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Antonio Conte
Antonio Conte Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo ˈkonte]; born 31 July 1969) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Serie A club Napoli. He is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world.
Playing as a midfielder, Conte began his career at local club Lecce and later became one of the most decorated and influential players in the history of Juventus having won, among others, five Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, one UEFA Champions League, and one UEFA Cup, also serving as the team's captain from 1996 until 2001. He also played for the Italy national team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, where, on both occasions, Italy finished runners-up.
His managerial career started in 2006, leading Bari to a Serie B title, and Siena to promotion from the same division two years later. He took over at Juventus in 2011 and won three consecutive Serie A titles before taking charge of the Italy national team in 2014 until UEFA Euro 2016 where he led them to the quarter-finals. He then became Chelsea manager and led them to the Premier League title in his first season in charge, then winning the FA Cup in his second season but being dismissed as they finished fifth in the league. Conte joined Inter Milan a year later, leading the team to the UEFA Europa League final in his first season, then winning the 2020–21 Serie A title in his second season before stepping down in mutual consent. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in November 2021, but left in March 2023 by mutual consent. He joined Napoli in June 2024 and won the 2024–25 Serie A title in his first season, his fifth Scudetto and became the first manager to win the Italian league with three different clubs.
As a manager, Conte is associated with the revival of three-man defensive formations in 2010s after they had seen limited use since their popularity in late 1990s Italian football.
Conte began his career with the youth team of his hometown club Lecce and made his Serie A debut with the first team on 6 April 1986, aged 16, in a 1–1 draw against Pisa. Under manager Carlo Mazzone, he became a fundamental player for the squad. In 1987, he fractured his tibia, risking a career-ending injury. During the 1988–89 season, he was back on the pitch and scored his first Serie A goal on 11 November 1989 in 3–2 loss to Napoli. He amassed 99 appearances and one goal for Lecce.
Conte was signed by Juventus manager Giovanni Trapattoni in 1991 (Conte refers to Trapattoni as being his "second father"), debuting on 17 November 1991 against cross-city rivals Torino. Due to his consistent performances, work-rate, leadership and tenacious playing style, he became an important figure with the club's fans, and was later named the team's captain under Marcello Lippi in 1996, following the departure of the club's previous captain Gianluca Vialli, and before the promotion of Alessandro Del Piero to the role. During the 1998–99 season, when Del Piero suffered a severe knee injury, Conte returned to the captaincy, a position which he maintained until the 2001–02 season. During his Juventus playing career, Conte won five Serie A titles, the 1994–95 Coppa Italia, the 1992–93 UEFA Cup, the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, the 1996 UEFA Super Cup, the 1996 Intercontinental Cup (which he missed due to injury), and the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, winning all possible top-tier club titles, aside from the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Conte's team finished as runner-up in the Champions League on three occasions, as Juventus lost the Champions League finals of 1997, 1998, and 2003. In the 2003 final, against AC Milan, he came on as a substitute in the second half and produced Juventus' best chance of the match, hitting the crossbar with a header, but Juventus eventually lost on penalties. Conte also finished runner-up in the 1995 UEFA Cup final with Juventus. He remained with Juventus until his retirement in 2004. During his 13 seasons with Juventus, he made 295 appearances and scored 29 goals in Serie A, and 418 appearances and 43 goals in all competitions.
Conte also played for the Italy national team, making his debut on 27 May 1994, in a 2–0 friendly win over Finland at age 24, under Arrigo Sacchi. He was a member of the Italian squads for both the 1994 FIFA World Cup under Sacchi, and UEFA Euro 2000 under Dino Zoff, achieving runners-up medals in both tournaments. He missed out on the Euro 1996 squad after sustaining an injury in the 1996 Champions League final. Conte scored a bicycle kick in Italy's opening match of Euro 2000, which ended in a 2–1 win against Turkey, although he later suffered an injury in a 2–0 win against Romania in the quarter-finals of the competition, following a challenge from Gheorghe Hagi, which ruled him out for the remainder of the competition. In total, he made 20 international appearances for Italy between 1994 and 2000, scoring twice.
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Antonio Conte
Antonio Conte Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo ˈkonte]; born 31 July 1969) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Serie A club Napoli. He is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world.
Playing as a midfielder, Conte began his career at local club Lecce and later became one of the most decorated and influential players in the history of Juventus having won, among others, five Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, one UEFA Champions League, and one UEFA Cup, also serving as the team's captain from 1996 until 2001. He also played for the Italy national team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, where, on both occasions, Italy finished runners-up.
His managerial career started in 2006, leading Bari to a Serie B title, and Siena to promotion from the same division two years later. He took over at Juventus in 2011 and won three consecutive Serie A titles before taking charge of the Italy national team in 2014 until UEFA Euro 2016 where he led them to the quarter-finals. He then became Chelsea manager and led them to the Premier League title in his first season in charge, then winning the FA Cup in his second season but being dismissed as they finished fifth in the league. Conte joined Inter Milan a year later, leading the team to the UEFA Europa League final in his first season, then winning the 2020–21 Serie A title in his second season before stepping down in mutual consent. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in November 2021, but left in March 2023 by mutual consent. He joined Napoli in June 2024 and won the 2024–25 Serie A title in his first season, his fifth Scudetto and became the first manager to win the Italian league with three different clubs.
As a manager, Conte is associated with the revival of three-man defensive formations in 2010s after they had seen limited use since their popularity in late 1990s Italian football.
Conte began his career with the youth team of his hometown club Lecce and made his Serie A debut with the first team on 6 April 1986, aged 16, in a 1–1 draw against Pisa. Under manager Carlo Mazzone, he became a fundamental player for the squad. In 1987, he fractured his tibia, risking a career-ending injury. During the 1988–89 season, he was back on the pitch and scored his first Serie A goal on 11 November 1989 in 3–2 loss to Napoli. He amassed 99 appearances and one goal for Lecce.
Conte was signed by Juventus manager Giovanni Trapattoni in 1991 (Conte refers to Trapattoni as being his "second father"), debuting on 17 November 1991 against cross-city rivals Torino. Due to his consistent performances, work-rate, leadership and tenacious playing style, he became an important figure with the club's fans, and was later named the team's captain under Marcello Lippi in 1996, following the departure of the club's previous captain Gianluca Vialli, and before the promotion of Alessandro Del Piero to the role. During the 1998–99 season, when Del Piero suffered a severe knee injury, Conte returned to the captaincy, a position which he maintained until the 2001–02 season. During his Juventus playing career, Conte won five Serie A titles, the 1994–95 Coppa Italia, the 1992–93 UEFA Cup, the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, the 1996 UEFA Super Cup, the 1996 Intercontinental Cup (which he missed due to injury), and the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, winning all possible top-tier club titles, aside from the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Conte's team finished as runner-up in the Champions League on three occasions, as Juventus lost the Champions League finals of 1997, 1998, and 2003. In the 2003 final, against AC Milan, he came on as a substitute in the second half and produced Juventus' best chance of the match, hitting the crossbar with a header, but Juventus eventually lost on penalties. Conte also finished runner-up in the 1995 UEFA Cup final with Juventus. He remained with Juventus until his retirement in 2004. During his 13 seasons with Juventus, he made 295 appearances and scored 29 goals in Serie A, and 418 appearances and 43 goals in all competitions.
Conte also played for the Italy national team, making his debut on 27 May 1994, in a 2–0 friendly win over Finland at age 24, under Arrigo Sacchi. He was a member of the Italian squads for both the 1994 FIFA World Cup under Sacchi, and UEFA Euro 2000 under Dino Zoff, achieving runners-up medals in both tournaments. He missed out on the Euro 1996 squad after sustaining an injury in the 1996 Champions League final. Conte scored a bicycle kick in Italy's opening match of Euro 2000, which ended in a 2–1 win against Turkey, although he later suffered an injury in a 2–0 win against Romania in the quarter-finals of the competition, following a challenge from Gheorghe Hagi, which ruled him out for the remainder of the competition. In total, he made 20 international appearances for Italy between 1994 and 2000, scoring twice.