Biography of Antonio Conte

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July 31, 1969
Antonio Conte was born on 31 July 1969 in Lecce. Right in the capital of Salento starts pulling the first kicking a ball around, and playing for local team he debuted in serie A at only sixteen years and eight months, on 6 April 1986, during the challenge, which ended 1-1 Lecce-Pisa. The first goal in the League, however, dates back to 11 November 1989, and is realized during Napoli-Lecce, over 3 to 2 for the Blues. Midfielder incontrista which makes the corsa its strength (but over the years will learn to develop a remarkable sense of goals), count remains at Lecce until the autumn of 1991 transfer session, when it is bought for seven billion lire from Juventus. The coach who threw it in black and white shirt is Giovanni Trapattoni, but it's Marcello Lippi that Earl finds his consecration.
In Turin he won five league titles, one Uefa Cup, one Champions League, one UEFA Super Cup and an Intercontinental Cup, and in 1996 became club captain, accomplices supplies of Fabrizio Ravanelli and Gianluca Vialli. Conte remains the owner until season 2001/2002, when, after the experience not happy to Carlo Ancelotti, Juventus coach Marcello Lippi returns, at which point his appearances on the field from the first minute they begin to thin out, and the captaincy goes to Alex Del Piero. Chan hangs on a nail at the end of the 2003/2004 season, having collected a total of 418 appearances for Juventus, sweater dress from 43 goal (259 matches and 29 goals in the League).
The last competitive match for midfielder salentino is disputed in serie A against Inter Stadio Meazza in Milan on 4 April 2004; the latest in Europe dates back to February 25, 2004, date of the defeat away from Juve against Deportivo La Coruna. Conte, then leave from winning, even if it has never managed to lift a trophy with the national team: participated in both World Championships 1994 that 2000 European Championships, losing both competitions in the final against Brazil and against France, respectively. On the occasion of the European 2000 Belgium and Holland, the player leccese has also scored a goal against Turkey in upside-down, while he had to abandon the quarterfinals played against Romania because of a foul right with Hagi. Over his career, Earl decides to start training: in the season 2005/2006 is the second of Gigi De Canio at Siena. The team finished in 17th place (and then save), but is promoted to fifteenth in consequence of penalization of Lazio and Juventus because of Calciopoli.
The following year, Earl stays in Tuscany, becoming the first coach of Arezzo, formation of the 31 October 2006 series b. Exempted, after four losses and five draws remedied in the first nine games, back to March of 2007 the Arezzo guide 13: the last part of the Championship is nothing short of astonishing, with 24 points earned within the last ten races, but not enough to avoid relegation in Pro League , accomplices six penalty points with which the team had started the season. Left Tuscany, count back in his 28 December 2007 Puglia was appointed new coach of Bari, in the place of the outgoing Giuseppe Materazzi. The decision, however, is not accepted with pleasure by the fans of Lecce, that during the derby take bad words, sending him offensive chants. The Bari at the end of the season is positioning itself to mid-table, but Earl soon became the darling of red and white supporters Remains on the bench next season chanterelles: being able to coach the team since the start of the season, gives his or her hand on the play of the team, focusing on the search for the beautiful football got through the exterior on the wings. The Bari, so dominates the League, winning the League with as many as four days in advance, 8 May 2009 (coincidentally, the same day of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of Bari).
Conte, therefore, reports the Bari in the top division in eight years after the last time, and on 2 June signing new contract until 2010. The marriage between society and technology, however, stops suddenly on 23 June 2009, when notified of the termination of the contract by mutual consent. The 2009/2010 season starts without bench for Conte, who however is a team already in September: Atalanta, back from the failed experience of Angelo Gregucci. With Baggio on annual contract, although technical salentino onset is not the most fortunate: on the occasion of 1 to 1 draw against Catania, is expelled for protests. The results with the goddess, though, slow in coming: in thirteen matches are obtained only thirteen points, a result of six defeats, four draws and three wins. For this Count on January 7 of 2010 resigns after defeat against Napoli.
A month later, he was awarded the prize "Silver Bench", reserved for B technicians that most stood out during the previous Championship. On 23 May 2010 Antonio Conte signed a two year contract with Siena: Tuscans earn in 2011 access to serie A with three rounds to spare. After that, the count goes from black and white to the other: on 31 May 2011, in fact, signed an agreement with Juventus for two years. After wearing the White Jersey for thirteen years and taken the captaincy for five, count back to be an idol of Juventus supporters. The results come quickly: at home, in the new Juventus Stadium, marks a victory for 4 to 1 over Parma, which represents the beginning of a ride at the Summit. After the ninth day of the Championship, her success against Fiorentina gives old lady on first place solo, an event that occurred in five years. Thanks to the victory away against its 8 January 2012, the Lecce coach salentino equals the historical record of seventeen match unbeaten season 1949/1950, established in distant record being beaten the following week thanks to 1 to 1 draw against Cagliari. Juventus closes the first round at the top, winning the symbolic winter title with eight draws, eleven WINS and no losses.
Is the prelude to Milan's scudetto, which is staged on May 6, 2012 (in the meantime, in March the Earl saw itself also assign the "M") with 2 to 0 victory over Cagliari, the 37th day, while AC Milan lost to Inter Milan. The black-and-whites, therefore, win with a day to spare, although there's no shortage of controversy, mainly because of the unassigned network arbitration to malaki Muntari during direct challenge against the rossoneri. The people of Turin would have the opportunity to embellish the season winning the Cup final, but were defeated by Napoli in Italy. In may 2012, to Count, it is still full of events: in addition to winning the Championship, which earned him the contract extension, coach salentino must deal with entry in the register of suspects by the Court of Cremona on suspicion of conspiracy to sporting fraud and scam. Everything comes from the statements made to the courts by the player Filippo Carobbio, during the investigation on match-fixing, about actions taken by Earl when he coached the Siena. After a search of premises on 28 may by order of the gip of Cremona, on July 26 Antonio Conte is deferred by the Federal Prosecutor of the Italian Football Federation: the charge is underreporting, for alleged combine go on stage during the challenges of the 2010/2011 season's serie B Albinoleffe-Siena 1-0 and 2-2 Novara-Siena. Knight order of merit of the Italian Republic from 12 July 2000, Earl is the protagonist of the book "Antonio Conte, the last Gladiator", written by Alvise Cagnazzo and Stefano discrete, and published by Bradipolibri in September 2011.
In the season of 2012/2013 leads Juventus to win their second championship in a row. Is also repeated the following year projecting Juve at the highest levels. Comes instead like a bolt from the sky news that sees Chan himself announce in mid-July of 2014 the consensual separation from society, giving her resignation as coach. A month later is chosen as the new coach of the Italian national football team by the newly elected FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio.
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