Marcello Lippi

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Marcello Lippi

Full name	Marcello Romeo Lippi
Date of birth	April 11, 1948 (1948-04-11) (age 61)
Place of birth	Viareggio, Italy
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Youth clubs
1963–1969	Stella Rossa Viareggio
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969 1969–1970 1970–1980 1980–1982	Sampdoria Savona Sampdoria Pistoiese Total	000 0(0) 021 0(2) 274 0(5) 059 0(1) 354 0(8)
National team²
	Italy U–23	002 0(0)
Teams managed
1982–1985 1985–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1991 1991–1992 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1999 1999–2000 2001–2004 2004–2006 2008–	Sampdoria (youth team) Pontedera Siena Pistoiese Carrarese Cesena Lucchese Atalanta Napoli Juventus Inter Milan Juventus Italy Italy
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 13, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of October 13, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Marcello Romeo Lippi, Commendatore OMRI, (born April 12, 1948) is an Italian World Cup-winning football manager and former player.

Born in Viareggio, in northern Tuscany, he served as Italian national team head coach from July 16, 2004 to July 12, 2006 and led Italy to win the FIFA World Cup 2006. He resigned from this position following his victory after dismissing widespread calls for him to remain in the position by saying "I believe that I have achieved what I set out to achieve as the coach of the Italian team".^[1]^[2] He was re-appointed as Italian head coach in the summer of 2008 after the team's failure to advance past the quarterfinals of Euro 2008.^[3]

1 Career
2 Honours
3 References

Career

Playing career

In a professional career as a midfielder that started in 1969, Lippi spent most of his playing years with Sampdoria, where he played consecutively from 1969 to 1980, except for a year loan at Serie C side Savona. In 1980 he joined Pistoiese, being part of the arancioni 's only Serie A campaign in history.

Coaching career

Lippi retired from active football in 1982, at the age of 34, to pursue a coaching career. Despite never having played for Italy at senior level, Lippi gained a wealth of experience over the years playing in his country’s top flight as a central defender for Sampdoria. His rise to the top of the managerial tree also began at the Genoese club where he started as a youth-team coach. After various stints in Italy's lower divisions, became a head coach in Serie A in 1989 with Cesena. Lippi then moved on to Lucchese and Atalanta. The turning point for Lippi came in the 1993–94 season when he led Napoli to a place in the UEFA Cup. The achievement was all the more remarkable given the financial turmoil of a club still basking in the past triumphs inspired by Diego Maradona.

Lippi was now a managerial target for the top clubs with Juventus winning the race to secure his services. He won the Serie A title in his first season with a team that included Gianluca Vialli and Ciro Ferrara, a player he had coached at Napoli and who later acted as his assistant with the Azzurri. The trophies began to flow thick and fast, including the UEFA Champions League in 1996.

After five highly successful seasons at Juventus, Lippi moved to Internazionale in 1999, but was sacked after the first 2000–01 matchday after having faced a lot of criticism due to his poor results in his previous season with the Nerazzurri. He was then again appointed as coach of Juventus for the 2001–02 season and managed to win two other scudetti, also leading the bianconeri to the finals of UEFA Champions League in 2003 held at Old Trafford. Juventus lost to AC Milan in a penalty shootout after both the teams failed to score during the normal time and extra time.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi was something of an exception at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Unlike most of his counterparts, the Tuscan-born coach had only ever worked in his country of birth.

Lippi is not bound by a rigid tactical approach. He earns the respect of his players thanks to this flexibility as well as his own personal charisma and sincerity.

Italy national team

Lippi was appointed at the helm of the Italian national team on July 2004, following a disappointing Euro 2004 campaign by Giovanni Trapattoni. The Azzurri secured their passage to the FIFA World Cup finals with relative ease and subsequent victories such as the 3–1 victory over the Netherlands and a 4–1 win over Germany in friendly matches, which raised expectations considerably. Explosion of the 2006 Serie A scandal (Calciopoli) during the late weeks of the 2005–06 season however lowered such expectations and raised criticism towards the whole Italian football people, including Lippi, blamed because of his long-standing ties and previous history with Juventus. In any case, Lippi opted to ignore such critics and instead looked to consolidate the team spirit.

In the FIFA World Cup 2006 Marcello Lippi led Italy all the way to the final, where they beat France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw.

After winning the World Cup Lippi stated that this was his "most satisfying moment as a coach", even after winning the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Champions League with Juventus.^[4]

His 2006 victory was praised as reminiscent of FIFA World Cup 1982's triumph, as coach Enzo Bearzot then faced a great deal of criticism as well, including a matchfixing scandal (Totonero) which involved Paolo Rossi, who later became the World Cup topscorer and was called-up despite media opposition due to his Totonero involvement.

Three days after the final, Lippi did not renew his expiring contract with the Italian Football Federation, therefore he retired and declared his desire for a sabbatical, and left his office as the coach of the Italian national team. He was succeeded by Roberto Donadoni.^[5]

Second spell with Italy

Lippi later denied interest in managing Mexico and allegedly refused to replace Didier Deschamps at Juventus. He turned down a high-profile offer from English club Birmingham City in 2007.^[6]

He was re-appointed as coach for the Italian national team on June 26, 2008 after the sacking of Donadoni because of the Azzuri's disappointing performance in Euro 2008.^[3]

Honours

Club

Juventus

Italian League Championships (5)

1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003

Runners up: 1996

Coppa Italia (1)

1995

Runner-up (2): 2002, 2004

Supercoppa Italiana (4)

1995, 1997, 2002, 2003

Runner-up (1): 1998

UEFA Champions League (1)

1996

Runner-up (3):1997, 1998, 2003

European Supercup (1)

1996

Intercontinental Cup (1)

1996

UEFA Cup

Runner-up (1): 1995

Inter Milan

Coppa Italia

Runner up: 2000

International

Italy national team

FIFA World Cup (1)

2006

Personal

Serie A Coach of the Year: 1997, 1998, 2003
IFFHS The World's best National Coach: 2006
IFFHS The World's best Club Coach: 1996, 1998
Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 2007

References

↑ "Lippi resigns as Italy head coach". BBC Sport (2006-07-12). Retrieved on 2008-08-09.
↑ "Reports: Lippi agrees Azzurri deal". Channel4.com (2006-07-26). Retrieved on 2008-08-09.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Lippi re-appointed as Italy coach". BBC Sport (2008-06-26). Retrieved on 2008-08-09.
↑ "My most satisfying moment - Lippi". Tiscali News (2006-07-10). Retrieved on 2008-08-09.
↑ "Nazionale, scelto l'erede di Lippi Donadoni è il nuovo ct degli azzurri" (in Italian). La Repubblica Sport (2006-07-13). Retrieved on 2008-08-09.
↑ Lippi turns down Birmingham job

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Louis van Gaal	UEFA Champions League Winning Coach 1995–96	Succeeded by Ottmar Hitzfeld
Preceded by Luiz Felipe Scolari	FIFA World Cup winning manager 2006	Most recent
Sporting positions
Preceded by Giovanni Trapattoni	Italy national football team manager 2004–2006	Succeeded by Roberto Donadoni
Preceded by Roberto Donadoni	Italy national football team manager 2008-	Succeeded by incumbent

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Italy squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Winners (4th Title)

1 Buffon • 2 Zaccardo • 3 Grosso • 4 De Rossi • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Barzagli • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Toni • 10 Totti • 11 Gilardino • 12 Peruzzi • 13 Nesta • 14 Amelia • 15 Iaquinta • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Barone • 18 Inzaghi • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Oddo • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Lippi

Italy national football team – Managers

Technical commission (1910–12) • Pozzo (1912) • Technical commission (1912–24) • Pozzo (1924) • Technical commission (1924–25) • Rangone (1925–28) • Carcano (1928–29) • Pozzo (1929–48) • Novo (as Technical Commission Chairman) (1949–50) • Technical commission (1951) • Beretta (1952–53) • Technical commission (1953) • Czeizler (as Technical Commission Chairman) (1954) • Technical commission (1954–59) • Viani (1960) • Ferrari (1960–61) • Ferrari and Mazza (1962) • Fabbri (1962–66) • Herrera and Valcareggi (1966–67) • Valcareggi (1967–74) • Bernardini (1974–75) • Bearzot (1975–1986) • Vicini (1986–91) • Sacchi (1991–96) • Maldini (1996–98) • Zoff (1998–2000) • Trapattoni (2000–04) • Lippi (2004–06) • Donadoni (2006–08) • Lippi (2008–)

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) •

Atalanta B.C. – Managers

Cevenini (1929–30) • Viola (1930–33) • Payer (1933) • Mattea (1933–35) • Payer (1935–36) • Barbieri (1936–38) • Kertész (1938–39) • Fiorentini (1939–41) • Nehadoma (1941–46) • Meazza (1946) • Monti (1946) • Fiorentini (1946–49) • Carcano (1949) • Varglien (1949–51) • Neville (1951–52) • Ceresoli (1952) • Ferrero (1952–54) • Simonetti (1954) • Bonizzoni (1954–57) • Rigotti (1957–58) • Bonomi (1958) • Adamek (1958–59) • Valcareggi (1959–62) • Tabanelli (1962–63) • Quario (1963–64) • Ceresoli (1964) • Puricelli (1965–66) • Angeleri (1966–67) • Tabanelli (1967–68) • Angeleri (1968–69) • Moro (1969) • Ceresoli (1969) • Viciani (1969–70) • Gei (1970) • Rota (1970) • Corsini (1970–74) • Herrera (1974–75) • Piccioli (1975) • Cadè (1975–76) • Leoncini (1976) • Rota (1976–80) • Bolchi (1980–81) • Corsini (1981) • Bianchi (1981–83) • Sonetti (1983–87) • Mondonico (1987–90) • Frosio (1990–91) • Giorgi (1991–92) • Lippi (1992–93) • Guidolin (1993) • Prandelli (1993–94) • Mondonico (1994–98) • Mutti (1998–99) • Vavassori (1999–2003) • Finardi (2003) • Mandorlini (2003–05) • Rossi (2005) • Colantuono (2005–07) • Del Neri (2007–)

S.S.C. Napoli – Managers

Kreutzer (1926–27) • Skasa (1927) • Steiger (1927–28) • Otto Fischer (1928–29) • Garbutt (1929–35) • Csapkay (1935–36) • Mattea (1936–38) • Payer (1938) • Jodice (1938–39) • Baloncieri (1939–40) • Vojak (1940–43) • Innocenti (1943) • Sansone (1945–46) • Sallustro (1947–48) • Sentimenti (1948) • Borel (1948–49) • Mattioli (1949) • Vittorio Mosele (1949) • Monzeglio (1949–56) • Amadei (1956–59) • Frossi (1959) • Amadei (1959–61) • Sallustro (1961) • Baldi (1961–62) • Pesaola (1962–63) • Lerici (1963–64) • Molino (1964) • Pesaola (1964–68) • Chiappella (1968–69) • Di Costanzo (1969) • Chiappella (1969–73) • Vinicio (1973–76) • Del Frati (1976) • Pesaola (1976) • Rivellino (1977) • Di Marzio (1977) • Vinício (1978) • Sormani (1980) • Marchesi (1980–82) • Giacomini (1982) • Pesaola (1982–83) • Santi (1983–84) • Marchesi (1984–85) • Bianchi (1985–89) • Bigon (1989–91) • Ranieri (1991–93) • Bianchi (1993) • Lippi (1993–94) • Guerini (1994) • Boškov (1994–96) • Simoni (1996–97) • Montefusco (1997) • Mutti (1997) • Mazzone (1997) • Galeone (1997–98) • Montefusco (1998) • Ulivieri (1998–99) • Montefusco (1999) • Novellino (1999–2000) • Zeman (2000) • Mondonico (2000–01) • De Canio (2001–02) • Colomba (2002) • Buso (2002) • Scoglio (2002–03) • Colomba (2003) • Agostinelli (2003) • Simoni (2003–04) • Ventura (2004) • Reja (2005–)

F.C. Internazionale Milano – Managers

Fossati (1909–20) • Resegotti (1920–22) • Spotiswood (1922–24) • Schiedler (1924–26) • Weisz (1926–28) • Viola (1928–29) • Weisz (1929–31) • Tóth (1931–32) • Garbutt (1932–34) • Feldmann (1934–36) • Carraro (1936) • Castellazzi (1936–38) • Cargnelli (1938–40) • Peruchetti (1940) • Zamberletti (1941) • Fiorentini (1941–42) • Ferrari (1942–45) • Carcano (1945–46) • Nutrizio (1946) • Meazza (1947–48) • Carcano (1948) • Astley (1948) • Cappelli (1949–50) • Olivieri (1950–52) • Foni (1952–1955) • Campatelli (1955) • Meazza (1955–56) • Frossi (1956) • Ferrero (1957) • Meazza (1957) • Carver (1957–58) • Bigogno (1958) • Campatelli (1959–60) • Achilli (1960) • Cappelli (1960) • Herrera (1960–68) • Foni (1968–69) • Herrera (1969–71) • Invernizzi (1971–73) • Masiero (1973) • Herrera (1973) • Masiero (1974) • Luis Suárez (1974–75) • Chiappella (1976–77) • Bersellini (1977–82) • Marchesi (1982–83) • Radice (1983–84) • Castagner (1984–86) • Corso (1986) • Trapattoni (1986–91) • Orrico (1991) • Luis Suárez (1992) • Bagnoli (1992–1994) • Marini (1994) • Bianchi (1994–95) • Luis Suárez (1995) • Hodgson (1995–97) • Castellini (1997) • Simoni (1997–98) • Lucescu (1998–99) • Castellini (1999) • Hodgson (1999) • Lippi (1999–2001) • Tardelli (2001) • Cúper (2001–03) • Verdelli (2003) • Zaccheroni (2003–04) • Mancini (2004–08) • Mourinho (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–)