Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello
Capello in 2024
Personal information
Full name Fabio Capello[1]
Date of birth (1946-06-18) 18 June 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth San Canzian d'Isonzo, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1962–1964 SPAL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1967 SPAL 49 (3)
1967–1970 Roma 62 (11)
1970–1976 Juventus 165 (27)
1976–1980 AC Milan 65 (4)
Total 341 (45)
International career
1972–1976 Italy 32 (8)
Managerial career
1982–1986 AC Milan Primavera
1987 AC Milan (caretaker)
1991–1996 AC Milan
1996–1997 Real Madrid
1997–1998 AC Milan
1999–2004 Roma
2004–2006 Juventus
2006–2007 Real Madrid
2007–2012 England
2012–2015 Russia
2017–2018 Jiangsu Suning
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabio Capello (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfaːbjo kaˈpɛllo, -ˈpel-];[2] 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.[3][4]

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.

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 17 de junio de 2007, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 17 June 2007, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. ^ Canepari, Luciano. "Fabio". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
    Canepari, Luciano. "capello". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ The top 50 managers of all time The Times
  4. ^ "Greatest Managers, No. 20: Capello". ESPN FC. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

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