Alberto Zaccheroni
Alberto Zaccheroni was born in Meldola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on April 1st, 1953 and is the Soccer Coach. At the age of 71, Alberto Zaccheroni biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alberto Zaccheroni (Italian pronunciation: [alb ddzakke roni]; born 1 April 1953; formerly in charge of the national football teams of the UAE and Japan.
He has worked with a number of top clubs in Serie A, the high point of his career being his time as boss of A.C. Milan (1998–2001), for whom he won a scudetto in his first season (1998–99). Lazio, Inter, and Juventus are among Zaccheroni's notable clubs who have been working as interim coach for a season. In 2011 as Japan's manager, he won the Asian Cup. Zaccheroni is also known for his unusual and distinctive 3–4–3 tactical system.
Career
Zaccheroni played on both the left and right wing, with no success, and his playing career was cut short due to injuries. He then became a boss with Cesenatico, an amateur club. He won the Serie C2 and Serie C1, Italy's fourth and third top football leagues. When he was in charge of Udinese, his managerial career flourished.
In 1995, Zaccheroni was named as the head of Udinese. The Udinese qualified for the UEFA Cup in 1996-97. They had a 3rd place finish behind champions Juventus and runners-up Inter in the following season, owing to Oliver Bierhoff's 27 goals.
Despite Zaccheroni's success at Udinese, Silvio Berlusconi, the owner of Italian giants A.C. Milan, who appointed him as boss after the San Siro club had endured two miserable seasons (George Weah, Leonardo, Paolo Maldini, etc.) drew his interest. Zaccheroni begged Berlusconi to bring two key players from Udinese to Milan: German striker Oliver Bierhoff and Danish right wing-back Thomas Helveg. Berlusconi obliged, and both players joined Zaccheroni in his new club.
Milan won in his first season as coach Milan defeated Lazio and Fiorentina in a straight win in the last seven matches, with Zaccheroni using a striking 3–4–3 (or 3–1–2) configuration that made good use of Milan's forwards, attacking midfielders, and wing backs.
Zaccheroni's following season was less fruitful, as Milan fell out of the Champions League early in the season, and the Italians, who finished third in Serie A, were never really in contention for the trophy. Milan's 2001–01 season was even worse, with him finishing sixth in the Champions League, but the team was eventually dismissed in the Second Group Stage after getting off to a disappointing start in the Serie A, including Barcelona, Leeds United, and Beşiktaş. The backlash against San Siro as the Champions League Final was set to take place, and Berlusconi fired Zaccheroni and replace him with caretaker boss Cesare Maldini on March 14, 2001, just one day after Milan's expulsion from the Champions League.
Zaccheroni, was profitable and punctual in several of his signings; Oliver Bierhoff, Kakha Kaladze, Gennaro Gattuso, and, most importantly, Andriy Shevchenko will be a key player for the club. On the other hand, transfers like José Mari's were costly, and he was also chastised for allowing top centre Roberto Ayala to leave Milan and transfer to Valencia; Ayala's two seasons as a result of fierce competition in defense, including Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta.
After Dino Zoff resigned, Zaccheroni was without a job for a few months when Lazio called. The Rome-based club had off a rocky start to the 2001-02 season. He turned it around and finished 6th in Serie A, earning Lazio a spot in the UEFA Cup. Zaccheroni was not without his critics, though he played Gaizka Mendieta and Stefano Fiore out of place, failing to bring the best out of them. Many people were also held accountable for the humiliating 5–1 loss to Roma in the Rome derby of the season. Despite Zaccheroni's efforts, he left the company with Lazio to be replaced by Roberto Mancini.
Zaccheroni was called back from the club in the mid-season of 2003–04, this time to try to save Inter after losing coach Héctor Cper from the team. Despite losing by 5–1 at the San Siro to Arsenal, Inter maintained his position in Serie A and gained qualification for next season. However, Inter president Massimo Moratti was not convinced of Zaccheroni's abilities, and he was later replaced by Roberto Mancini.
He had been linked to England in the vacant manager's post at Crystal Palace after two seasons without a job. These rumors never came to fruition. Despite guiding Torino to instant promotion from Serie B, he did not succeed as the team's head coach on September 7, 2006, the 100th anniversary of the team's departure, replacing Gianni De Biasi. However, despite a promising start, Zaccheroni was not able to bring Torino to the top of the league table and was also subjected to a string of six consecutive losses, leading to chairman Cairo to fire him on February 26, 2007, as well as reinstated De Biasi at the helm of the granata.
Ciro Ferrara was named as the head coach of Under-crisis Juventus on January 29, 2010. He has been working for four months. Zaccheroni won his first game as a Juventus boss on February 14, 2010, beating Genoa 3–2. He was his first loss in charge of the team two weeks later, losing by 0–2 at Palermo.
Since the club failed to qualify to the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League, he also coached Juventus through the newly established UEFA Europa League campaign. In his first game at European level with Juventus, his team defeated 2–1 Ajax in Amsterdam (the return leg ended 0–0), then moved on to face Fulham in the English leagues. The first leg ended in a 3-1 victory, but Craven Cottage's side suffered a 4–1 loss, effectively ending Juventus out of the tournament on a 5–4 aggregate score line. Following a good start, results fell back again, much like Ferrara's, and Juventus ended the season in seventh place, putting an end to what was otherwise considered one of the worst Serie A seasons for the bianconeri.
Zaccheroni would be the new head of Japan's national football team on August 30, 2010, according to an announcement from the Japan Football Association. However, he was unable to participate in the first two matches against Paraguay (1–0) and Guatemala (2–1), in which former Japan striker and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara took over. Japan defeated Argentina 1–0 in the first match he took over.
The 2011 AFC Asian Cup, hosted in Qatar, was his first major competition with Japan. He steered the team to their fourth Asian Cup title, winning 1–0 in the final against Australia.
After winning their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier football match against Australia in Saitama, He led Japan to become the first nation to qualify for the World Cup finals in Brazil. With a 2–1 loss to the Ivory Coast, where they led the game until 64 minutes, Japan opened their World Cup campaign. Japan defeated Greece, which resulted in a 0–0 draw in the next match. After losing by 4–1 to Colombia and ending fourth with a single point, they were disqualified in the group stages. Zaccheroni resigned as Japan's boss at the end of the tournament.
Zaccheroni was appointed manager of Beijing, China, on a two-year deal on January 19, 2016. Zaccheroni was fired after a disappointing start to the season in which Guoan gained just nine points in the team's first nine games, despite increasing dissatisfaction among fans.
Zaccheroni took over the UAE national football team on October 16th. In the 23rd Gulf Cup, the team finished as the runners-up in January 2018. Zaccheroni led the national team to the Asian Cup semi-finals hosted by the UAE in January 2019. Zaccheroni resigned as UAE head coach after losing 4–0 to Qatar in the semi-finals, but the UAE's contract was due to end at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.