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Claudio Ranieri

Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri Inter.jpg
Ranieri with Inter Milan in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-10-20) 20 October 1951 (age 65)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1974 Roma 6 (0)
1974–1982 Catanzaro 225 (8)
1982–1984 Catania 92 (1)
1984–1986 Palermo 40 (0)
Total 363 (9)
Teams managed
1986–1987 Vigor Lamezia
1987–1988 Puteolana
1988–1991 Cagliari
1991–1993 Napoli
1993–1997 Fiorentina
1997–1999 Valencia
1999–2000 Atlético Madrid
2000–2004 Chelsea
2004–2005 Valencia
2007 Parma
2007–2009 Juventus
2009–2011 Roma
2011–2012 Internazionale
2012–2014 Monaco
2014 Greece
2015–2017 Leicester City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Claudio Ranieri Grande Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo raˈnjɛːri]; born 20 October 1951) is an Italian football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of English club Leicester City.

He began his managerial career in the lower leagues in Italy during the late 1980s, and made his name at Cagliari, whom he took from Serie C1 up to Serie A in successive seasons. He later went on to manage Napoli, where he led the team to qualify for the UEFA Cup, only to be sacked the following season. In 1993, he joined Fiorentina, and immediately led them to Serie A promotion, also winning the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana in 1996, before moving to Spain in 1997, to manage Valencia and then Atlético Madrid. With Valencia, he won a Copa del Rey and an UEFA Intertoto Cup, and helped the club to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. In 2000, Ranieri moved to England to become head coach at Chelsea. His four seasons there saw Chelsea improve their points total season on season, with them finishing runners-up in 2004 and reaching the UEFA Champions League semi-final the same season. He was sacked by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich that May, but a number of players he signed and brought through during his time at Stamford Bridge formed the core of the side that went on to achieve domestic and international success in subsequent seasons.


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