.jpg) Sacchi in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Arrigo Sacchi[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fusignano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Fusignano | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Alfonsine | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Bellaria | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | Cesena (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Rimini | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Fiorentina (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Rimini | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Parma | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Parma | ||||||||||||||||
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Arrigo Sacchi (born 1 April 1946) is an Italian former professional football coach, best known for having twice managed AC Milan. Sacchi is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time,[2] and his Milan side (1987–1991) is widely regarded to be one of the greatest club squads of all time.[3][4][5]
Sacchi won the Serie A title in his 1987–88 debut season and then dominated European football by winning back to back European Cups in 1989 and 1990. From 1991 to 1996, he was head coach of the Italy national team and led them to the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, where they lost to Brazil in a penalty shoot-out.
Sacchi was never a professional football player and for many years worked as a shoe salesman. This led to his famous quote directed at those who questioned his qualifications: "I never realised that in order to become a jockey you have to have been a horse first."[6] Another famous Sacchi quote is that "football is the most important of the least important things in life."[7]
- ^ "Sacchi Sig. Arrigo" [Sacchi Mr. Arrigo]. Quirinale (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Greatest Managers, No. 6: Arrigo Sacchi". ESPN FC. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "The greatest teams of all time". The Telegraph. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Paolo Menicucci (4 July 2015). "The greatest teams of all time: AC Milan 1988-90". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "La Uefa: "Il Milan di Sacchi è la più grande squadra di sempre"" (in Italian). Mediaset.it. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "No experience required". Fifa.com. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 13 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Davide Astori's death leaves Fiorentina and Italy in state of shock'". BBC. 4 March 2018.