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''' Cesare Claudio Prandelli''' ({{IPA-it|ˈtʃeːzare pranˈdɛlli}}; born 19 August 1957) is an Italian ] coach and former player. He has managed ], ], ], ], and most recently ].
''' Cesare Claudio Prandelli''' ({{IPA-it|ˈtʃezare pranˈdɛlli}}; born 19 August 1957) is an Italian ] coach and former player. He has managed ], ], ], ], and most recently ].
==Career==
==Career==
===Player===
=== Player ===
Prandelli was a ] who moved from ] to Juventus in 1979. His first game for Juventus was in the ] against ]. He played six seasons with Juventus, with his final game in the ] against ].<ref name="mj">{{cite web|url=http://www.myjuve.it/players-juventus/cesare_claudio-prandelli-97.aspx|title=Cesare Claudio Prandelli|work=Players|publisher=Myjuve.it|accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref>
Prandelli was a ] who moved from ] to Juventus in 1979. His first game for Juventus was in the ] against ]. He played six seasons with Juventus, with his final game in the ] against ].<ref name="mj">{{cite web|url=http://www.myjuve.it/players-juventus/cesare_claudio-prandelli-97.aspx|title=Cesare Claudio Prandelli|work=Players|publisher=Myjuve.it|accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref>
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===Coach===
===Coach===
====Clubs====
==== Clubs ====
Prandelli started his managing career as youth team coach for ]. He coached Atalanta's youth squad with excellent results from 1990 to 1997, except for a seven-months parenthesis, from November 1993 to June 1994, in which he served as caretaker for the first team, then relegated to ]. After a poor ] campaign as ] head coach ended in a sacking in January 1998, Prandelli headed ] for two seasons, leading the ''gialloblu'' to an immediate promotion to ], and then to a very good ninth place the next year. He later spent two years with ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=23843.html|title=Parma turn to Prandelli|date=16 May 2002|accessdate=2010-04-09|work=UEFA.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=46465.html|title=Prandelli extends Parma deal|date=12 December 2002|accessdate=2010-04-09|work=UEFA.com}}</ref> where he fully reached national glory.
Prandelli started his managing career as youth team coach for ]. He coached Atalanta's youth squad with excellent results from 1990 to 1997, except for a seven-months parenthesis, from November 1993 to June 1994, in which he served as caretaker for the first team, then relegated to ]. After a poor ] campaign as ] head coach ended in a sacking in January 1998, Prandelli headed ] for two seasons, leading the ''gialloblu'' to an immediate promotion to ], and then to a very good ninth place the next year. He later spent two years with ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=23843.html|title=Parma turn to Prandelli
|date=16 May 2002|accessdate=2010-04-09|work=UEFA.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=46465.html|title=Prandelli extends Parma deal
|date=12 December 2002|accessdate=2010-04-09|work=UEFA.com}}</ref> where he fully reached national glory.
Starting the 2004–05 season for ], he left the team because of personal problems involving his wife, with her being seriously ill.
Starting the 2004–05 season for ], he left the team because of personal problems involving his wife, with her being seriously ill.
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====Italy national team====
====Italy national team====
] (left) and Cesare Prandelli (centre) meeting Italian President ] (right) in November 2011]]
] (left) and Cesare Prandelli (centre) meeting Italian President ] (right) in November 2011.]]
On 20 May 2010, Fiorentina confirmed that Prandelli was given permission to hold talks with ] president Giancarlo Abete to replace ] as head coach of the ] after the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-ultimora/items/comunicato-stampa.4295.html|title=COMUNICATO STAMPA|work=Viola Channel|publisher=]|language=Italian|accessdate=2010-05-20|date=20 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8695718.stm|title=Fiorentina manager Prandelli offered Italy job |date=20 May 2010|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2010-05-20}}</ref> On 30 May, the Italian Football Federation publicly announced that Prandelli will take over from Lippi at the head of the ''Azzurri'' after the 2010 FIFA World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.figc.it/it/204/24814/2010/05/News.shtml|publisher=]|language=Italian|accessdate=2010-05-30|date=30 May 2010|work=figc.it|title=Dopo i Campionati del Mondo Cesare Prandelli sulla panchina azzurra}}</ref> His official debut arrived on 10 August 2010, in a ] against ] at the ], finishing in a 0–1 defeat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=296245&cc=5739|title=Italy 0–1 Ivory Coast|date=10 August 2010|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2010-08-19}}</ref>
On 20 May 2010, Fiorentina confirmed that Prandelli was given permission to hold talks with ] president Giancarlo Abete to replace ] as head coach of the ] after the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-ultimora/items/comunicato-stampa.4295.html|title=COMUNICATO STAMPA|work=Viola Channel|publisher=]|language=Italian|accessdate=2010-05-20|date=20 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8695718.stm|title=Fiorentina manager Prandelli offered Italy job |date=20 May 2010|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2010-05-20}}</ref> On 30 May, the Italian Football Federation publicly announced that Prandelli will take over from Lippi at the head of the ''Azzurri'' after the 2010 FIFA World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.figc.it/it/204/24814/2010/05/News.shtml|publisher=]|language=Italian|accessdate=2010-05-30|date=30 May 2010|work=figc.it|title=Dopo i Campionati del Mondo Cesare Prandelli sulla panchina azzurra}}</ref> His official debut arrived on 10 August 2010, in a ] against ] at the ], finishing in a 0–1 defeat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=296245&cc=5739|title=Italy 0–1 Ivory Coast|date=10 August 2010|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2010-08-19}}</ref>
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===Managerial statistics===
===Managerial statistics===
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==Honours==
==Honours==
===Player===
===Player===
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===Individual===
===Individual===
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*]: 2nd in 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/the-worlds-best-club-coach/|title=Josef "Del Bosques is the world’s best club coach 2012|publisher=]|date=10 January 2014|accessdate=10 January 2012}}</ref>
*]: 2nd in 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/the-worlds-best-club-coach/|title=Josef "Del Bosques is the world’s best club coach 2012|publisher=]|date=10 January 2014|accessdate=10 January 2012}}</ref>
*Premio Internazionale ]: 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Il Premio Facchetti a Prandelli "Spero di essere all'altezza"|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Fiorentina/26-10-2009/premio-facchetti-prandelli-601752744266.shtml|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref>
*Premio Internazionale ]: 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Il Premio Facchetti a Prandelli "Spero di essere all'altezza"|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Fiorentina/26-10-2009/premio-facchetti-prandelli-601752744266.shtml|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref>
In total, Prandelli played in 197 Serie A matches.
Coach
Clubs
Prandelli started his managing career as youth team coach for Atalanta. He coached Atalanta's youth squad with excellent results from 1990 to 1997, except for a seven-months parenthesis, from November 1993 to June 1994, in which he served as caretaker for the first team, then relegated to Serie B. After a poor 1997–98 Serie A campaign as Lecce head coach ended in a sacking in January 1998, Prandelli headed Hellas Verona for two seasons, leading the gialloblu to an immediate promotion to Serie A, and then to a very good ninth place the next year. He later spent two years with Parma, where he fully reached national glory.
Starting the 2004–05 season for Roma, he left the team because of personal problems involving his wife, with her being seriously ill.
Prandelli joined Fiorentina as manager in the summer of 2005. His first season in Tuscany proved to be a huge success, as Prandelli transformed Fiorentina from relegation strugglers into a team worthy of a UEFA Champions League spot, finishing the season in fourth place. Unfortunately for Fiorentina and Prandelli however, as a result of the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal, Fiorentina were stripped of their Champions League spot and started the 2006–07 season in Serie A with a 15-point deduction.
The next year, despite the points deduction, Prandelli was able to guide Fiorentina to a sixth-place finish in Serie A (with the same point tally as fifth placed Palermo), securing UEFA Cup qualification for the 2007–08 season. The team did very well in the competition, losing the penalty shootout against Rangers in the semi-final. In Serie A, the team finished fourth after winning a long race against Milan, earning a ticket to participate in the UEFA Champions League. His wife died during the season, making Prandelli's efforts all the more impressive.
For his work in the 2007–08 season, Prandelli was awarded the Serie A Coach of the Year at the "Oscar del calcio" awards in early 2009. He later managed to get Fiorentina into the group phase, after defeating Slavia Prague in the third qualifying round, and also guided Fiorentina to another fourth place spot, this time just pipping Genoa (who ended the season with the same points as Fiorentina, but were classified at fifth due to head-to-head results) and a second consecutive participation in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. After the departure of Carlo Ancelotti, Prandelli's tenure as Fiorentina became the longest of all incumbent Serie A managers.
In 2009, Prandelli surpassed Fulvio Bernardini as the longest serving manager in Fiorentina history, and guided the viola to a historic qualification in the round of 16 of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, where they were eliminated by Bayern Munich (who later went on to qualify to the final) through the away goals rule. However, Prandelli did not manage to repeat such successes at the domestic stage, with things being made even more complex by his key player Adrian Mutu being suspended due to doping-related issues. Fiorentina ended the 2009–10 Serie A in eleventh place, far removed from the top sides in the league.
On 20 May 2010, Fiorentina confirmed that Prandelli was given permission to hold talks with F.I.G.C. president Giancarlo Abete to replace Marcello Lippi as head coach of the Italian national team after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On 30 May, the Italian Football Federation publicly announced that Prandelli will take over from Lippi at the head of the Azzurri after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His official debut arrived on 10 August 2010, in a friendly match against Ivory Coast at the Boleyn Ground, finishing in a 0–1 defeat.
Then, during the 2012 Euro Qualifiers, Italy came back from behind to defeat Estonia 2–1. Italy's match against Serbia was plagued by crowd trouble and UEFA subsequently awarded Italy a 3–0 victory, putting them in pole position of their group. On 25 March. 2011, Italy recorded a 1–0 win over Slovenia to secure their spot at the top of the qualification table. Before the Slovenia game, Prandelli said: “The moment has come for us to have faith in the former greats of our football and learn from them ... My instruction is to work, work, work and I sincerely believe in rebuilding." Although preparations for the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine were affected by domestic match-rigging scandals, Prandelli succeeded in restoring honour to the national team after six years of relative famine by unexpectedly guiding it to the final. After coming second in the group stage (with 1–1 draws against Spain and Croatia and a 2–0 win over the Republic of Ireland), the team dominated a goalless encounter against England won by a penalty shoot out, and then contrived a striking 2–1 defeat of Germany in which Prandelli's special protegé Mario Balotelli scored twice. Despite losing 4–0 to Spain in the final, Prandelli was able to bring the team back to Italy amid popular applause to receive the personal compliments of President Giorgio Napolitano at an official reception in the Quirinal Palace.
After comfortably guiding the Italian team to qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, on March 2014 it was revealed Prandelli had agreed a two-year contract extension that would keep him in charge until the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament. On 24 June 2014 he resigned as the Italian National manager after a 1–0 defeat against Uruguay, which eliminated Italy from the World Cup in the group stage.
Galatasaray
On 3 July 2014, Prandelli became the manager of Galatasaray taking over from the previous fellow Italian coach Roberto Mancini, signing a two-year contract.
He could only spend 147 days as the manager of Galatasaray, as he was sacked on 28 November 2014. His league performance was certainly not bad: in 10 weeks his team managed to get 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, landing at 3rd place in Turkish League, 1 point behind Fenerbahce and Besiktas. However. the team under Prandelli had one of its worst seasons in the Champions League with two 4–1 losses to Arsenal, a 4–0 and a 4–1 loss to Borussia Dortmund, ending the team with 1 points and −12 goal difference in 6 games. Prandelli's statement that "the Turkish league is our priority" was not well received by the fans and the club board, as Galatasaray is often seen as the "European team" of Turkey, being the most successful club in European tournaments. Prandelli's tactics and player choices have also been heavily criticized in the media, as he has tried different lineups in 16 games that he managed. His successor, Hamza Hamzaoglu, led the team to both league and cup titles. Players declared their discontent about working with Prandelli several times on the media
Prandelli is a widower who was married to Manuela Caffi, a woman he had met in his hometown of Orzinuovi when he was 18 and she was 15. They married in 1982, with footballers Antonio Cabrini and Domenico Pezzolla witnessing the event, and they had two children named Carolina and Nicolò. In 2001, Prandelli's wife was diagnosed with breast cancer; her worsening health conditions led Prandelli to resign from his coaching post at Roma only days after his signing. After a short recovery, her conditions worsened and she died on 26 November 2007 in Florence. On 29 November Fiorentina travelled to Athens to play Greek side AEK Athens, with Prandelli's assistant Gabriele Pin deputizing for him. The Fiorentina team attended Prandelli's wife's funeral along with her personal friends. The team was shaken by the turn of events.
His son, Nicolò, has also embarked on an off-pitch football career, having been chosen as a fitness coach, by Parma F.C. in 2009, and then by the Italian national team during the buildup to the 2012 Euro finals.
Prandelli managing Italy in 2012
Fiorentina
Galatasaray
