, Ancelotti transferred to Roma, and made his Serie A introduction in a 0–0 draw 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 clubhouse ‘s most important players in a team which featured the likes of brazilian star midfielders Falcão and Toninho Cerezo, american samoa well as italian footballers Roberto Pruzzo, Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, and Pietro Vierchowod, immediately winning back-to-back Coppa Italia titles in his first base two seasons with the baseball club. During his eight seasons at the baseball club, he won the Coppa Italia a sum of four times ( 1980, 1981, 1984, and 1986 ). After struggling with stifle injuries, and managing second- and third-place league finishes in 1981 and 1982, Ancelotti helped lead the team to win a historic italian championship in 1983, the cabaret ‘s second ever league title in their history. [ 11 ] The follow season, he flush helped Roma to win another Coppa Italia title and reach the european Cup final examination in 1984, although missed the final examination done 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 coach 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 title during the 1985–86 Serie A season, finishing in second plaza behind Juventus. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 13 ]

AC Milan [edit ]

From 1987 until 1992, Ancelotti played for Milan, and was a key character of the successful squad that won the Serie A title in 1988, straight 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 always assembled in that decade under the fiscal back of club 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 passing from Ruud Gullit, dribbled around two very Madrid players and netted a knock-down long-range injection during the Rossoneri’s 5–0 thrash of Real Madrid in the 1989 european Cup semi-finals. [ 15 ] He went on to play all 90 minutes in Milan ‘s 4–0 dismantling of Steaua București in the final. [ 16 ] The follow season, Ancelotti suffered an wound 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 time to help Milan defend their title against Benfica in the final, held in Vienna. [ 11 ] Following Sacchi ‘s departure, he won a second Serie A title under successor director Fabio Capello during the 1991–92 Serie A season, as Milan won the title undefeated, but persistent knee injuries and rival from child Demetrio Albertini limited his play time, and finally forced him into premature retirement at the end of the season, at the age of 33. He played the final catch of his career with the club in a 4–0 dwelling succeed over Hellas Verona on 17 May 1992, in which he came off the bench in the final 20 minutes of the plot 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 introduction and scored his foremost and merely finish on 6 January 1981 in a one-off tournament against the Netherlands, which ended in a 1–1 draw. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] He was very likely to be capped for the 1982 World Cup campaign, but a dramatic knee injury forced him away for several months, as Italy went on to win the tournament without him. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] He was a part of Italy ‘s World Cup 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 fresh Italy coach Azeglio Vicini, he was besides a key penis of the Italy squad 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 stifle, however, prevented him from taking separate in the tournament, where Italy ultimately managed a fourth-place finish. [ 11 ] Ancelotti late went on to play in the 1990 World Cup on home soil under Vicini at the long time of 31, although an injury in the second group match against Austria once again limited his appearances in the contest to just three, and kept him on the sidelines until the third-place final against England, in which he returned to help Italy to a 2–1 acquire. [ 11 ] Ancelotti made a total of 26 performances for the italian home english, and announced his retirement from international football in 1991, making his final Italy appearance under Arrigo Sacchi. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] [ 13 ]

manner of play [edit ]

A first musician, Ancelotti was a creative, timid, and efficient 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, a well as celebrated physical and acrobatic characteristics, he was a highly talented, so far hard-working, agonistic, and retentive team-player, who was competent defensively, but who above all possess excellent technical ability, tactical news, vision and excrete range, angstrom well as a potent and accurate shot from outside the area ; his wide rate of skills enabled him to contribute to his team ‘s offensive 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 pitch during his time with Milan under Arrigo Sacchi, he often played on the wings during his time with Roma, and was besides able of playing as an attacking midfielder, or even in a box-to-box character ; in his youth, he was frequently deployed in a more advance function as a forth, normally as a moment striker. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] [ 18 ] As with Milan he was frequently deployed in front of the back-line, as a cardinal or defensive midfielder, a placement which allowed him to set the tempo of his team ‘s turn after winning back possession ; he is regarded as having been the mentor and predecessor of Demetrio Albertini and Andrea Pirlo in the deep-lying playmaking character at the baseball club. Despite his ability, his career was affected by respective injuries, which limited his play clock time, 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 coach studies at Coverciano, where he penned a research article entitled “ Il Futuro del Calcio : Più Dinamicità ” [ 22 ] ( english : “ The future of football : More Dynamism ” ). After serving as an adjunct director with the Italy national team under his erstwhile Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi between 1992 and 1995, and reaching the 1994 World Cup final examination, [ 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 temper, [ 23 ] finishing with a record of 17 wins, 14 draw, and 10 losses in his only temper with the club. [ 24 ]

Parma [edit ]

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

—Carlo Ancelotti talking to Simon Kuper of the Financial Times in 2014, reminiscing his repent on choosing a arrangement over Roberto Baggio during his time as Parma ‘s coach. [ 25 ] [ 26 ]
Ancelotti joined Parma the follow season, [ 27 ] a team which had recently enjoyed respective years of domestic and european success under the former coach Nevio Scala, and which contained several promising young players, including future Italy stars Gianluigi Buffon and Fabio Cannavaro. [ 28 ] Ancelotti made his debut in the Coppa Italia in a 3–1 loss to Pescara. [ 29 ] Ancelotti made several changes at the cabaret, implementing a rigorous Sacchi-inspired 4–4–2 formation, and initially deploying creative forward Gianfranco Zola out of status on the left fly in order to accommodate Hristo Stoichkov up-front, although both players were late 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 rate in the next version of the UEFA Champions League. [ 28 ] [ 31 ] The follow season, the club had agreed to sign another italian creative forward, Roberto Baggio, but Ancelotti impeded the transfer 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 decisiveness, stating that at the time he believed that the 4–4–2 was the ideal geological formation for success, and that unsavory playmakers were not compatible with this system. [ 33 ] After suffering a first attack elimination in the 1997–98 Champions League, and a semi–final appearance in the Coppa Italia, [ 34 ] Ancelotti was alone able to guide Parma to a sixth-place finish in Serie A during the 1997–98 season, and was sacked at the end of the season, despite qualifying the team for adjacent 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 club when Ancelotti left. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] With Juventus, Ancelotti became less rigorous with the team ‘s formation, abandoning his favor 4–4–2 in ordering to accommodate star French playmaker Zinedine Zidane in his prefer unblock character behind the forwards in the team ‘s starting line-up. [ 30 ] His first full moon temper 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 round of 16 elimination in the UEFA Cup, and lost the league title to Lazio by a single point on the final match-day of the season ; this was after surrendering a five-point run with three games remaining, which drew strong criticism from the fans and the dining table of directors. [ 14 ] [ 35 ] The following season, Ancelotti went trophyless, finishing runner-up in Serie A so far again, to Roma, and he was sacked by Juventus. [ 14 ] [ 16 ] Ancelotti ‘s dismissal was announced by Juventus at half-time in the final examination league game of the season at home against Atalanta, on 17 June 2001, even though they were still within a opportunity 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 phonograph record 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 hapless 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 in Serie A, [ 42 ] and besides reached semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, their best always finish in the competition, losing out to Borussia Dortmund, [ 43 ] [ 44 ] and besides suffered a semi-final elimination in the Coppa Italia to Juventus. [ 43 ] The following season, Ancelotti – who was heavily criticised by club owner Silvio Berlusconi due to his purportedly defensive tactics – was able to adopt a creative act in Milan while making respective changes to the team ‘s police squad. He made Dida – still maligned for his 2000–01 Champions League belly laugh against Leeds United – his raw starting goalkeeper barely a calendar 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 geological formation. [ 13 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] At the like meter, Filippo Inzaghi and Andriy Shevchenko proved to be dominant allele and moral force strikers, who were prolific in presence of finish. [ 48 ] Milan won the 2003 Champions League concluding, [ 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 revenge for him as Juventus had viciously sacked him and to add insult, Marcello Lippi was re-hired for a second tenure and won back-to-back Serie A titles. [ 30 ] The play along season, with the accession 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 late wiped from the criminal record books of Juventus due to the club ‘s involvement in the Calciopoli scandal ). During the 2004–05 temper, Ancelotti besides led Milan to the 2005 Champions League final, where they lost out to Liverpool 2–3 on penalties after a 3–3 pull in convention prison term. [ 16 ] [ 61 ] In the Coppa Italia, the team was unable to get past the quarter finals. [ 62 ] The adopt season, Milan once again face disappointment as they lost out to Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, [ 63 ] and lone reached the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia. [ 64 ]
Ancelotti with Milan in 2007 After the departure of striker Andriy Shevchenko at the begin 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 later be known as his “ Christmas Tree ” geological formation. Milan ‘s line-up used Inzaghi as a lone striker, supported by attacking midfielders Clarence Seedorf and Kaká, in front 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 deduction during the 2006–07 Serie A season for their function in the Calciopoli scandal, [ 66 ] which virtually put the team out of the championship subspecies, and alternatively led Ancelotti to focus on winning the Champions League. [ 67 ] On 23 May 2007, Milan avenged their kill to Liverpool two years earlier with a 2–1 gain at the Olympic Stadium in Athens in the 2007 Champions League final, [ 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 actor in 1989 and 1990. [ 16 ] During the 2006–07 season, Milan besides finished fourth in Serie A, [ 69 ] and lost out to eventual champions Roma in the Coppa Italia semi-final. [ 70 ] The adjacent season, Ancelotti besides won the 2007 UEFA Super Cup, [ 71 ] arsenic well as the club ‘s first always FIFA Club World Cup in 2007, becoming the first director to do therefore with a european side. [ 10 ] After finishing the league in fifth seat, [ 72 ] Milan missed out on Champions League qualification, [ 73 ] and besides suffered turn 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 coating 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 polish 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 clubhouse, on 31 May 2009 Ancelotti announced his resignation from Milan – less than an hour after their 2–0 victory over Fiorentina in the concluding meet of the season. [ 16 ] [ 76 ] In sum, Ancelotti led Milan for 423 games ; only Nereo Rocco has been in charge of the club for more matches. [ 10 ]

Chelsea [edit ]

On 1 June 2009, Ancelotti succeeded interim coach Guus Hiddink when he was confirmed as the new Chelsea coach 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 class. [ 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 gear italian to manage Chelsea, after Gianluca Vialli and Claudio Ranieri. On 9 August 2009, Ancelotti won his first trophy as Chelsea coach, the Community Shield, beating Manchester United on penalties, following a 2–2 pull. His first Premier League game in charge of the Blues ended in a 2–1 home victory over Hull City on 15 August 2009. [ 80 ] Chelsea lost their first 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 stage, after a penalty 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 fourth dimension 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 temper, 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 away and 0–1 at Stamford Bridge. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] On 9 May 2010, Ancelotti led Chelsea to the Premier League title, beating Manchester United by one point [ 84 ] and setting score records. The team finished the campaign with 103 goals, becoming the first team in the Premier League to score more than 100 goals in a season, and the first since Tottenham Hotspur in the 1962–63 season. [ 85 ] Chelsea secured the style with an 8–0 victory over Wigan at Stamford Bridge. [ 86 ] Ancelotti besides became the first italian coach to win the Premier League [ 87 ] and lone the fifth director overall in the League ‘s 18 seasons. On 15 May 2010, Ancelotti led Chelsea to its first always domestic double by defeating Portsmouth 1–0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium ; [ 88 ] this was Chelsea ‘s third FA Cup in four years, equaling the criminal record set by Arsenal between 2002 and 2005. The follow season, after having lost to Manchester United in the 2010 FA Community Shield in August, Ancelotti led Chelsea to the crown of the table on the first weekend of the season thanks to a 6–0 rout of newly promoted West Bromwich Albion. Chelsea followed up this result with another 6–0 winnings, this clock time over Wigan, while Stoke City were beaten 2–0 in the adjacent match. Chelsea had a good begin to the season, winning their first 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 mint by City captain Carlos Tevez. Chelsea made a good start 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 following kill of the temper came against Liverpool at Anfield on 7 November 2010, where they lost 0–2 with both goals coming from Fernando Torres. A week by and by, Chelsea suffered their second Premier League defeat in three matches with a noteworthy 0–3 family get the better of to Sunderland. In their come 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 kill at struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers, leaving them fifth in the League and in real danger of missing out on a Champions League place for the first clock time since 2002. [ 90 ] This consequence led to Ancelotti ruling out Chelsea ‘s chances of retaining the style, insisting that he did not fear that he would be sacked. [ 91 ] After this match, however, Chelsea ‘s form began to improve. First with a 7–0 thrash 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 fourth side in the league, though however ten points behind leaders Manchester United. On 31 January 2011, Chelsea signed Liverpool striker Fernando Torres for a british phonograph 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 rejoinder succeed that saw David Luiz net his first base finish for Chelsea, which was followed by a 3–1 winnings away to Blackpool. Chelsea were late defeated by Manchester United at base and away ( aggregate of 1–3 ) in the Champions League quarter-finals. Following their frustration in the Champions League, Chelsea made a noteworthy rejoinder in the league, defeating Wigan 1–0 at home, West Brom 3–1 off, Birmingham City 3–1, West Ham United 3–0 and Tottenham 2–1 at home. Chelsea, who at one item were fifth and 15 points behind leaders Manchester United, vaulted into the second position 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 second 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 away get the better of against Everton on 22 May 2011, Chelsea ‘s last Premier League match of the season. [ 93 ] They had finished the 2010–11 Premier League in second stead. [ 94 ] He reportedly received a severance payment 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 entirely José Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson. [ 97 ]

Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]

Ancelotti during a wardrobe conference with Paris Saint-Germain in 2012 On 30 December 2011, with Paris Saint-Germain at the peak of the Ligue 1 with three points down to Montpellier, Ancelotti was appointed as the new director of the club on the like day as their previous coach, Antoine Kombouaré, was released from his shrink. [ 98 ] His wage at PSG was reported to be € 6 million per class. [ 95 ] On 21 March 2012, Ancelotti experienced his first get the better of in commission of PSG as the baseball club fell to a 1–3 frustration at the hands of Lyon in a Coupe de France quarter-final match. [ 99 ] Ten days former, PSG suffered their beginning Ligue 1 get the better of under Ancelotti when they lost 1–2 away 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 anterior to Ancelotti ‘s appointment. [ 102 ] During Ancelotti ‘s first wide season at the club, PSG entered the winter break at the top of the Ligue 1 table ahead of Lyon and Marseille on goal difference. They clinched the Ligue 1 title on 12 May 2013 with two matches to spare. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] [ 105 ] The baseball club reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, where they lost to Barcelona on the away goals rule ( 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 club, then joined Real Madrid. [ 107 ]

real number Madrid [edit ]

On 25 June 2013, Ancelotti became the coach of Real Madrid as the refilling for the sidetrack José Mourinho, signing a three-year hand. [ 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. shortly following his arrival, Real Madrid confirmed the sign of Isco for a tip 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 raw world criminal record bless Gareth Bale for £86 million ( €105M ) from Tottenham Hotspur. [ 110 ] In Ancelotti ‘s beginning 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 alternatively to a 4–3–3 formation to great effect, in which Argentine winger Ángel Di María peculiarly excelled as a left-sided central midfielder, and played a samara character in the golf club ‘s successes. [ 112 ] On 16 April 2014, Ancelotti won his first major trophy as real Madrid director after they defeated Barcelona 2–1 in the Copa del Rey final hold 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 foremost final since they survive won the competition in 2002. [ 114 ] By finishing third in the 2013–14 La Liga season ( level on 87 points with Barcelona and three behind champions Atlético Madrid ), he became the first Real Madrid coach to finish outside the top two of La Liga since the 2003–04 season, and besides the first Real Madrid coach to finish behind city rivals Atlético since the 1995–96 temper. On 24 May, Real Madrid won their tenth Champions League trophy after defeating rivals Atlético Madrid in the final 4–1 after extra time. [ 115 ] He became only the second gear coach after Liverpool ‘s Bob Paisley to win the rival on three occasions and the first man to win the Champions League/European Cup twice as a musician and three times as a coach to this day. In summation to winning the Champions League, they finished third base in La Liga, [ 116 ] losing the tiebreaker for second invest against Barcelona, [ 116 ] and winning Copa del Rey. [ 117 ] On 12 August, Ancelotti won another european trophy, leading real Madrid to a 2–0 victory over Sevilla in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup. In the last four months of 2014, his team set a spanish record of 22 straight match victories in all competitions that began on 16 September and culminated with Real Madrid ‘s first FIFA Club World Cup entitle in December 2014, finishing the year 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 temper in irregular seat with 92 points, two off treble-winning Barcelona and scoring a record 118 goals in the process. [ 122 ] They were eliminated in the round 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 club ‘s display panel 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 position in the golf club ‘s history because he was the passenger car that led them to the Décima. “ however at this club the demands are huge and we need a newly urge in order to win trophies and be at our best, ” he added. [ 125 ] [ 126 ] [ 127 ]

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After leaving Madrid, Ancelotti held talks about a tax return to Milan, which he rejected, saying, “ It was hard to say no to such a beloved club to me, but I need some rest. I wish them the best. ” He stated that he wanted to take a class away and undergo an operation for his spinal stenosis. [ 128 ] He late relocated to Vancouver, Canada. [ 129 ]

Bayern Munich [edit ]

Ancelotti during a discipline 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 compress started on 1 July 2016. [ 131 ] His foremost train school term was on 11 July 2016 [ 132 ] and his first pit was a pre–season win against SV Lippstadt 08. [ 133 ] His first meet at Allianz Arena was a 1–0 pre–season win over his harbinger Guardiolas ‘s Manchester City. [ 134 ] Bayern participated in the International Champions Cup. [ 135 ] In the first couple, Bayern lost to Milan in a gunfight. [ 136 ] In the irregular pit, Bayern defeated Inter Milan. [ 137 ] In the final match, 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 first trophy as Bayern ‘s coach. [ 140 ] On 26 August 2016, in his Bundesliga debut, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 6–0. [ 141 ] In summation 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 gear eight matches as head bus 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 puff 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 title 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 clash against Ancelotti ‘s former 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 time that Bayern had managed to win the title. [ 148 ] however, on 28 September 2017, Ancelotti was sacked as director of Bayern Munich, following a 3–0 away loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the club ‘s moment group equal of the 2017–18 Champions League the nox before. [ 149 ] After the Paris Saint-Germain match, reports surfaced that Ancelotti had lost the dress board. It was reported that five senior players wanted Ancelotti out as director which Bayern ‘s president of the united states Uli Hoeneß subsequently confirmed. Questions were besides raised about Ancelotti ‘s tactical setup and team excerpt against Paris Saint-Germain when he left several key players on the terrace and one was left to watch the match from the stands. [ 150 ]

naples [edit ]

On 23 May 2018, Ancelotti was appointed as coach of Napoli, signing a three-year contract, replacing Maurizio Sarri in the role. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] On 19 August, he made his restitution to the Serie A, winning his first match as director with a 2–1 off victory over Lazio. [ 153 ] On 10 December 2019, Ancelotti was sacked despite a 4–0 home winnings against Genk in their final 2019–20 UEFA Champions League match of the group stage that ensured Napoli ‘s progress to the round of golf of 16. [ 154 ] The decision came after a summit with Napoli president of the united states Aurelio De Laurentiis that had followed the peer 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 foremost couple as director 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 recently match-winning finish against Manchester United due to an offside that was determined by VAR. [ 158 ] He was charged with wrongdoing by the FA the pursuit day. [ 159 ] Ancelotti went on to record a sum of eight wins, five draws and six losses in the league in his first season with the Blues, as Everton finished in twelfth place. [ citation needed ] During the close-season Ancelotti signed his erstwhile 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 consecutive wins in all competitions, [ 161 ] and Ancelotti was named September ‘s Premier League Manager of the Month. [ 162 ] After a drop in shape a resumption of good 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 gain 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 remainder of the season were interracial, and Everton finished the season in tenth station .

Return to Real Madrid [edit ]

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

manner of management [edit ]

Ancelotti coaching his players from the technical area in November 2012 Towards the begin of his coaching career, and during his time with Parma, Ancelotti preferred to use a rigorous 4–4–2 geological formation, which made use of heavy press, and drew charm 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 system did not allow for more creative forwards, such as Gianfranco Zola, Hristo Stoichkov and Roberto Baggio, to play in their choose positions, and ultimately led to Zola and Stoichkov ‘s departure 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 favor 4–4–2 in favor of a 3–4–1–2 arrangement, in orderliness to accommodate Zinedine Zidane in his preferable advance playmaking character behind the forwards. [ 13 ] [ 25 ] [ 28 ] [ 33 ] [ 30 ] [ 32 ] [ 167 ] In addition to Sacchi, Ancelotti has besides cited his early Roma director Nils Liedholm, and his young person passenger car Bruno Mora as major influences. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] [ 170 ] Despite his initial reputation as a tactically inflexible passenger car, with Milan Ancelotti belated drew praise for his ability to find systems which would best become 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 always used a potent four-man back-line, a chief hitter and an assail midfielder. In his first seasons with the club, although he was initially criticised by the baseball club ‘s president of the united states Berlusconi, due to his purportedly defensive tactics, Ancelotti was able to implement a more creative toy style based on possession when he notably adopted a 4–3–1–2, 4–1–2–1–2 or 4–4–2 diamond formation. While calm preserving the team ‘s strong defensive line, Ancelotti converted attacking midfielder Andrea Pirlo to a deep-lying playmaker, which saw him play in a apparently defensive midfield function in movement 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 fecund strikers with his accurate farseeing 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 contest 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, due to the baseball club ‘s pin down midfield, the club ‘s attacking right-back, Cafu, was given license to attack and provide width to the team ; due to Cafu ‘s offensive 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 leave. [ 13 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 167 ] [ 168 ] [ 171 ] [ 172 ] [ 173 ] [ 174 ] [ 175 ] [ 176 ] [ 177 ] After the passing of one of the club ‘s main strikers at the begin of the 2006–07 temper, Andriy Shevchenko, Ancelotti redesigned Milan ‘s line-up, devising a 4–3–2–1 system, later known as his “ Christmas Tree ” constitution. 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 battlefront of a three-man midfield which once again featured 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 diamond 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 full backs Ashley Cole and José Bosingwa pushing fore and providing width to the narrow-minded midfield. Later in the season the Africa Cup of Nations left Chelsea without strikers Salomon Kalou or Didier Drogba ( adenine well as midfielders Essien and Mikel ) and harder to play 4–4–2, indeed Ancelotti switched to the 4–3–2–1 “ Christmas Tree ” constitution he had used at Milan, using Joe Cole and Florent Malouda to support lone hitter 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 central midfielder, while Cristiano Ronaldo was played in his prefer loose character on the leave fly. Di María peculiarly excelled in this modern role and played a winder function in the club ‘s successes. [ 112 ] [ 181 ] [ 182 ] In addition to his tactical art and adaptability, Ancelotti has besides drawn praise for his forgivingness, good liquid body substance, and his steady, balanced approach as a director, vitamin 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 first 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 “ [ t ] he main deepen is we press a bit more intermittently and we try to play more immediately, more vertically, ” besides adding that “ if you ‘re organised even an ordinary actor can do very good 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 base, everything changes. That ‘s where you need creativity and exemption because without it you lone have sterile self-control. specially if your adversary ‘s defense is organised and has been paying care. ” [ 167 ] [ 186 ]

personal life [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 consultation 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 kernel 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 inquiry on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [ 191 ] In his last season with Chelsea, Ancelotti had to travel back to Italy on a regular basis to visit his 87-year-old church father who was in poor health with diabetes and early issues. On the issue, he said, “ I do n’t have a trouble managing the team for this reason. It ‘s unmanageable, emotionally, when it ‘s your father … but this is liveliness. I have to do my best to stay close to him, but this is the life. ” [ 192 ] His 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 dependable stolen by two male offenders wearing black clothe and balaclava. [ 195 ] The safe was late found dumped in a 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

coach [edit ]

As of match played 12 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 )