Carlo Ancelotti (Reggiolo, Italy, 10 June1959) has been confirmed as Real Madrid’s coach for the upcoming season. Experience, success and reliability in each of the countries where he’s worked back the Italian coach, who lands in the Spanish capital after being voted the best coach of the season in France. Ancelotti, who just turned 54 this month, is a legend on the bench: he’s racked up close to 20 seasons as a coach and is the second active coach with the most European Cup matches. Few titles have stayed out of Ancelotti’s reach over the years: he’s won practically everything there is to win on an international level (2 Champions Leagues, 2 European Super Cups, 1 Club World Cup and 1 Intertoto Cup) and has won the league in the three different countries he’s coached (Italy, England and France). More than accustomed to leading some of the continents biggest teams (Juventus, Milan, Chelsea and PSG), Ancelotti is synonymous with an exciting new project for the club.
Born into a humble family (his parents were farmers), Carlo Ancelotti’s life is intrinsically linked to football. Trained in Parma’s youth squads, Ancelotti debuted in the top flight with this Italian side. He then transferred to Roma, where he won an Italian League and four Cups in his eight seasons in the capital before moving on to his moments of glory in Sacchi’s Milan. There he became a key fixture in the coach’s innovative system, winning two European Cups, two European Super Cups, to Intercontinental Cups, two Leagues and an Italian Super Cup. “I taught him how to move and he ended up thinking faster than anyone. He’s a perfect manager on the pitch”, said Arrigo Sacchi about his former player. Time has proven him right: Ancelotti hung up his boots in 1992, after five seasons with his last team and 26 matches with the Italian national team.
As a player Ancelotti never left his native country; as a coach he’d have the chance to work internationally, something that has enriched him both personally and professionally. He debuted as coach in the same town where he was born, taking over A.C. Reggiana in 1995/96 and successfully leading the team to Italy’s first division that same year. His feat didn’t go unnoticed and it didn’t take long for Italy’s heavyweights to start paying attention: he was signed by Parma a year later. Here he managed to secure the team the league’s runner-up spot and set the foundations of a team that would win the UEFA Cup in 1999. In 1999/2000 the manager took the reins of Juventus, where he coached Zidane. Yet his biggest coaching achievements would come in the same club where he shone as a player: Milan. Signed in 2001/02, Ancelotti headed the team for eight seasons, bringing the European crown back to Milan after nine years of drought and even managing to lead the team to two additional Champions’ League finals (he won the trophy again in 2006/07). His success in Milan didn’t stop there: he also won two European Super Cups, a Club World Cup, a League, a Cup, an Italian Super Cup and became one of the only six coaches in the world that have managed to win European’s biggest trophy as both a coach and a player (Miguel Munoz was the first).
Real’s new coach headed to England after his success in Italy, where he easily adapted to the completely different style of play. His success with Chelsea was immediate and he racked up a significant triplet in his first year: Community Shield, Premier League and a FA Cup. After another season with the British side the coach signed on with Shiekh Nassar Al-Khelaifi’s ambitious new project in PSG. Ancelotti now makes his way to Spain after being voted the best coach in France and with the League title under his belt after 19 seasons of drought for the French team. The name Ancelotti, then, is synonymous with an exciting new project for any club.
On the second-to-last page of his autobiography, Preferisco la Coppa, the Italian coach dedicates a few words to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. He thanks him in capital letters for his “chats with the good taste of older and simpler things”, and for always saying goodbye with the same phrase: “Carlo, you’ll be my coach someday”. That day has arrived.
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