Massimiliano Allegri

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Massimiliano Allegri

Personal information
Full name	Massimiliano Allegri
Date of birth	11 August 1967 (1967-08-11) (age 44)
Place of birth	Livorno, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Milan (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1984–1985	Cuoiopelli	7	(0)
1985–1988	Livorno	29	(0)
1988–1989	Pisa	2	(0)
1989–1990	Livorno	32	(8)
1990–1991	Pavia	29	(5)
1991–1993	Pescara	64	(16)
1993–1995	Cagliari	46	(4)
1995–1997	Perugia	41	(10)
1997–1998	Padova	21	(0)
1998–1998	Napoli	7	(0)
1998–2000	Pescara	46	(4)
2000–2001	Pistoiese	18	(1)
2001–2003	Aglianese	32	(8)
Total		420	(56)
Teams managed
2003–2004	Aglianese
2004–2005	SPAL
2005–2006	Grosseto
2007–2008	Sassuolo
2008–2010	Cagliari
2010–	Milan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Massimiliano Allegri (born 11 August 1967 in Livorno) is an Italian football coach and former midfielder. He is the current head coach of Serie A club A.C Milan.

Club career

After spending the earlier part of his career in the lower leagues, including his hometown club Livorno, Allegri joined Pescara in 1991. He established himself in midfield as Giovanni Galeone's side won promotion to Serie A in 1992. Allegri was an outstanding performer for Pescara in Serie A. Despite the side's relegation in last place, there was no shortage of goals and Allegri scored an impressive 12 goals from midfield. He moved on to Cagliari and then Perugia and Napoli before returning to Pescara. Brief spells at Pistoiese and Aglianese followed before his retirement from active football in 2003.

Coaching

Early career

Allegri started a coaching career in 2004, serving as boss of Serie C2 team Aglianese, the club where he spent his two final years as a player. Following an impressive season with them, Allegri was called to head Grosseto, then in Serie C1; his experience with the biancorossi however proved not to be as successful as with Aglianese, and he was ultimately sacked shortly after the beginning of the 2006–07 Serie C1 season. Shortly after being sacked by Grosseto, Allegri agreed to rejoin his mentor Giovanni Galeone at Udinese, becoming part of his coaching staff.^[1] This practice however proved to be forbidden by the Italian football laws because he was still contracted with the Tuscan club, and caused Allegri to be disqualified for three months on early 2008.^[2]

Sassuolo

On August 2007 Allegri became head coach of ambitious Serie C1 team Sassuolo, who Allegri managed to lead quickly into the top league spots. On 27 April 2008 Sassuolo mathematically ensured the 2007–08 Serie C1/A league title, thus winning a historical first promotion to Serie B for the neroverdi.^[3]

Cagliari

On 29 May 2008 he was announced as new head coach of Cagliari in the Serie A, replacing Davide Ballardini.^[4] Despite a disappointing start, with five losses in the first five league matches, Allegri was confirmed by club chairman Massimo Cellino and later went on to bring his team up to a mid-table placement in December. On 9 December following a 1–0 home win to Palermo, Cagliari Calcio announced to have agreed a 2-year contract extension with Allegri, with a new contract set to expire 1n June 2011. The contract was then revealed to have been signed on October, in the midst of the rossoblu's early crisis result.^[5]

He completed the 2008–09 season in an impressive ninth place, that was hailed as a huge result with respect to the limited resources, the lack of top-class players and the high quality of Cagliari's attacking football style which led the Sardinians not far from UEFA Europa League qualification. Such results led him to be awarded the Panchina d'Oro (Golden bench), a prize awarded to the best Serie A football manager according to other managers' votes. He won the same prize for a second consecutive time also for his results in the 2009–10, where he managed to confirm Cagliari's high footballing levels despite the loss of regular striker Robert Acquafresca, and leading an impressive number of three players from his side (namely, Davide Biondini, Federico Marchetti and Andrea Cossu) to receive Italian national team call-ups during his reign at the club.

On 13 April 2010 Cagliari surprisingly removed Allegri from his managerial duties despite a good twelfth place with 40 points, and youth coach Giorgio Melis (with Gianluca Festa as his assistant) was appointed at his replacement.^[6][7]

Milan

He was released from his contract by Cagliari on 17 June, under request of Serie A giants Milan, who were interested in appointing him as their new head coach.^[8] On 25 June, Allegri was officially appointed as the new coach of Milan. In his first season in charge, Allegri led Milan to their first championship title since 2004, beating Inter in both league fixtures, however, his side failed to make it past the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, by losing to Palermo 4-3 on aggregate in his first season. The team also qualified for the second round of the Champions League, where they were eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur.

However, Massimiliano Allegri has proven to the Serie A that he's a promising young coach and he led Milan to their sixth Supercoppa Italiana by coming from behind in a 2-1 win over Inter in a game played in the Beijing National Stadium.

Manager statistics

As of 19 November 2011^[9]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
Sassuolo		7 July 2007	28 May 2008	34	19	6	9	55.88	46	32	+14
Cagliari		29 May 2008	13 April 2010	72	27	14	31	37.5	106	113	-7
Milan		25 June 2010	Present	66	37	19	10	56.06	112	55	+57
Total				172	84	39	50	48.84	264	200	+64

Honours

Manager

Milan

• Serie A

• Winners (1): 2010-11

• Supercoppa Italiana

• Winners (1): 2011

Individual

• Golden Bench: 2008-09

References

1. ^ "Udinese, Allegri entra nello staff tecnico come ottimizzatore" (in Italian). SportNews.it. 6 November 2008. http://www.sportnews.it/news/index.php?nid=2056480&srctxt=. Retrieved 28 April 2008. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Allegri il prigioniero. Tra venti giorni esce" (in Italian). Foggia Calcio. 14 March 2008. http://www.unionesportivafoggia.com/index.php?id=2533. Retrieved 28 April 2008. 
3. ^ "Sassuolo e Salernitana in serie B, promozione storica per gli emiliani" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 27 April 2008. http://www.repubblica.it/2008/04/sezioni/sport/calcio/ritornano-in-b/ritornano-in-b/ritornano-in-b.html. Retrieved 27 April 2008. 
4. ^ "Allegri sulla panchina del Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 29 May 2008. http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=5599&type=0&id_menu=1. Retrieved 29 May 2008. 
5. ^ "Il Cagliari conferma Allegri fino al 2011" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 9 December 2008. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/index.php?action=read&id=131831. Retrieved 13 December 2008. 
6. ^ "Esonerato Allegri" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 13 April 2010. http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=8572&type=0&id_menu=1. Retrieved 13 April 2010. 
7. ^ D'Andrea, Rick (13 April 2010). "OFFICIAL: Cagliari Sack Coach Massimiliano Allegri". Goal.com (Ellinton Invest Inc.). http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2010/04/13/1877346/official-cagliari-sack-coach-massimiliano-allegri. Retrieved 13 April 2010. 
8. ^ "Il Cagliari libera Allegri" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 17 June 2010. http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=8813&type=0&id_menu=1. Retrieved 17 June 2010. 
9. ^ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/massimiliano-allegri/aufeinenblick/trainer_7671.html

External links

• Career stats^{[dead link]} (from footballplus.com)

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Name	Allegri, Massimiliano
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Date of birth	11 August 1967
Place of birth	Livorno, Italy
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