Antonio Conte is “only” the fifth Italian to sit in Chelsea`s
hot seat after Gianluca Viali ,Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Di
Mateo. Conte have signed 3 year contract until 2019 and in next three years the
Italian will earn 20 million euros.
The first ever Italian manager in Chelsea was Gianluca Viali.
He succeeded Rud Gulit in February 1998.
Viali have won fifth trophies in less than three years.
First
two came in 1998 when Chelsea won the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup, by beating
VfB Stuttgart with 1-0. Next trophy for
Chelsea was the European Super Cup after beating Real Madrid 1–0. The following
season saw Chelsea ended on a high note when Vialli guided Chelsea to a win
over Aston Villa in the 2000 FA Cup final. Last one was the FA Charity Shield
when Chelsea outplayed Manchester United. Only five games into the season
Vialli was sacked.
Second Italian in charge of Chelsea from 18 September 2000 to
30 May 2004 was Claudio Ranieri. Hi wasn’t successful like his previous country man. In
four years Ranieri's build strong side but he didn’t
win any silverwere. He was the first manager in the Roman Abramovic`s era.
After
wining two Champions league titles with AC Milan, Carlo Ancelotti was brought
to Chelsea to spark them in Europe. Ancelotti have won the Double (FA and
Premier League) for the first time in Chelsea`s history in his first season but fail to
bring Champions League “music” to Stamford Bridge. After less then 2 years he
was sacked.
But
it was the another Italian that fulfil Abramovic`s dream. It was a former
Chelsea player and Italian international Roberto di Mateo. As caretaker over
Villas-Boas he guided Chelsea to FA Cup and Champions League success, beating
Bayern Munich in the final on penalties. Not the less he was sacked six months
later, after being given a two-year permanent deal.
Antonio Conte will be tenth manager in
Roman Abramovic`s era. All previous managers except Gus Hidinik have been
sacked by Russian tycoon.
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