Arrigo Sacchi
Arrigo Sacchi was born in Fusignano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on April 1st, 1946 and is the Soccer Coach. At the age of 78, Arrigo Sacchi 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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Arrigo Sacchi (born 1 April 1946) is an Italian former professional football coach. He has twice managed AC Milan (1987–1991, 1996–1997), with great success. He 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 is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and his Milan side (1987–1991) is widely regarded to be one of the greatest club sides to ever play the game, and by some to be the greatest of all time.
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." Another famous Sacchi quote is that "football is the most important of the least important things in life."
Career
Sacchi had grown up watching rival sides, such as Budapest Honvéd, Real Madrid, Brazil, and the Netherlands, beleagued. Baracca Lugo began his career as a manager because he was not fit to play for them. Sacchi described the challenge as "I was twenty-six, my goalkeeper was thirty-nine, and my center-forward was thirty-two." "I had to win them over." He served at Bellaria before joining Cesena as a youth team coach in the Serie B. He then took over Rimini, who were playing in the Serie C1 and nearly led them to victory.
He had his breakthrough when he moved to Fiorentina as a youth mentor. Parma, who were then playing in Serie C1, was involved in his youth team's success. In his first season, he led Parma to promotion, and the team came within three points of promotion to Serie A. The team's success in the Coppa Italia was also of utmost importance to his time in Parma; they defeated AC Milan 1–0 in the group stages and beat them 1–0 on aggregate in the first knockout round. This was enough to spark concern from Milan club owner Silvio Berlusconi, who appointed Sacchi as manager shortly.
Sacchi also had credibility issues at Milan. The press argued that such an ineffective player would never be a good coach, and that even Berlusconi, who had played football at an amateur level, was certainly a better player. Sacchi jokingly said, "I never knew that in order to become a jockey you had to be a horse first." Sacchi was a hit at the San Siro in his debut year, leading Milan to its first Serie A title in nine years in his debut season, after losing the league title with a Supercoppa Italiana in 1988.
Sacchi's success at Milan earned him two back-to-back European Cups. Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, and Frank Rijkaard were among the Dutch trio he bought: the success he gained was largely due to him. However, Roberto Donadoni, as well as Franco Baresi's defensive back four, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Tassotti, and Paolo Maldini, were all important to his success.
Steaua București, who were defeated overwhelmingly 4–0 in the first European Cup final in 1989, were the first European Cup finals. Milan defeated the European Cup for the first time in over 20 years by Gullit and Van Basten, who scored two goals each, and Milan lifted the European Cup for the first time in over 20 years. Milan had dispatched Real Madrid 6-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals, a result that closes the mantle for the best European club by a small margin. The quarter-finals against Werder Bremen was a close match; Milan only lost by 1–0 on aggregate due to a Van Basten penalty. The second round of the competition was shrouded in secrecy. After suffering a bad foul and lying unconscious, Donadoni had his life only saved by the quick-thinking of the Red Star Belgrade physio, who broke his jaw to allow oxygen to reach his lungs. The first leg ended in a 1–1 draw, and the second leg was called off in 64th minute and rescheduled to be replayed the next day due to the heavy fog (Milan was losing 0–1 at the time). Following a penalty shoot-out, Milan progressed.
Despite the fact that the squad was not as strong as they had been in the previous season, they were able to win in 1990. Milan defeated German giants Bayern Munich in the semi-finals after winnings against HJK Helsinki, Real Madrid, and KV Mechelen. Frank Rijkaard scored the only goal of the game in the final, defeating Sven-Göran Eriksson's Benfica. Milan became the first team to win the final since 1980, and the first team to do so before Real Madrid would be able to achieve this feat 27 years later. Sacchi will also compete in back-to-back European Super Cups and Intercontinental Cups in 1989 and 1990, and Milan will face Milan in the final of the 1989-90 Coppa Italia, where they were defeated by Juventus. They were defeated by eventual runners-up Marseille in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, finishing second in Serie A behind Sampdoria, while eventual champions Roma came in second, despite being disqualified in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. This was Sacchi's last season with i Rossoneri.
Sacchi was elected manager of the Italy national team in November 1991, replacing Azeglio Vicini. Sacchi's Italian selection concentrated on Milan players, especially in the defensive line, which featured Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi; the attacking line was led by talismanic 1993 Ballon d'or champion Roberto Baggio of Juventus. Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Mancini, Giuseppe Bergomi, and Walter Zenga were among Sacchi's notable exclusions from Sacchi's Azzurri list.
Sacchi led Italy through the qualification process to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Despite not being one of the favorites and losing their first match 1–0 to the Republic of Ireland, Italy advanced to the final (their first since 1982), where they were defeated by Brazil in a penalty shootout in a World Cup final, the first ever shootout in a World Cup final. Italy qualified for UEFA Euro 1996 under Sacchi, but was barred from a group that included the eventual finalists, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
Sacchi returned to Milan to replace scar Tabárez in December 1996 after leaving his role with the national team. However, Milan's second spell in the league was fruitless, with Milan finishing 11th in the league and losing their first Serie A loss, losing 6-1 at home to eventual champions Juventus.
Sacchi had brief stints in the Spanish La Liga, taking over Atlético Madrid in 1998 after his second stint with the Rossoneri, where he left his position in the bottom half of the table in March. He returned to Parma briefly in 2001, replacing Alberto Malesani, but soon resigned due to poor results, and Renzo Ulivieri was appointed. He returned to Madrid later this year, this time as the Real Madrid director of football, this time at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.