|
Fabio Capello (born June 18, 1946 in San Canzian d'Isonzo, Gorizia) is an
Italian football manager and former professional player who most recently coached
Real Madrid. Capello is now Manager of the England National Football team.
Regarded as one of the best coaches in professional football, he has the
distinction of winning the domestic league title with every team he has managed,
with A.C. Milan, Real Madrid, A.S. Roma and Juventus (but later stripped due to
match-fixing). Capello is one of the few coaches to claim championship victories in
four major European cities (Milan, Madrid, Rome and Turin).
Despite his coaching success, Capello is often an unpopular figure with fans of his
former clubs in Italy; notably because of his public feuds with Francesco Totti and
Alessandro Del Piero, amid accusations that Capello sabotaged their clubs before
his departure.
At Real Madrid, he was criticized for not playing David Beckham and Ronaldo,
leading Beckham to end contract extensions with the club and sign with LA Galaxy
instead, while Ronaldo bought out the remainder of his contract to move to A.C.
Milan. After some initial criticism of his tactics and having spent much of the
season in second place, he captured the La Liga title on the last day by pipping FC
Barcelona on head to head results. In spite of his success, Real Madrid's
president, Ramón Calderón fired him at the end of the 2007 season.
Upon being released by Madrid, Fabio Capello has revealed he is mulling over an
offer from Major League Soccer in the United States. On July 16, 2007, Capello told
Gazzetta Dello Sport, "They have contacted me from the United States, however I
must think about it".
 Playing
career
Capello first played for SPAL, making his debut in 1964. Three seasons later he
moved to A.S. Roma, where he won his first trophy, the Italian Cup. Then he was
sold to Juventus, where he was a mainstay in 1970s. He also played for the Italian
national team; he is particularly remembered for a goal with which Italy beat
England at Wembley for the first time in its history. Capello ended his career as
player with A.C. Milan in 1980.
Managerial
career
AC
Milan
Capello made his name as coach in the early 1990s at Milan, leading a team
including the likes of Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi to four Serie A titles in
five years with a team nicknamed "the invincibles". Under Capello, Milan remained
unbeaten for 58 league games between May 19, 1991 and March 21, 1993, which
included an entire season where they were unbeaten in the league. They were finally
defeated at home to Parma after a goal from Faustino Asprilla.
With a style that spurned the traditional Italian caution of catenaccio, in 1994
Milan routed FC Barcelona 4-0 to win the European Cup. Although Milan surrendered
the Serie A title in 1995 - finishing a disappointing fourth - Capello signed off
from his six-year stint with the Rossoneri by regaining the league championship the
following year.
Real
Madrid
He then had a single season in charge of Real Madrid, guiding the club to the
Spanish league title, before returning to A.C. Milan for a shorter and less
successful spell.
A.S.
Roma
He moved to A.S. Roma in 1999, winning the 2001 Scudetto. That was Roma's first
major honor in a decade. However, his relationship with fans was soured when he was
involved into a feud with popular Roma captain Francesco Totti. The final years of
his tenure were also marred by accusations that he engineered the departure of
several key players to sabotage the club, which led to the team plummeting near the
bottom of Serie A and almost being relegated. Capello is reviled by Roma fans up to
this day.
Juventus
F.C.
Capello left the debt-ridden Roma to sign with Juventus F.C., where he had played
as a midfielder. Juventus won the 2004-05 and 2005-06 'Scudetto' under Capello's
leadership, but were later stripped of their trophies due to involvement in the
Italian match-fixing scandal.
In July 2006, with Juventus in the midst of the aforementioned match-fixing
scandal, Capello resigned as Juventus manager. Press reports strongly linked him
with a move back to Real Madrid; new club president Ramon Calderon had publicly
stated his desire for Capello's return to the club. On July 5, 2006, the official
Real Madrid website announced the incorporation on Fabio Capello 1. Capello most
notably coached Real to the La Liga title in 1996-97 in spite of "Ronaldo-mania" at
Barcelona.
Capello was criticized by Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero, as Fabio Cannavaro
and Emerson also left for Real Madrid, with some believing that Capello had
privately persuaded the players to follow him.
Real Madrid
again
Capello has quickly drawn the disdain of Real Madrid's ardent supporters because of
his defensive playing style. In interviews, Capello attacked those critics by
saying that the beauty of attacking plays are old. He said that results are much
more important than playing beautifully. He also added that "those days are
over".
At Real Madrid, Capello had several high-profile falling outs. He was criticized
for not playing David Beckham and Ronaldo, leading Beckham to end contract
extensions with the club and sign with LA Galaxy instead, while Ronaldo bought out
the remainder of his contract to move to A.C. Milan. Capello also feuded with
fellow country man Antonio Cassano; the two previously had disputes in the past
while at AS Roma. Capello had not played Cassano for over a month at Real Madrid
and the young striker reportedly shouted out at him "Have you got no shame? I
fought for you in Rome and this is how you repay me". This led to the young Italian
being suspended by the club.
In January, Madrid was again eliminated early from the Champions League and the
team was mired in fourth place in the league, six points behind leader FC
Barcelona. On Tuesday, 20 February, Real Madrid was forced to deny rumors that
Capello would be leaving after that day's match. Ramon Calderon, the chairman of
Real Madrid reiterated that the reason they went with the defensive and stern
Capello was because he had all the ingredients to success.
Despite the unrest, Capello recalled Beckham and a string of successful results in
the latter half of the season took Madrid to the top of the table, while
Barcelona's play became inconsistent. Real Madrid won their 30th league title on
the final day of the season by beating Real Mallorca 3-1 at home coming from 0-1
down, pipping Barcelona on better head-to-head results. Capello was sacked as
manager of Real Madrid on 28 June 2007.
Honors as
coach
Scudetto: 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96 (A.C Milan); 2000/01 (AS Roma);
2004/05, 2005/06(Juventus); * Juventus were subsequently stripped of both
titles
La Liga: 1996/97, 2006/2007 (Real Madrid)
UEFA Champions League: 1994 (A.C Milan)
Italian Super Cup: 1992, 1993, 1994 (A.C Milan) 2001 (AS Roma)
European Super Cup: 1994 (A.C Milan)
Source : Some of the information on this page came
from a Wikipedia article and is licensed under the GNU Documentation
License. ©2008 www.geneticmatrix.com.
|
Fabio
Capello - Manifesting Generator - Biography
