Carlo Ancelotti (born 10 June 1959) is an
Italian football manager. From June 2009 Ancelotti managed English
Premier League club
Chelsea.
Nicknamed
Carletto, Ancelotti played as a midfielder and had a successful career with
Roma – captaining the team – with whom he won one
Scudetto and 4
Coppa Italia and was part of the legendary late 80's
Milan team, with whom he won two Scudetti and two
European Cup in a five-year period. He was capped 26 times and scored one goal for the
Italian national team and appeared at the
1986 and
1990 World Cups.
After spells as manager of
Reggiana,
Parma and
Juventus, Carlo Ancelotti was appointed Milan manager in 2001. He won the Scudetto in
2004, the Champions League in
2003 and
2007 and the
Coppa Italia in 2003. They were also Serie A and Champions League runner-ups in 2005. He is one of six men to have won the European Cup as player and manager. In May 2009 he was appointed
Chelsea manager and in his first season led them to a historic
Premier League and
FA Cup Double. He became only the second non-British manager to win the double, the other being
Arsène Wenger. After an uneven
Premier League season in which Chelsea failed to retain the title, Ancelotti was dismissed as Chelsea manager in May 2011.
Club career
Carlo Ancelotti began his career in 1974 with
Parma. In 1979, he transferred to
Roma, as captain and midfielder, where he won the Italian championship in 1983, the Coppa Italia four times and helped Roma to reach the European Cup...
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