Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti

Personal information
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 Chelsea (manager)

Youth career
Parma

Senior career*
Years Club Apps (Gls)
1976–1979 Parma 055 (13)
1979–1987 Roma 171 (12)
1987–1992 Milan 112 (10)
Total 338 (35)

National team
1981–1991 Italy 026 0(1)

Teams managed
1995–1996 Reggiana
1996–1998 Parma
1999–2001 Juventus
2001–2009 Milan
2009– Chelsea

Playing career

As a player, "Carletto," as he was nicknamed, appeared 26 times for Italy, and participated in the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he was teammates with former club mate and former Italy coach Roberto Donadoni, former Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini and a young Paolo Maldini.
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. During this time, Milan played with one of their finest teams ever assembled in that decade, with Maldini, Franco Baresi, Mauro Tassotti and Alessandro Costacurta in defence, Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit and Roberto Donadoni in midfield and Marco van Basten in attack. 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 dismantling of Steaua Bucharest in the
final.


Coaching career

Ancelotti is one of only six coaches 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), former Milan teammate Frank Rijkaard (AC Milan player 1989, 1990, Ajax player 1995, FC Barcelona coach 2006) and Josep Guardiola (FC Barcelona player 1992, FC Barcelona coach 2009). He also ranks second in number of Milan matches coached with 413, trailing Nereo Rocco.Reggiana, Parma, and Juventus 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. 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.

AC MILAN

Ancelotti's fortunes 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 floundered 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 to Liverpool F.C. losing 3-2 on penalties after leading 3-0 at halftime. 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.

Chelsea

Ancelotti announced his resignation from Milan less than an hour following their 2-0 victory over ACF Fiorentina on May 31, 2009, after the club terminated his contract by mutual consent with one year remaining. The next day, he was confirmed as the new Chelsea manager after agreeing to a three-year, £9-million contract. Ancelotti, succeeding temporary replacement Guus Hiddink, became the club's fifth manager in 21 months, following Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari and Hiddink. He is the third Chelsea manager hailing from Italy, after Gianluca Vialli and Claudio Ranieri.On the 3rd July 2009, Ancelotti made his first outfield signing as manager of the club in the shape of promising English striker Daniel Sturridge.Ancelotti started his Chelsea career by a pre-season tour of the US, winning all three games, the second against former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho's Inter, the third against AC Milan his previous club.Ancelotti scooped his first trophy, the Community Shield, after beating Manchester United on penalties.

His first Premier League game in charge of the Blues ended in a 2-1 home victory over Hull City on the 15th August 2009.His second victory came away to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on the 19th August. They produced a blistering second half display after falling behind, Ballack, Lampard and Deco on the scoresheet.Ancelotti maintained his 100% start as Chelsea manager on Sunday 23 August 2009, with a 2-0 win over London neighbours Fulham at Craven CottageOn September 21 Ancelotti won his second London derby, and first at home, 3-0 against high flying Tottenham Hotspur. A.Cole, Ballack and Drogba netting the goals, Drogba with his 99th for Chelsea. On the 26th of September Chelsea lost their first game under the management of Carlo Ancelotti at the DW Stadium against Wigan Athletic, losing 3-1 after the sending off of Petr Cech. The game also marked Didier Drogba's 100th Chelsea goal.On October 4, Ancelotti won his first Premier League game against one of the Premier League's "Big Four." It was at the expense of Liverpool at Stamford Bridge where Nicolas Anelka netted in the 60th minute and substitute Florent Malouda scored a brace in stoppage time.


Honours

As a Player

Roma

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

Milan

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

As a Manager

Juventus

* Intertoto Cup: 1999

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

Chelsea

* FA Community Shield: 2009