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Claudio Ranieri

Italian footballer and manager · Italy · Footballers · Born 1951 · age 74

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He took Leicester City - a team that had barely escaped relegation - and won the Premier League. Bookmakers had put the odds at 5000-to-1. It remains the longest shot in modern sport to actually come in.

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2018“I could be (too loyal), could be. It is difficult when you achieve something so good, you want to give them one chance, two chances, three chances. Maybe now, it is too much.”In their words14 November 2018Claudio Ranieri's best quotes: From sausageman to dilly ding dilly dong, Sky Sports, 14 November 2018

2016Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAwardItalian Football Hall of Fame - Italian managerAward1984Palermo F.C.Club1984-19861982Catania FCClub1982-19841974Unione Sportiva CatanzaroClub1974-19821973AS RomaClub1973-19741951Born20 October 1951

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In their own words 8

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Claudio Ranieri
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8 statements, newest first

  1. I could be (too loyal), could be. It is difficult when you achieve something so good, you want to give them one chance, two chances, three chances. Maybe now, it is too much.

    Nov 14, 2018, Claudio Ranieri's best quotes: From sausageman to dilly ding dilly dong, Sky Sports, 14 November 2018, Own words

  2. I told them, if you keep a clean sheet, I'll buy pizza for everybody. I think they're waiting for me to offer a hot dog too.

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  3. I pay for pizza, you pay for the sausage. I am the sausageman.

    , Own words

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Teams 4

Palermo F.C.1984-1986
Catania FC1982-1984
Unione Sportiva Catanzaro1974-1982
AS Roma1973-1974

Career record

SpellAppsGoals
1984-1986400
1982-1984921
1974-19822258
1973-197460

Awards

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic2016
Italian Football Hall of Fame - Italian manager2016

About this person

Claudio Ranieri began in Italy's lower divisions in the late 1980s, working Cagliari up from Serie C1 to the top flight in back-to-back seasons. He won silverware at Fiorentina - a Coppa Italia and Supercoppa in 1996 - then moved to Spain, where his Valencia side lifted a Copa del Rey and helped lay the groundwork for the club's Champions League years. Chelsea hired him in 2000; after Roman Abramovich bought the club and poured money into the squad, Ranieri took them to second place and a Champions League semi-final in 2004, then was sacked that May. He drifted through Italy and France - promotion with Monaco, a disastrous four months with Greece that ended after a home loss to the Faroe Islands. Then Leicester in 2015: a miracle season, the title, and every major managerial award going. Nine months later the club dismissed him. He kept moving - Nantes, Fulham, Sampdoria, Watford - before returning to Cagliari in 2023 and winning promotion through the playoffs. He announced retirement, then came back for a third stint at Roma in late 2024, finishing fifth and moving into an advisory role.

Country
Italy
Category
Footballers
Type
Football / Soccer Player
Status
living
Dates
Born 1951 · age 74

In common with Claudio

Giovanni TrapattoniBoth received Italian Football Hall of Fame - Italian managerFabio CapelloBoth received Italian Football Hall of Fame - Italian managerCarlo AncelottiBoth received Italian Football Hall of Fame - Italian managerArrigo SacchiBoth received Italian Football Hall of Fame - Italian managerRoberto ManciniBoth received Italian Football Hall of Fame - Italian managerAntonio NocerinoAlso played for Unione Sportiva Catanzaro

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