Carlo Ancelotti is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is one of only three managers to have won the UEFA Champions League three times, and one of two to have managed teams in four finals. He has also won the FIFA Club World Cup twice, managing Milan and Real Madrid. At international level he played for the Italian national team on 26 occasions, scoring once, and appeared in two World Cups.
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Carlo Ancelotti (born 10 June 1959) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is one of only three managers to have won the UEFA Champions League three times, and one of two to have managed teams in four finals. He also won the FIFA Club World Cup twice, managing Milan and Real Madrid. At international level he played for the Italian national team on 26 occasions, scoring once, and appeared in two FIFA World Cups. As a manager, he has worked for Reggiana, Parma, Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Napoli, and Everton. He has won domestic titles in Italy, England, France, Spain, and Germany. He was part of the squad that won the Serie A title in 1988, consecutive European Cups in 1989 and 1990, two European Super Cups, Intercontinental Cups and a Supercoppa Italiana under manager Arrigo Sacchi. His most memorable moment with Milan was when he received a pass from Ruud Gullit and netted a long-range shot during Real Madrid’s 5–0 thrashing of Rossoneri in the European Cup semi-finals in 1989. He won two league titles and two European Cups, among other titles, with the late 1980s Milan team. He moved to Roma the following season, where he won a Serie Atitle and four Coppa Italia titles. From 1987 until 1992, Ancelottis played for Milan, and was a key part of their successful squad.
He played as a midfielder and began his career with Italian club Parma. He made his professional debut in Serie C during the 1976–77 season, at the age of 18. In the decisive match in Vicenza, against Triestina, he scored two goals, which gave Parma a 3–1 victory and sealed their place in Serie B the next season. After attracting strong interest from Inter Milan, in mid-1979, he transferred to Roma, and made his Serie A debut in a 0–0 draw against Milan on 16 September. After struggling with knee injuries, and managing second- and third-place league finishes in 1981 and 1982, he helped lead the team to win a historic Italian championship in 1983, the club’s second ever league title in their history. In 1984, he even helped Roma to win another CoPA Italia title and reach the European cup final in 1984, although missed the final through injury as Roma were defeated by Liverpool on penalties at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. During his eight seasons at the club, he won the Coppa italia a total of four times. He also played for Inter Milan and Juventus, and won two Serie A titles and one Serie B title with the latter club. In 1985, he was named the team’s captain in 1985 under new club manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, and served as a mentor to the young midfielder Giuseppe Giannini.
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