Premier League - Carlo Ancelotti factbox

Eurosport - Mon, 01 Jun 10:33:00 2009

Factbox on Carlo Ancelotti who has been named as Chelsea manager after resigning from Milan on Sunday.

FOOTBALL Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti smokes a cigarette during the UEFA Cup match against Werder Bremen at San Siro. Ancelotti will be made to wait until after the last game of the season against Roma before his future is decided - 0

PLAYING AND EARLY MANAGEMENT CAREER

Born: 10 June, 1959 at Reggiolo, Italy

* A midfielder for Parma, Roma and Milan, Ancelotti plays 26 times for Italy including at the 1990 World Cup.

* Becomes coach of Serie B Reggiana in 1995 and a successful season heralds a move to Parma, where he achieves a second place finish in Serie A in his first campaign.

JUVE AND MILAN

* Moves to Juventus in 1999 but fails to match the success of previous boss Marcello Lippi and departs in 2001.

* Takes over from Fatih Terim at AC Milan in 2001. Wins two Champions Leagues and a Scudetto but they suffer a poor 2007/08 season, finishing fifth in Serie A and missing out on the Champions League.

* Milan back their boss, buying Ronaldinho and re-signing Andriy Shevchenko, but they start the 2008-09 season with inconsistent performances.

* States he would like to manage Italy in the future and says AS Roma is the only other Italian club he would coach before rampant media speculation he will join Chelsea.

* May 31, 2009, he announces he is leaving Milan after guiding them to third spot in Serie A.

* Signs a three-year contract as manager of Premier League club Chelsea a day later.

HONOURS AS COACH

Milan: 1 League title, 2 Champions Leagues, 2 UEFA Super Cups, 1 Italian Cup, 1 Italian Supercup, 1 World Club Cup.

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  1. potter your a tool get a life

    From onepowderly, on Mon 1 Jun 10:01PM

  2. give him till christmas and he be sacked

    From Chris, on Mon 1 Jun 5:57PM

  3. My advise is that Chelsea should give Anceloti time and­ other necessary assistance coupled with managerial­ support. Also, he should be given free-will to work and­ he should be given stability in order to achieve­ maximum success. I want all Abramovich as well as all­ Chelsea fans to please remember that it takes time get­ results they're yearning for...afterall, not every­ coach will be as fortunate as Guadiola of Barca!

    From etoo_dinho_messi, on Mon 1 Jun 5:45PM

  4. i think given the chance to get peoples trust he will­ get the players to play for him and with luck we should­ do better next season

    From markginny, on Mon 1 Jun 3:19PM

  5. Ancellotti is a great coach really. he has been a­ little unsuccesful these two years but thats mostly due­ to the fact that he could not keep a consistent­ starting eleven because of the innumereble injuries.­ Nesta, Borriello have been injured for the whole­ season, Gattuso & Pirlo missed almost 5 months,­ Kaka Seedord Janku Bonera Abbiati have missed a lot­ too, as well as Kaladze. and in addition he was given­ very little opportunity to sign big players, because of­ that tax system in italy. the players recieve only half­ of their wages in italy :D:D so you have to pay them­ much more, and so on.. Galliani has been great really.­ I hope they sign a good defender this year ; ) its a­ pity nesta was injured. he is the best defender in past­ 5-10 years in my opinion. well, anyway, FORZA MILAN!!

    From givargigure, on Mon 1 Jun 3:16PM

  6. i am milan fan for ever

    Ancellotti was in milan and­ they didnt give him enough money to buy players not­ like real madrid or liverpool or chealse or man united­ they spend €100m and dont win anything the point is­ Ancellotti still won the Champions League

    and dont­ forget hes one of there coach in the world to win­ Champions League as player and a coach

    good luck­ chealse

    From msagheir, on Mon 1 Jun 2:37PM

  7. only 1 title in 8 yrs? omg!!!!! i can see ancelotti is­ a great coach in europe bt ac milan lack of consistency­ in seria a. so i do think that chelsea will follow­ footsteps of liverpool where the reds has not won bpl­ for 19 years but has won 5 uefa champions league. lol­ he is given 100 million to spend so lucki when scolari­ in chelsea he only bring ricardo quaresma in chelsea on­ loan so sad.........

    From hiddink, on Mon 1 Jun 1:49PM

  8. Fergie got to Man U and it took him 5 years plus to win­ his first trophy and 23 years now with two champions­ league compared with one that has won the cup twice in­ eight years and gotten to the final more than fergie­ himself. why are you all this critics so dumb to­ realize that some coaches are far more better than­ others. what has wenger won in European football? where­ are coaches that are more better than ancelotti when­ talking about managing teams and stars without ego­ problem? you all should ask them at Real Madrid, Bayern­ Munich, juventus, why they go for coaches with­ pedigree, you have to make sacrifices to be able to­ achieve something great. Chelsea is doing that­ presently and sooner than later Abramovich will reap­ the gain of his investment by landing the holy grail of­ European football

    From lawalto, on Mon 1 Jun 1:17PM

  9. no 4 compared to mr benites who hasn't won the epl­ attall yet and never likely to either , sour grapes­ again i think , c u nxt season

    From handyandyisalways, on Mon 1 Jun 1:06PM

  10. Fergie got to Man U and it took him 5 years plus to win­ his first trophy and 23 years now with two champions­ league compared with one that has won the cup twice in­ eight years and gotten to the final more than fergie­ himself. why are you all this critics so dumb to­ realize that some coaches are far more better than­ others. what has wenger won in European football? where­ are coaches that are more better than ancelotti when­ talking about managing teams and stars without ego­ problem? you all should ask them at Real Madrid, Bayern­ Munich, juventus, why they go for coaches with­ pedigree, you have to make sacrifices to be able to­ achieve something great. Chelsea is doing that­ presently and sooner than later Abramovich will reap­ the gain of his investment by landing the holy grail of­ European football

    From lawalto, on Mon 1 Jun 1:01PM

  11. hes bougt for his champions league record, ,, its the­ trophy roman craves most and he as a manager with a lot­ of experience in winning it

    From Donal S, on Mon 1 Jun 11:59AM
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    I am a liverpool fan and have to be honest it is gonna­ be a big disappointment for chelsea. 8 years as Milan­ coach and only won 1 title with the players he had? I­ could have done better........... he will be nowhere­ near guus's record

    From fhotaj, on Mon 1 Jun 11:47AM

  13. Ancellotti knows very little English, but Abramovich­ has given him 100m to spend on players. most likely­ Zirkov, Villa, Ribery, Pirlo and Adebyor

    From Dylan, on Mon 1 Jun 11:35AM

  14. Please come and continue the good job of our dear­ Guus..... All the best Monsiuer Ancellotti.

    From Joshua, on Mon 1 Jun 11:00AM

  15. Anyone know about his ability in English? As in the­ language...

    From Azlan, on Mon 1 Jun 10:52AM
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