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Antonio Conte (Italian pronunciation: ; born 31 July 1969) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Serie A club Napoli. He is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world.
Playing as a midfielder, Conte began his career at local club Lecce and later became one of the most decorated and influential players in the history of Juventus having won, among others, five Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, one UEFA Champions League, and one UEFA Cup, also serving as the team's captain from 1996 until 2001. He also played for the Italy national team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, where, on both occasions, Italy finished runners-up.
His managerial career started in 2006, leading Bari to a Serie B title, and Siena to promotion from the same division two years later. He took over at Juventus in 2011 and won three consecutive Serie A titles before taking charge of the Italy national team in 2014 until UEFA Euro 2016 where he led them to the quarter-finals. He then became Chelsea manager and led them to the Premier League title in his first season in charge, then winning the FA Cup in his second season but being dismissed as they finished fifth in the league. Conte joined Inter Milan a year later, leading the team to the UEFA Europa League final in his first season, then winning the 2020–21 Serie A title in his second season before stepping down in mutual consent. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in November 2021, but left in March 2023 by mutual consent. He joined Napoli in June 2024 and won the 2024–25 Serie A title in his first season, his fifth Scudetto and became the first manager to win the Italian league with three different clubs. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
Hce 17-Jul-14 09:34
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Juventus: Antonio Conte quits as coach of Italian champions
Antonio Conte has quit as coach of Juventus just a day after the squad reconvened for pre-season training.
Conte, who had a year remaining on his contract, led the Turin club to the Serie A title in each of the past three years.
But the 44-year-old said he felt it may be more difficult to keep winning with Juventus in the future.
I have matured with time and my feelings led me to make this choice, he added.
Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli said the news of Conte s departure, which was announced on the club s website, saddens me greatly .
Conte is a former Italy international who made over 500 appearances for Juventus in his playing days, winning five league titles.
He returned to Juve as coach in 2011 and went on to preside over one of the most successful periods in the club s history.
He won Serie A at the first attempt with his side going unbeaten throughout the season. A second title followed but the summer of 2013 saw him embroiled in a corruption row after he was charged with failing to report attempted match-fixing during his time as coach of Siena.
Conte pleaded his innocence but was banned for 10 months - a sentence reduced to a four-month touchline suspension last August.
He returned to the dugout midway through last season to lead Juve to another title.
Hce 25-Aug-12 05:41
Suspended until June 8th, 2013 for failing to alert the authorities of matchfixing he was accused of being aware of during his Siena coaching period - Match Albinoleffe vs Siena, Serie B 2010-2011 .
Juventus assistant coach Massimo Carrera will take momentarily his charge as Juventus caretaker during the suspension period.
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