According to “La Repubblica”, the federation agreed on a four-year contract with the 47-year-old specialist.
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One of Italy’s best footballers of all time, who became a world champion with the Italian national team in 2006, recently worked as the head coach of the “Dubai United” team in the United Arab Emirates.
The Italian, who ended his football career in 2017, was at the helm of the Turin “Juventus” team in 2020-2021, but after an unsuccessful season, he resigned and later coached more modest teams – Karagumruk “Fatih” (Turkey) and Genoa “Sampdoria” (Italy).
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The Italian national team missed its third consecutive FIFA World Cup this summer, and the country’s football federation was looking for a coach who could replace Gennaro Gattuso, who unsuccessfully led the team in the qualifiers for the world championship.
According to reports, the helm of the Italian national team was offered to perhaps the most famous Italian specialist Carlo Ancelotti and the Catalan Pep Guardiola, who left “Manchester City” after a decade, but these two specialists declined the invitations.
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