Fabio Capello

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Fabio Capello
Image:CapelloMadrid.JPG
Personal information
Date of birth	18 June 1946 (1946-06-18) (age 62)
Place of birth	Pieris, San Canzian d'Isonzo, Italy
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	England (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1964–1967 1967–1969 1969–1976 1976–1979	SPAL Roma Juventus AC Milan Total	049 0(3) 062 (11) 165 (27) 065 0(4) 341 (45)
National team
1972–1976	Italy	032 0(8)
Teams managed
1991–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1999–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–	AC Milan Real Madrid AC Milan Roma Juventus Real Madrid England
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Fabio Capello (born 18 June 1946 in Pieris, San Canzian d'Isonzo, Gorizia) is an Italian football manager and former professional player. He recently signed a contract to become the next manager of England effective 7 January 2008.^[1][2]

Regarded as one of the best coaches in professional football, Fabio Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every team he has managed throughout his career, with Milan, Real Madrid, Roma and Juventus. Capello is one of the few coaches to claim championship victories in four major European cities (Milan, Madrid, Rome and Turin). He has won a major league championship in seven of his 16 seasons as a coach and oversaw one of the most dominant UEFA Champions League victories of all-time.

At Real Madrid, he was criticized for not playing David Beckham and Ronaldo. After some initial criticism of his tactics and having spent much of the season in second place, he captured the La Liga title on the last day by pipping Barcelona on head to head results. In spite of his success after years of Madrid underachievement, Real Madrid's president, Ramón Calderón, fired him at the end of the 2007 season.

After being appointed England manager on 14 December 2007 Capello announced the role would be the last of his managerial career. Capello's contract with the Football Association comes into effect on 7 January 2008.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 2.1 Milan 2.2 Real Madrid - first spell 2.3 A.S. Roma 2.4 Juventus 2.5 Real Madrid - second spell 2.6 England 3 Achievements 3.1 Player 3.2 Coach 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Capello, a midfielder, first played for SPAL, making his debut in 1964. Three seasons later he moved to Roma, where he won his first trophy, the Italian Cup. Then he was sold to Juventus, where he was a mainstay in the 1970s. He also played for Italy; he is particularly remembered for a goal with which Italy beat England at Wembley for the first time in its history. Capello ended his career as player with AC Milan in 1980.

[edit] Managerial career

[edit] Milan

Capello made his name as coach in the early 1990s at Milan, leading a team including the likes of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi to four Serie A titles in five years with a team nicknamed "the invincibles". Under Capello, Milan remained unbeaten for 58 league games between 19 May 1991 and 21 March 1993, which included an entire season where they were unbeaten in the league. They were finally defeated 1–0 by Parma after a goal from Faustino Asprilla.

With a style that spurned the traditional Italian stereotype of catenaccio, in 1994 Milan routed FC Barcelona 4–0 to win the UEFA Champions League. Although AC Milan surrendered the Serie A title in 1995 - finishing a disappointing fourth - Capello signed off from his six-year stint with the Rossoneri by regaining the league championship the following year.

[edit] Real Madrid - first spell

He had a single season in charge of Real Madrid, guiding the club to the Spanish league title, before returning to Milan for a brief and less successful spell.

[edit] A.S. Roma

He moved to Roma in 1999, winning the 2001 Scudetto. That was Roma's first major honour in a decade. However, his relationship with fans was soured when he was involved in a feud with popular Roma captain Francesco Totti. The final years of his tenure were also marred by accusations that he engineered the departure of several key players to sabotage the club,^{[citation needed]} which led to the team plummeting near the bottom of Serie A and almost being relegated. To this day Capello is reviled by Roma fans.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Juventus

Capello left debt-ridden Roma to sign with Juventus, where he had played as a midfielder. Juventus won the 2004–05 and 2005–06 'Scudetto' under Capello's leadership, but were later stripped of their trophies due to involvement in the Italian match-fixing scandal, although there is no indication whatsoever that Capello was involved.

In July 2006, with Juventus in the midst of the aforementioned match-fixing scandal, Capello resigned as Juventus manager. Press reports strongly linked him with a move back to Real Madrid; new club president Ramón Calderón had publicly stated his hope that Capello would return for a second stint at the club and on 5 July 2006, the official Real Madrid website announced Capello's appointment.^[3]

Capello was criticized by Juventus captain Alessandro del Piero, as Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson also left for Real Madrid, with some believing that Capello had privately persuaded the players to follow him.

[edit] Real Madrid - second spell

Capello arrived at a Real Madrid side suffering one of the longest spells without a trophy in their history. He quickly drew the disdain of Real's ardent supporters because of his defensive playing style. In interviews, Capello attacked those critics by saying that the beauty of attacking plays are old. He said that results are much more important than playing beautifully. He also added that "those days are over".

At Real Madrid, Capello had several high-profile falling outs. He was criticized for not playing David Beckham because of his contract wranglings and Ronaldo, who struggled for fitness and form. Capello also feuded with his compatriot Antonio Cassano; the two had previously had disputes at Roma. Capello had not played Cassano for over a month at Real Madrid and the young striker reportedly shouted out at him "Have you got no shame? I fought for you in Rome and this is how you repay me". This led to the young Italian being suspended by the club.

In January, Real were again eliminated early from the Champions League and were mired in fourth place in the league, six points behind Barcelona. On 20 February 2007 Real Madrid were forced to deny rumours that Capello would be leaving after that day's match.

Despite the unrest, Capello recalled Beckham, although Beckham only featured in a handful of games due to injuries. A string of successful results in the latter half of the season took Madrid to the top of the table, while Barcelona's results became inconsistent. Real Madrid won their 30th league title on the final day of the season by beating RCD Mallorca 3–1 at home. The victory was achieved after Capello substituted Beckham and brought on Jose Antonio Reyes. Real had been 1–0 down prior to the substitution and Reyes turned the match scoring two goals. They controversially pipped Barcelona on head-to-head results despite a vastly inferior goal difference to the Catalan side. Despite winning La Liga, Capello was sacked on 28 June 2007 due to Madrid's pragmatic style of play at a club with recent memories of the individualistic and free-flowing, but ultimately unsuccessful, 'Galáctico' era.^[4]

[edit] England

After the dismissal of Steve McClaren, Capello was linked, together with several other top-class managers such as José Mourinho and Marcello Lippi, to the England national team position; he then admitted that he was interested in the job.^[5]

After José Mourinho ruled himself out as a potential candidate for the position, the media immediately labelled Capello as the new favourite. Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and Rafa Benitez then voiced their support for Capello and the news that Capello had backed out of long-held TV commitments with Italian state broadcaster RAI further confirmed Capello as the favourite to be England boss. It was initially mentioned that Capello's poor English skills might rule him out of the position, but the Football Association stated that this was not so. He was formally appointed as England manager on 14 December 2007,^[6] and will commence his day-to-day role on 7 January 2008, on a four and a half year deal. It is estimated that that his annual pay is £6million.^[1] After being confirmed in the job he announced it would be his last in football.^[7] Capello announced on the day of his unveiling that it was a dream come true to manage the England national team and that he hopes to learn the English language in the next month prior to his first official meeting with the players.^[8]

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Player

• Scudetto: 1971/72, 1972/73, 1974/75 (Juventus); 1978/79 (Milan)
• Runner-up: 1973/74, 1974/75 (Juventus)
• Coppa Italia: 1968/69 (Roma); 1976/77 (Milan)
• Runner-up: 1972/73 (Juventus)
• European Cup Runner-up: 1972/73
• Anglo-Italian League Cup Runner-up: 1969

[edit] Coach

Italy:

• Scudetto: 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96 (Milan); 2000/01 (Roma)
• Runner-up: 2001/02, 2003/04 (Roma), [2004/05, 2005/06 (Juventus) later removed]
• UEFA Champions League: 1994 (Milan 4–0 Barcelona)
• Runner-up: 1993 (Marseille 1–0 Milan) 1995 (Ajax 1–0 Milan)
• European Super Cup: 1994 (Milan 2–0 Arsenal)
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1992, 1993, 1994 (Milan); 2001 (Roma)
• Runner-up: 2005 (Juventus)
• Coppa Italia Runner-up: 1997/98 (Milan); 2002/03 (Roma)

Spain:

• La Liga: 1996/97; 2006/07 (Real Madrid)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Fabio Capello
• Fabio Capello management career stats at Soccerbase
• BBC profile
• Fab choice for England?
• Fabio Capello FA profile

Preceded by Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Raymond Goethals

UEFA Champions League Winning Coach 1993-94

Succeeded by Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Louis van Gaal

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