Marcello Lippi

Marcello Lippi
Lippi as China manager in 2019
Personal information
Full name Marcello Romeo Lippi[1]
Date of birth (1948-04-12) 12 April 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Viareggio, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Sweeper[2]
Youth career
1963–1969 Viareggio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1979 Sampdoria 274 (5)
1969–1970Savona (loan) 21 (2)
1979–1981 Pistoiese 45 (0)
1981–1982 Lucchese 23 (0)
Total 363 (7)
International career
1971 Italy U23 2 (0)
Managerial career
1982–1985 Sampdoria (youth team)
1985–1986 Pontedera
1986–1987 Siena
1987–1988 Pistoiese
1988–1989 Carrarese
1989–1991 Cesena
1991–1992 Lucchese
1992–1993 Atalanta
1993–1994 Napoli
1994–1999 Juventus
1999–2000 Inter Milan
2001–2004 Juventus
2004–2006 Italy
2008–2010 Italy
2012–2014 Guangzhou Evergrande
2016–2019 China
2019 China
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2006 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcello Romeo Lippi Commendatore OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [marˈtʃɛllo ˈlippi]; born 12 April 1948) is an Italian former professional football player and manager, who led the Italy national team to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

He was appointed as Italy head coach in the summer of 2004 and 2008, and he was succeeded by Cesare Prandelli after a disappointing performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[3]

Throughout his career as a manager, he won one World Cup title, five Serie A titles, three Chinese Super League titles, one Coppa Italia, one Chinese FA Cup, four Italian Supercups, one UEFA Champions League, one AFC Champions League, one UEFA Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup. Lippi is the first and to date the only coach to win both the UEFA Champions League and the AFC Champions League.[4] He is also the first coach to have won the most prestigious international competitions both for clubs in different continents, and for national teams (the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup in 1996 with Juventus; the AFC Champions League in 2013 with Guangzhou Evergrande; and the FIFA World Cup in 2006 with Italy).

Lippi is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful managers in football history,[2] and in 2007, The Times included him on its list of the top 50 managers of all time.[5] He was named the world's best football manager by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) both in 1996 and 1998 and the world's best National coach in 2006.[6]

  1. ^ "Marcello Lippi: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b James Horncastle (6 August 2013). "Greatest Managers, No. 15: Lippi". ESPN. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Lippi re-appointed as Italy coach". BBC Sport. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
  4. ^ "AFC Champions League win so important for Lippi". uk.reuters.com. 25 October 2013.
  5. ^ The top 50 managers of all time – The Times
  6. ^ IFFHS.de Archived 3 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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