Roberto Mancini

Roberto Mancini Italian pronunciation roˈbɛrto manˈtʃiːni born 27 November 1964 is an Italian football manager and former player He has been the manager of the Italy national team since 2018 As a player Mancini operated as a deeplying forward and was best known for his time at Sampdoria where he played more than 550 matches and helped the team win the Serie A league title four Coppa Italia titles and the European Cup Winners Cup He was capped 36 times for Italy taking part at UEFA Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup achieving semifinal finishes in both tournaments although he was never put onto the pitch during the 1990 tournament In 1997 after 15 years at Sampdoria Mancini left the club to join Lazio where he won a further scudetto and Cup Winners Cup in addition to the UEFA Super Cup and two more Coppa Italia titles Alongside Gianluigi Buffon he is the player with the most Coppa Italia titles 6 As a player Mancini would often give team talks at halftime Towards the end of his playing career he became an assistant to SvenGöran Eriksson at Lazio His first manager role was at Fiorentina in 2001 at only 36 years old winning a Coppa Italia title The following season he took over as manager at Lazio where he guided the club to another Coppa Italia title In 2004 Mancini was offered the managers job at Inter Milan with which he won three consecutive Serie A titles a club record he was dismissed in 2008 After being out of football for over a year Mancini was appointed Manchester City manager in December 2009 He helped City win the FA Cup in the 201011 season the clubs first major trophy in 35 years and their first league title in 44 years in the 201112 season Mancini took over managerial duties at Turkish club Galatasaray in September 2013 winning the Turkish Cup in his only season at the club before returning to Inter Milan for two more years before managing Russian side Zenit In 2018 he took charge of the Italy national team after Italy had failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup In 2021 Mancini guided Italy to their secondever European Championship at Euro 2020 Under his management Italy then failed to reach the World Cup for the second time in a row after a loss to North Macedonia Regarded as a cup specialist Mancini has reached at least a semifinal of a major national cup competition in every season he has been a manager from 2002 to 2014 He holds a number of records including most consecutive Coppa Italia finals from 2004 to 2008 with Lazio once in 2004 and with Inter Milan in the following four seasons Description above from the Wikipedia article Roberto Mancini licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia