Carlo Ancelotti (born June 10, 1959 in Reggiolo, Italy) is a
former football player and now coach. He has been coach of the
Italian team AC Milan since November 2001 when he succeeded
Fatih Terim. Before that he coached Reggiana, Parma and Juventus.
As a player, Ancelotti appeared 26 times for Italy, and played
in the 1990 World Cup. He started his career in 1976 with Parma
AC. In 1979 he transferred to AS Roma, where he won the Italian
championship and 4 times the Italian Cup. From 1987 until 1992
he played for AC Milan. He was in the legendary AC Milan team
that won the 1989 and 1990 Champion Clubs’ Cups in Barcelona and
Vienna.
Playing for MilanIn 2003, he became only the fourth coach to win
the European crown as both player and coach. The other three
are: Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid player 1956, 1957, Real Madrid
coach 1960, 1966); Giovanni Trapattoni (AC Milan player 1963,
1969, Juventus coach 1985); and Johan Cruyff (AFC Ajax player
1971-73, FC Barcelona coach 1992).
His first club as a trainer was Reggina Calcio. In 1996 he
helped Reggina to Serie A promotion and was appointed as AC
Parma head coach. In 1999 he became the successor of Marcelo
Lippi at Juventus, but was remembered as an "almost-man",
because during his time in charge at the Turin based club, he
never won a single trophy. That all changed when he went to
Milan. With AC Milan he not only won the UEFA Champions League
in 2003 but also the Italian Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the
Italian title and the European super Cup. Carlo Ancelotti is
also credited for converting Italian superstar Andrea Pirlo into
a defensive playmaker. |
