News about Fabio Cannavaro

Italy World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro has landed his first ever managerial job in Serie A, the league he won twice as a player with Juventus. Cannavaro, who was sacked by Benevento in February 2023, has been away from the dugout for over a year but is set to return after being appointed Udinese manager on Monday. Udinese are floating precariously above the Serie A relegation zone in 17th, level on points with Frosinone below them, and have turned to Cannavaro after sacking fellow Italian manager Gabriele Cioffi this week.

PETE JENSON: This week, there was nostalgia and romance in Naples. Fabio Cannavaro has acquired the club's old training ground and plans to convert the wasteland, which has been disused for 20 years, into a center of excellence for young Napoli players. Cannavaro was a youth student at the Centro Paradiso in the 1980s - Diego Maradona was the first team's ace - there's now a mural of the Argentine with his then teenage daughter Dalma on one of the crumbling walls. 'I want to restore it to its youthful look for the young people of the neighborhood,' Cannavaro said. 'The goals I had when I first started playing here were beyond what I had expected.' I used to go to training on the Vespa that the woman who is now my wife lent to me, and then I switched to a Fiat Uno. "I was already living the dream." Just as nostalgic, but nowhere near as romantic has been the club's decision last week to fire former Watford boss Walter Mazzarri, who ruled Napoli from 2009 to 2013.

The Game4Ukraine match between Team Shevchenko and Team Zinchenko concluded in a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. Oleksandr Zinchenko and legendary striker Andriy Shevchenko lead the two teams for the game, which was aimed at raising funds for a school in Ukraine amid the ongoing war with Russia. Former and current Chelsea players, including Chelsea's Mykhailo Mudryk, Gerard Pique, and Fabio Cannavaro, all made appearances alongside some celebrities.

PETE JENSON: Jose Mourinho won the Champions League final with Inter in 2010, but he didn't even come back to Milan for the celebrations. The final had been held in Madrid, but he had already agreed to Madrid, so he stayed in Madrid, although his players' celebrated without their coach at the San Siro the following day. Mourinho had just won the first European Cup in 45 years, fulfilling the hopes of a tearful president Massimo Moratti.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: The week's events in European football make it tempting to believe we're back to the early 1990s, when the Italian game ruled the world. The final of this season's Champions League will be contested by AC Milan or Inter Milan, Juventus have qualified to the Europa League's semi-finals, and Fiorentina and Fiorentina are in the Europa Conference League semis. Italian football is making its way back.

This year's showpiece in Qatar may only be Australia's fifth appearance at a World Cup, but they have carved out a number of memorable moments from which the entire world has been watching. The Socceroos may not have the football experience of other nations at the tournament, but they have unquestionably brought up a few key moments at the tournament that should be proud of. Sportsmail takes a look at the five best scenes from Australia's previous appearances at the World Cup.

Fabio Cannavaro is accused of resigning from his Benevento managerial role after only being in charge for just four games but amassing only two points. After the Serie B side lost their second straight league match to Como, the 49-year-old, who has had prior managerial success in Asia, resigned. However, Oreste Vigorito, the club's president, had his request 'adamantly' denied, even though the 2006 World Cup champion joined the side in September.

Since hanging up his boots in 2011, Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning captain (inset) has already had five managerial stints, including a brief stint as China's president. Guangzhou Evergrande, a 49-year-old man, left China last year after winning both the Chinese Super League (right) and the Chinese Super Cup during his four-year tenure. Cannavaro will now return to the dugout after signing a two-year deal with Benevento, according to Italian reports. It would be Cannavaro's first European managerial post in charge of a side that finished seventh in Italy's second division last season.

Since enrolling in a FIFA diploma program for club executives, Chelsea defender John Terry has embarked on a career in football coaching. Terry, who resigned from the sport in 2018 after a brief time with Aston Villa, has set his sights on executive work within the industry. Fernandinho, Juan Mata, and Tim Cahill are among the ex-professionals aspiring to make their mark in the burgeoning corporate market.

Fabio Cannavaro is worried about Paul Pogba's behavior. He believes that the 29-year-old midfielder is behaving appropriately and that he will have trouble competing with such a mindset. Following the expiration of his deal this summer, the former Manchester United star put an end to his second stint at Old Trafford by returning to Turin on a free transfer.