Arrigo Sacchi

Arrigo Sacchi Personal information Full name Arrigo Sacchi Date of birth April 1, 1946(1946-04-01) (age 62) Place of birth Fusignano, ItalyPlaying position Defender Club information Current club Unattached Senior clubs1 Years Club App (Gls)* 1964-1977
1977-1979 Fusignano CF
Bellaria Teams managed 1985-1987
1987-1991
1991-1996
1996-1997
1998-1999
2001 Parma
A.C. Milan
Italy
AC Milan
Atlético Madrid
Parma

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Arrigo Sacchi (born 1 April 1946 in Fusignano) is an Italian football coach, the former head coach of the Italy national football team (1991-1996), and twice manager of A.C. Milan (1987-1991, 1996-1997).

Sacchi never played football professionally, and before becoming a coach he was a shoe salesman.

As manager of the Italian national team, Sacchi helped Italy reach the final of the 1994 World Cup, losing to Brazil on penalties. At club level, most notably he managed A.C. Milan. His first spell there was a notable success, with domestic trophies - winning the Serie A title in 1988, the Italian Super Cup in 1989 - developing into success at European level and beyond: the European Cup in 1989 and 1990, and the European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup in 1990 and 1991.

Sacchi has also managed Parma AC (1985-1987 and 2001) and Atlético Madrid (1998-1999). In December 2004 he was appointed director of football at Spanish giants Real Madrid, replacing Jorge Valdano. Club president Florentino Pérez said that the board had decided to appoint Sacchi so that he could

bring his substantial experience to help make our club more professional. We did not want someone to coach the team but someone who can help organise and plan everything to do with football at the club and Arrigo Sacchi was the ideal candidate.[1]

However, Sacchi resigned after the Real Madrid head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo was fired for a string of bad results, notably a 3-0 defeat at home against arch-rivals F.C. Barcelona, and was succeeded by Predrag Mijatović.

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^ Arrigo Sacchi joins Real Madrid as director of football

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Preceded by
Guus Hiddink UEFA Champions LeagueWinning Coach
1988-89 & 1989-90 Succeeded by
Ljupko PetrovicPreceded by
Azeglio Vicini Italymanager
1991- 1996Succeeded by
Cesare Maldini

v • d • e Italy squad- 1994 FIFA World Cup Runners-up1 Pagliuca • 2 Apolloni • 3 Benarrivo • 4 Costacurta • 5 Maldini • 6 Baresi • 7 Minotti • 8 Mussi • 9 Tassotti • 10 R. Baggio • 11 Albertini • 12 Marchegiani • 13 D. Baggio • 14 Berti • 15 Conte • 16 Donadoni • 17 Evani • 18 Casiraghi • 19 Massaro • 20 Signori • 21 Zola • 22 Bucci • Coach: Sacchi

v • d • e Italy national football team– Managers

Technical commission (1910–12) • Pozzo (1912) • Technical commission (1912–24) • Pozzo (1924) • Technical commission (1924–25) • Rangone (1925–28) • Carcano (1928–29) • Pozzo (1929–48) • Novo (as Technical Commission Chairman) (1949–50) • Technical commission (1951) • Beretta (1952–53) • Technical commission (1953) • Czeizler (as Technical Commission Chairman) (1954) • Technical commission (1954–59) • Viani (1960) • Ferrari (1960–61) • Ferrari and Mazza (1962) • Fabbri (1962–66) • Herrera and Valcareggi (1966–67) • Valcareggi (1967–74) • Bernardini (1974–75) • Bearzot (1975–1986) • Vicini (1986–91) • Sacchi (1991–96) • Maldini (1996–98) • Zoff (1998–2000) • Trapattoni (2000–04) • Lippi (2004–06) • Donadoni (2006–)

v • d • e A.C. Milan– Managers

Kilpin (1900–06) • Angeloni (1906–07) • Technical commission (1907–10) • Camperio (1910–11) • Technical commission (1911–14) • Moda (1915–22) • Oppenheim (1922–24) • Pozzo (1924–26) • Moda (1926) • Burgess (1926–28) • König (1928–31) • Bánás (1931–33) • Viola (1933–34) • Baloncieri (1934–37) • Garbutt (1937) • Felsner (1937–38) • Viola (1938–40) • Ara (1940–41) • Magnozzi (1941–43) • Santagostino (1943–45) • Baloncieri (1946) • Bigogno (1946–49) • Czeizler (1949–52) • Gren (1952) • Sperone (1952–53) • Guttmann (1953–54) • Busini (1954) • Puricelli (1954–56) • Viani (1957–60) • Todeschini (1960–61) • Rocco (1961–63) • Carniglia (1963–64) • Liedholm (1963–66) • Cattozzo (1966) • Silvestri (1966–67) • Rocco (1966–72) • Maldini (1973–74) • Trapattoni (1974) • Giagnoni (1974–75) • Rocco (1975) • Barison (1975–76) • Trapattoni (1976) • Marchioro (1976–77) • Rocco (1977) • Liedholm (1977–79) • Giacobini (1979–81) • Galbiati (1981) • Radice (1981–82) • Galbiati (1982) • Zagatti (1982) • Castagner (1982–84) • Galbiati (1984) • Liedholm (1984–87) • Capello (1987) • Sacchi (1987–91) • Capello (1991–96) • Tabárez (1996) • Morini (1996–97) • Sacchi (1997) • Capello (1997–98) • Zaccheroni (1998–2001) • Maldini (2001) • Terim (2001) • Ancelotti (2001–)

PersondataNAME Sacchi, Arrigo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Manager of AC Milan and Italy DATE OF BIRTH 1946-04-01 PLACE OF BIRTH Fusignano DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH