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Fabio Capello ([ˈfaːbjo kaˈpɛllo, -ˈpel-]; born 18 June 1946) is an Italian former professional football manager and player. As a player, Capello represented SPAL, Roma, AC Milan and Juventus. He played as a midfielder and won several trophies during his career which lasted over 15 years. He won the Coppa Italia with Roma in 1969, though he was most successful with Juventus, winning three Serie A titles in 1972, 1973 and 1975. With Milan, he won the Coppa Italia again in 1977 and also won another Serie A in 1979. Capello also played internationally for Italy during his career, amassing 32 caps and scoring 8 goals. In his first five seasons as a manager, Capello won four Serie A titles with Milan, where he also won the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, defeating Barcelona 4–0 in a memorable final. He then spent a year at Real Madrid, where he won the La Liga title at his first attempt, and in 2001 led Roma to their first league title in 18 years. Capello also won two titles at Juventus (which were later stripped after the Calciopoli scandal), and in 2006 returned to Real Madrid, where he won another La Liga title. Overall, he has won a major league championship in seven (or nine, counting the two revoked titles with Juventus) of his 16 seasons as a coach. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time. Capello was appointed as manager of the England national team in December 2007. During his time as manager, he was successful in tournament qualification, guiding the team to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where they were knocked out in the second round, and UEFA Euro 2012, where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals under new manager Roy Hodgson. In February 2012, he resigned as manager due to a dispute with The Football Association, before being appointed coach of the Russian national team in July 2012. On 14 July 2015, he was sacked by the Russian Football Union and replaced with Leonid Slutsky. In 2017, he was appointed as the coach of Chinese club Jiangsu Suning, but was sacked the following year, after which he subsequently retired from coaching.
Career
- 1946Born
- 1964Joined SPAL
- 1967Joined AS Roma
- 1970Joined Juventus FC
- 1972Joined Italy men's national association football team
- 1976Joined AC Milan
- 2013Won Italian Football Hall of Fame - Italian manager
Trivia
- •Place of birth: San Canzian d'Isonzo
- •Citizenship: Italy
- •Known as: association football player, association football coach, art collector
- •Sport: association football
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Capello: ‘The right time for Conte to return to Italy, Mancini was done 3 summers ago’
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Capello turns 80 and names the best player he has coached: ‘Cassano made me angry’
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Capello explains why Iraola is right to reject unappealing Milan: “Why would he?”
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Real Madrid told where they are 'lacking' ahead of important transfer window - with Fabio Capello sounding recruitment message ahead of Jose Mourinho appointment
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Capello explains why Milan’s decline was predictable and accuses some players of not caring
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Capello explains why Juventus are in better form than Milan and suggests three signings
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Capello slams Italy failure: ‘A disgrace, the most worrying thing is nobody is resigning’
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Fabio Capello tears into Atalanta and Italian soccer after 6-1 loss to Bayer Munich
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Fabio Capello praises Rasmus Hojlund’s progress at Napoli after tough spell at Manchester United
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'Very boring!' - Ex-England manager Fabio Capello slams AC Milan and Juventus after goalless Serie A draw
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Fabio Capello offers bold seven-word explanation of how Christian Pulisic can power Milan’s Serie A title charge
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Fabio Capello makes embarrassing gaffe when presenting Sarina Wiegman award at Ballon d’Or
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Fabio Capello: Players should support communities more during coronavirus crisis
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