Gianluca Nani

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For the football player, see Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha.

Gianluca Nani is a Italian sporting and football technical director. On 17 March 2008 it was announced that he would take up this role for English Premier League team West Ham United.[1] He will join the club in June 2008 having signed a three year contract[2] and will have responsibility for the academy, scouting, transfers (with team manager Alan Curbishley) and for the training ground department.

He was born in Rome, Italy on 1 October 1962. Nani studied law and organised football tournaments in Spain[3] before working as Brescia Calcio's sporting director commencing in 1999. During this time he was credited with developing talents such as World Cup winners Andrea Pirlo and Luca Toni.[4] He was also involved in the arrival of 1993 World Player of the Year Roberto Baggio, who spent four years at the club.[4]

He speaks fluent English, Spanish, and French along with his native Italian.[5]

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  1. ^ Ginaluca Nani unveiled
  2. ^ Gianluca Nani to join West Ham from Brescia
  3. ^ Gianluca Nani named as West Ham director
  4. ^ a b "West Ham confirm Nani appointment", BBC Sport, 2008-03-17. Retrieved on 2008-05-06. 
  5. ^ "Gianluca Nani appointed West Ham technical director", The Times, 2008-03-17. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.