Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti
Personal information
Full name	Carlo Ancelotti
Date of birth	June 10, 1959 (1959-06-10) (age 50)
Place of birth	Reggiolo, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Milan (manager)
Youth clubs
	Parma
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1976–1979 1979–1987 1987–1992	Parma Roma Milan Total	055 0(13) 171 0(12) 112 0(10) 338 0(35)
National team
1981–1991	Italy	026 00(1)[1]
Teams managed
1995–1996 1996–1999 1999–2001 2001–	Reggiana Parma Juventus Milan
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Carlo Ancelotti (born June 10, 1959 in Reggiolo) is a former footballer and the current manager of Italian Serie A side AC Milan. He is the longest-tenured manager in Serie A, having been with Milan since November 2001. With numerous titles, notably two Champions League trophies and the prestigious Scudetto, won under his reign, he is arguably one of the most successful Rossoneri coaches of all time.

In 2003 he became the fourth person to have won the European Cup/Champions League as a coach having previously won the trophy as a player. The three people who had done this are prior to Ancelotti were Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, and Johan Cruijff. With Frank Rijkaard becoming the fifth member of this club in 2006. With his second Champions League trophy in 2007, he became the second manager to have won the tournament twice, Vicente del Bosque being the first.^[2]

Playing career

As a player, "Carletto," as he was nicknamed, appeared 26 times for Italy, and played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he was a teammate of former Internazionale coach Roberto Mancini.

He started his club career in 1976 with Parma A.C.. In 1979, he transferred to AS Roma, as captain and midfielder, where he won the Italian championship (1983) and 4 times the Italian Cup. From 1987 until 1992 he played for A.C. Milan, and was part of the Milan squad that won consecutive European Cups in 1989 and 1990. His finest moment with Milan was when he received a pass from Ruud Gullit, dribbled around two Madrid players, and netted a powerful long-range shot during the Rossoneri's 5-0 thrashing of Real Madrid in the 1989 European Cup semifinals. He went on to play all 90 minutes in Milan's 4-0 defeat of Steaua Bucharest in the final.

Coaching career

Ancelotti's first coaching job was with Serie B squad A.C. Reggiana 1919 in 1995. In his only year with the club, Reggiana earned promotion to Serie A. Ancelotti then returned to Parma - which included upstart goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and current Milan goalkeeping trainer Villiam Vecchi - in 1996, and won the 1998-99 UEFA Cup. He became the successor of Marcello Lippi at Juventus the next season, but went trophyless during his two-year stint, finishing runner-up twice in Serie A. That all changed when he went to AC Milan in 2001 as a replacement for the fired Fatih Terim.

He was inheriting another recently trophyless team in Milan, as the Rossoneri had foundered domestically and in Europe since their last Scudetto victory in 1999. In his first full season, Ancelotti soon had Milan back in European competition, leading them to the semi-finals of the 2001-02 UEFA Cup, in which Milan finished third. The following season, Ancelotti, who was heavily criticized by club president Silvio Berlusconi due to his defensive tactics, was able to adopt a creative play in Milan while making several roster changes. He made Dida, still maligned for his 2000 Champions League howler against Leeds United, his new starting goalkeeper barely a month into the 2002-03 campaign, while converting budding attacking midfielder Andrea Pirlo to a defensive playmaker and playing him behind Manuel Rui Costa. At the same time, the striking partners of Filippo Inzaghi and Andriy Shevchenko were dominant and dynamic. Milan won the Champions League, beating Ancelotti's old team, Juventus, 3-2 on penalties at Old Trafford, and the Coppa Italia and took home the Scudetto in 2004.

Under Ancelotti's reign, Milan were also back-to-back Serie A runners-up to Juventus in 2004-05 and 05-06 (both Scudetti were later wiped from the record books due to Juventus' involvement in the Calciopoli scandal), and lost the 2005 CL final in horrific fashion to Liverpool F.C., in which Milan lost 3-2 on penalties after blowing a 3-0 halftime lead. Two years later, though, Milan avenged their defeat to Liverpool with a 2-1 win at the Olympic Stadium in Athens on May 23, 2007, leading to Ancelotti's second Champions League trophy as Milan coach and his fourth title overall, having also won it twice as a Milan player in 1989 and 1990. On May 30, Ancelotti signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at Milan until 2010.

Ancelotti is only the fifth coach to win the Champions League as both a player and a coach, along with Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid player 1956, 1957, Real Madrid coach 1960, 1966); Giovanni Trapattoni (AC Milan player 1963, 1969, Juventus coach 1985); Johan Cruyff (AFC Ajax player 1971-73, FC Barcelona coach 1992) and former Milan teammate Frank Rijkaard (AC Milan player 1989, 1990, Ajax player 1995, FC Barcelona coach 2006). He also ranks second in number of Milan matches coached with 322, trailing Nereo Rocco (459).

Personal life

His son, Davide, signed a professional contract with A.S.D.C. Borgomanero in June 2008.

Statistics

Player

Manager

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Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Reggiana		1995	1996
Parma		1996	1999
Juventus		1999	2001	114	63	33	18	55.26
A.C. Milan		6 November 2001	Present	385	221	74	90	57.4

Honours

As player

A.S. Roma

• Coppa Italia: 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86
• Serie A: 1982-83

A.C. Milan

• Serie A: 1987-88, 1991-92
• Italian Supercup: 1988
• European Clubs' Cup: 1988-89, 1989-90
• UEFA Super Cup: 1989, 1990
• Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990

As manager

Juventus F.C.

• Intertoto Cup: 1999

A.C. Milan

• Coppa Italia: 2002-03
• Serie A: 2003-04
• Italian Supercup: 2004
• UEFA Champions League: 2002-03, 2006-07
• UEFA Super Cup: 2003, 2007
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2007

Individual

• Serie A Coach of the Year: 2001, 2004
• ESM European Coach of the Year: 2007

Orders

5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana:^[5] 1991

References

External links

• Carlo Ancelotti management career stats at Soccerbase
• Carlo Ancelotti at National Football Teams

Carlo Ancelotti - Navigation boxes and awards Serie A Coach of the Year – Managers Lippi (1997) • Lippi (1998) • Zaccheroni (1999) • Eriksson (2000) • Ancelotti (2001) • Del Neri (2002) • Lippi (2003) • Ancelotti (2004) • Capello (2005) • Spalletti (2006) • Spalletti (2007) • Italy squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Galli • 2 Bergomi • 3 Cabrini • 4 Collovati • 5 Nela • 6 Scirea • 7 Tricella • 8 Vierchowod • 9 Ancelotti • 10 Bagni • 11 Baresi • 12 Tancredi • 13 De Napoli • 14 Di Gennaro • 15 Tardelli • 16 Conti • 17 Vialli • 18 Altobelli • 19 Galderisi • 20 Rossi • 21 Serena • 22 Zenga • Coach: Bearzot Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1988 semi-finalists 1 Zenga • 2 Baresi • 3 Bergomi • 4 Cravero • 5 Ferrara • 6 Ferri • 7 Francini • 8 Maldini • 9 Ancelotti • 10 De Agostini • 11 De Napoli • 12 Tacconi • 13 Fusi • 14 Giannini • 15 Romano • 16 Altobelli • 17 Donadoni • 18 Mancini • 19 Rizzitelli • 20 Vialli • Coach: Vicini Italy squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Zenga • 2 Baresi • 3 Bergomi • 4 De Agostini • 5 Ferrara • 6 Ferri • 7 Maldini • 8 Vierchowod • 9 Ancelotti • 10 Berti • 11 De Napoli • 12 Tacconi • 13 Giannini • 14 Marocchi • 15 Baggio • 16 Carnevale • 17 Donadoni • 18 Mancini • 19 Schillaci • 20 Serena • 21 Vialli • 22 Pagliuca • Coach: Vicini Parma F.C. – Managers Sacchi (1985–87) • Zeman (1987) • Vitali (1987–89) • Scala (1989–96) • Ancelotti (1996–98) • Malesani (1998–01) • Sacchi (2001) • Ulivieri (2001) • Passarella (2001) • Carmignani (2001–02) • Prandelli (2002–04) • Baldini (2004) • Carmignani (2004–05) • Beretta (2005–06) • Pioli (2006–07) • Ranieri (2007) • Di Carlo (2007–08) • Cúper (2008) • Manzo (2008) • Cagni (2008) • Guidolin (2008–) Juventus F.C. – Managers Károly (1923–26) • Viola (1927–29) • Aitken (1929–30) • Carcano (1930–35) • Bigatto (1935) • Rosetta (1935–38) • Caligaris (1938–40) • Munerati (1940–42) • Borel (1942–46) • Cesarini (1946–47) • Chalmers (1948–49) • Carver (1949–51) • Bertolini (1951) • Sárosi (1951–53) • Olivieri (1953–55) • Puppo (1955–57) • Broćić (1957–59) • Depetrini (1959) • Cesarini (1959–61) • Parola (1961) • Gren (1961) • Parola (1961–62) • Amaral (1962–64) • Monzeglio (1964) • Herrera (1964–69) • Carniglia (1969–70) • Rabitti (1970) • Picchi (1970–71) • Vycpálek (1971–74) • Parola (1974–76) • Trapattoni (1976–86) • Marchesi (1986–88) • Zoff (1988–90) • Maifredi (1990–91) • Trapattoni (1991–94) • Lippi (1994–99) • Ancelotti (1999–2001) • Lippi (2001–04) • Capello (2004–06) • Deschamps (2006–07) • Corradini (2007) • Ranieri (2007–) A.C. Milan – Managers Kilpin (1900–06) • Angeloni (1906–07) • Technical commission (1907–10) • Camperio (1910–11) • Technical commission (1911–14) • Moda (1915–22) • Oppenheim (1922–24) • Pozzo (1924–26) • Moda (1926) • Burgess (1926–28) • König (1928–31) • Bánás (1931–33) • Viola (1933–34) • Baloncieri (1934–37) • Garbutt (1937) • Felsner (1937–38) • Viola (1938–40) • Ara (1940–41) • Magnozzi (1941–43) • Santagostino (1943–45) • Baloncieri (1946) • Bigogno (1946–49) • Czeizler (1949–52) • Gren (1952) • Sperone (1952–53) • Guttmann (1953–54) • Busini (1954) • Puricelli (1954–56) • Viani (1957–60) • Todeschini (1960–61) • Rocco (1961–63) • Carniglia (1963–64) • Liedholm (1963–66) • Cattozzo (1966) • Silvestri (1966–67) • Rocco (1966–73) • Maldini (1973–74) • Trapattoni (1974) • Giagnoni (1974–75) • Rocco (1975) • Barison (1975–76) • Trapattoni (1976) • Marchioro (1976–77) • Rocco (1977) • Liedholm (1977–79) • Giacomini (1979–81) • Galbiati (1981) • Radice (1981–82) • Galbiati (1982) • Zagatti (1982) • Castagner (1982–84) • Galbiati (1984) • Liedholm (1984–87) • Capello (1987) • Sacchi (1987–91) • Capello (1991–96) • Tabárez (1996) • Morini (1996–97) • Sacchi (1997) • Capello (1997–98) • Zaccheroni (1998–2001) • Maldini (2001) • Terim (2001) • Ancelotti (2001–) Sporting positions Preceded by Agostino Di Bartolomei AS Roma Captain 1984-1987 Succeeded by Giuseppe Giannini Awards and achievements Preceded by Sven-Göran Eriksson Serie A Coach of the Year 2000-01 Succeeded by Luigi Del Neri Preceded by Pietro Carmignani Coppa Italia Winning Coach 2002-03 Succeeded by Roberto Mancini Preceded by Marcelo Lippi Serie A Coach of the Year 2003-04 Succeeded by Fabio Capello Preceded by Marcello Lippi Supercoppa Italiana Winning Coach 2004 Succeeded by Roberto Mancini Preceded by Vicente Del Bosque UEFA Champions League Winning Coach 2002-03 Succeeded by José Mourinho Preceded by Frank Rijkaard UEFA Champions League Winning Coach 2006-07 Succeeded by Sir Alex Ferguson Preceded by Vicente Del Bosque UEFA Super Cup Winning Coach 2003 Succeeded by Claudio Ranieri Preceded by Juande Ramos UEFA Super Cup Winning Coach 2007 Succeeded by Dick Advocaat Preceded by Abel Braga FIFA Club World Cup Winning Coach 2007 Succeeded by Incumbent