Arrigo Sacchi
Arrigo Sacchi (born 1 April 1946) is an Italian former professional football coach. He has twice managed AC Milan (1987–1991, 1996–1997), with great success. He won the Serie A title in his 1987–88 debut season and then dominated European football by winning back to back European Cups in 1989 and 1990. From 1991 to 1996, he was head coach of the Italy national team and led them to the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, where they lost to Brazil in a penalty shoot-out.
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Sacchi in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Arrigo Sacchi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fusignano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Fusignano | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | Alfonsine | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Bellaria | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | Cesena (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Rimini | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Fiorentina (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Rimini | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Parma | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Parma | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sacchi is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and his Milan side (1987–1991) is widely regarded to be one of the greatest club sides to ever play the game, and by some to be the greatest of all time.
Sacchi was never a professional football player and for many years worked as a shoe salesman. This led to his famous quote directed at those who questioned his qualifications: "I never realised that in order to become a jockey you have to have been a horse first." Another famous Sacchi quote is that "football is the most important of the least important things in life."