Giovanni Trapattoni

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Giovanni Trapattoni (born March 17, 1939) is an Italian football former player and, currently, coach.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Player
- 1.2 Coach
2 Clubs/teams as coach
3 Clubs as player

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Biography

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Player

Template:Sect-stub Trapattoni was born in Cusano Milanino, in the province of Milan.

He had a successful career as a player with AC Milan in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Coach

He began coaching at the same club, moving on to Juventus in 1976 and from there to Inter Milan in 1986. Later Trapattoni was coach of Bayern Munich (1994-1995, 1996-1998), being remembered for a bizarre outburst in broken German during a press conference on March 10, 1998 ("Was erlauben Strunz?"..."Ich habe fertig!"). He also coached Cagliari and Fiorentina.

In July 2000 Trapattoni took charge of the Italian national team after the resignation of Dino Zoff. After a disappointing 2002 World Cup when Italy was eliminated in the second round and a 2004 European Championship when Italy went out in the first, Trapattoni was expected to be replaced. On June 25, 2004, Marcello Lippi was named as Trapattoni's successor, and took over once Trapattoni's contract ran out on July 15, 2004. On July 5, Trapattoni was named as new coach of Lisbon's SL Benfica which he led Benfica to win the Portuguese league the first time in ten years. He resigned after the 2005 season, and then returned to Germany with VfB Stuttgart, with much hype about his appointment. However , during his 20 games at the helm, Stuttgart showed poor form and drew an amazing 12 times, many of these draws 0-0 results. Denmark International Forwards Jon Dahl Tomasson and Jesper Gronkjaer openly criticized their coach, claiming he was afraid to attack. Trapattoni responded by putting both on the bench, but was fired himself the very next day on 9 February 2006, based on "not fulfilling the ambitions of the club". He was replaced by Armin Veh.