Antonio Conte

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Antonio Conte
Antonio Conte Dubai 2012.jpg
Personal information
Full name Antonio Conte
Date of birth (1969-07-31) 31 July 1969 (age 43)
Place of birth Lecce, Italy
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Juventus (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1985–1991 Lecce 89 (1)
1991–2004 Juventus 419 (44)
Total 522 (45)
National team
1993–2001 Italy 20 (2)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Arezzo
2007–2009 Bari
2009–2010 Atalanta
2010–2011 Siena
2011– Juventus
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Antonio Conte (born 31 July 1969 in Lecce) is an Italian former footballer, and now manager. He is the current manager of the Italian team Juventus.

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Playing career[edit]

Conte began to play football in his city, within the U.S. Lecce youth team, before making his Serie A debut with the first squad in 1985. He was signed by Juventus in 1991 (debuting 17 November 1991 vs. Torino[1]), being later made captain before the promotion of Alessandro Del Piero to this role. During the 1998–1999 season when Del Piero suffered a horrendous leg injury, Conte returned to the captaincy and led Juventus to the UEFA Champions League semifinals. He maintained the captaincy till the 2001/02 season. In 2002–2003, Conte was part of the Juventus team that reached the UEFA Champions League final only to lose on penalties to AC Milan, with Conte himself coming closest to winning the game for Juventus in normal time when he crashed a header off the crossbar early in the second half. Conte became one of the most decorated and influential players of Juventus history. He played for the Italian national team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 UEFA European Championship.[2] He has won all possible top tier titles at club level but has only managed a runner's up medal for the World Cup and Euro Cup.

Coaching career[edit]

Arezzo[edit]

After having retired as a footballer, Conte worked as an assistant manager for Siena alongside Luigi De Canio in the 2005–06 season. In July 2006 he was appointed coach of Serie B side Arezzo; however, after a series of disappointing results, he was sacked on 31 October 2006.

On 13 March 2007 he was reinstated to the Arezzo head coaching position, as his predecessor failed to gain any significant improvement. In his second time at Arezzo he led the team to five consecutive wins in a row, and 19 points in 7 matches, which allowed the Tuscan side to fill the gap from the last safe spot; his team however did not manage to avoid relegation, and Arezzo dropped into Serie C1 on the final matchday, only one point behind Spezia.

Bari[edit]

On 27 December 2007 he was appointed by Bari to replace Giuseppe Materazzi for the second half of their Serie B 2007–08 campaign.[3] He did very well, turning Bari's 2007–08 season around from relegation-threatened to a comfortable midtable position. In the following season, 2008–09, Bari were crowned Serie B champions, being promoted to Serie A for the 2009–10 season.

On June 2009, after weeks of rumours linking Conte to the vacant managerial role at Juventus, he agreed in principle for a contract extension to keep him at Bari for the new season; however, on 23 June Bari announced to have rescinded the contract with Antonio Conte by mutual consent.[4]

After Claudio Ranieri was sacked of Juventus, Conte was named as one of the candidates to become the new coach.[5] However, the "bianconeri" hired Ciro Ferrara as the first team manager, instead. Conte had stated shortly prior that he would like to be the Juventus coach in the future, because he thought he was ready to assume the work.[6]

Atalanta[edit]

On 21 September 2009 Atalanta appointed him to replace Angelo Gregucci.[7] After a good start at the helm of the orobici, Atalanta under Conte's reign began struggling in result from November, leading to protest from local supporters and troubles between Conte himself and the organized ultras of the club.

On 6 January 2010, Conte was repeatedly contested by Atalanta fans during a home game against Napoli, ended in a 0–2 loss for the nerazzurri; the matchday ended with a police intervention to avoid confrontation between Conte and the Atalanta ultras.[8] The next day, Conte tended his resignations to the club, leaving them in 19th place.[9]

Siena[edit]

On 9 May 2010 he was announced as new head coach of Siena, with the aim to bring the Tuscan side back to the top flight after relegation to the 2010–11 Serie B.[10] Conte successfully led Siena to promotion for the 2011–12 Serie A season.

Juventus[edit]

On 22 May 2011 Juventus sporting director, Giuseppe Marotta, announced that Juventus has appointed Conte as their new head coach replacing Luigi Delneri. It was expected that Conte will lead Juventus to their return on top of the Italian and European football scene.[11][12]

On 6 May 2012, Conte led Juventus to its 30th scudetto with one round to spare by beating Cagliari 2–0.[13] After beating Atalanta 3–1, Juventus finished the league unbeaten, the first team to do so since Serie A expanded to 20 teams and 38 rounds. Juventus lost the Coppa Italia final to Napoli 2–0 therefore failing to finish an entire Italian season unbeaten.

In spite of the numerous draws conceded by the Bianconeri, Antonio Conte has already won critical acclaim as Juventus manager and earned comparisons with José Mourinho. Like the latter, Conte has developed a reputation because of his obsession with tactics and his ability to win and to bond together his players. However, unlike the cautious Portuguese, Conte favours an attacking brand of football with 4–3–3 and 3–5–2 being his most frequently used formations in Turin.

In his first 10 months on the Juventus bench, Conte, a former fan favourite as a midfielder for the club, had already reached a number of landmarks. On 17 March 2012, following a 5–0 win over rivals Fiorentina, he equalled Fabio Capello's run of 28 unbeaten games between November 2005 and May 2006. On 20 March 2012, he became the first coach to lead Juventus to a Coppa Italia final since Marcello Lippi in the 2004 Coppa Italia Final. On 25 March, following a 2–0 success at the Juventus Stadium he became the first coach to win both legs of the Derby d'Italia against rivals Internazionale since Fabio Capello in 2005–06. In November 2012, Conte was awarded the Trofeo Maestrelli, which is awarded to the three best Italian coaches in the professional league, the youth levels and outside Italy respectively.[14]

Italian football scandal[edit]

Prior to Euro 2012, Conte was accused of misprision of felony by Filippo Carobbio, a former player of Siena, in the recent match-fixing scandal. His lawyer and Juventus president Andrea Agnelli denied his role in the scandal.[15][16]

On 1 August 2012, Conte's plea bargain of three months ban was rejected.[17] However, when Conte made the plea bargain he had already agreed that he would later be given the chance to prove his innocence.

On 10 August 2012 the Italian football federation (FIGC) announced that Juventus coach Antonio Conte is suspended for the next 10 months for failing to report match-fixing in Novara-Siena and AlbinoLeffe-Siena.[18] Proclaiming his innocence of such knowledge his case was appealed.[19]

On 22 August the Federal Court of Juistice dropped tha accuse about Novara-Siena but confirmed the 10 months ban for AlbinoLeffe-Siena.[20] The Albinoleffe-related part of verdict is motivated by Christian Stellini acceptance of plea bargain and because it was unlikely that Conte can not have known about Stellini's moves;[21] about Novara-related accuse Federal Court member Pietro Sandulli commented that "...it seemed illogical that such a senior and experienced coach would say in the locker room 'we're drawing this one' in front of 25 players".[22] Conte was furious that he was deferred and punished using only accusations of an ambiguous pentito, without any evidence of wrong doing.[23][24]

On 23 August Juventus announced to appeal to Italy's sports arbitration panel against this new ban.[25]

Juventus' management and players dedicated their Supercoppa Italiana win to Conte.[26]

On 13 September the FIFA, through an official, extended to all international competitions stop for ten months of the Juventus coach for failure to report as part of the match-fixing.

On 5 October the National Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced the disqualification in the second degree at four months, allowing the manager to return to the bench starting from 8 December 2012.

Career statistics[edit]

International goals[edit]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.
27 March 1999
 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 1–2 Win UEFA EURO 2000 Qual.
2.
11 June 2000
 GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands  Turkey 1–2 Win UEFA Euro 2000

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 18 May 2013.
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Arezzo Italy July 2006 31 October 2006 700112000000000000012 70003000000000000003 70005000000000000005 70004000000000000004 700125000000000000025.00
Arezzo Italy 13 March 2007 June 2007 700115000000000000015 70008000000000000008 70003000000000000003 70004000000000000004 700153330000000000053.33
Bari Italy 27 December 2007 23 June 2009 700167000000000000067 700132000000000000032 700120000000000000020 700115000000000000015 700147760000000000047.76
Atalanta Italy 21 September 2009 7 January 2010 700114000000000000014 70003000000000000003 70004000000000000004 70007000000000000007 700121430000000000021.43
Siena Italy 1 July 2010 21 May 2011 700144000000000000044 700122000000000000022 700114000000000000014 70008000000000000008 700150000000000000050.00
Juventus Italy 22 May 2011 Present 700196000000000000096 700161000000000000061 700126000000000000026 70009000000000000009 700163540000000000063.54
Total 7002247000000000000247 7002127000000000000127 700174000000000000074 700146000000000000046 700151420000000000051.42


Champions Runners-up Third / SF

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Juventus
Italy

Managerial[edit]

Bari
Siena
Juventus

Individual[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Conte and his wife Elisabetta have a daughter named Vittoria.[27]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "17-11-1991, l'esordio bianconero di Conte – Conte's Juventus debut". Juventus.com. YouTube. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012. 
  2. ^ "Harsh penalty hands Italy victory". BBC Sport. 11 June 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Materazzi si dimette: Antonio Conte a Bari". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 28 December 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2007. [dead link]
  4. ^ "As Bari e Conte: sciolgono il rapporto" (in Italian). AS Bari. 23 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009. 
  5. ^ "L'allenatore Juve? La certezza: decide Lippi". Goal.com (in Italian). 21 May 2009. 
  6. ^ "Antonio Conte: I Am Ready To Coach Juventus". Goal.com. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Comunicato Stampa" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 21 September 2009. Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009. 
  8. ^ "Il tecnico litiga con i tifosi E viene portato via a forza". Bergamo News (in Italian). 6 January 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2010. 
  9. ^ "Comunicato stampa" (in Italian). Atalanta BC. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2010. 
  10. ^ "Antonio Conte è il nuovo allenatore del Siena" (in Italian). AC Siena. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010. [dead link]
  11. ^ "Giuseppe Marotta reveals Juventus will appoint Antonio Conte as new coach". Weltfussball. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011. 
  12. ^ "Conte replaces Del Neri at Juventus". ESPN Soccernet. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
  13. ^ "Juventus wrap up Italian Serie A championship in style". BBC Sport. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012. 
  14. ^ "Juve scoop two awards at Trofeo Maestrelli ceremony". juventus.com. 13 November 2012. 
  15. ^ "Juventus's Antonio Conte investigation". The Guardian. 28 May 2012. 
  16. ^ "How Italy has reacted to the latest match-fixing arrests". BBC News. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012. 
  17. ^ "NO AL PATTEGGIAMENTO PER CONTE, – 6 IL SIENA, GROSSETO RISCHIO LEGA PRO" (in Italian). FIGC. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012. 
  18. ^ Conte handed 10-month ban in Scommessopoli scandal|http://sports.yahoo.com/news/conte-handed-10-month-ban-073700100--sow.html
  19. ^ "Conte handed 10-month ban in Scommessopoli scandal". goal.com. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012. 
  20. ^ F.I.G.C. – Comunicato Ufficiale n°031/CGF|http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/59.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_33256_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_Allegato_0_upfAllegato.pdf
  21. ^ Il Messaggero – Calcioscommesse, le motivazioni della sentenza-Conte|http://www.ilmessaggero.it/sport/calcio/calcioscommesse_conte_motivazioni_sentenza/notizie/215597.shtml
  22. ^ Italian judge: Conte lucky ban was not longer|http://sports.yahoo.com/news/italian-judge-conte-lucky-ban-225000143--sow.html
  23. ^ Youtube – Conte's press conference – english subtitles|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Y0CG1Q9cU
  24. ^ Conte: "Gazzetta dello Sport – Negotiating amounts to blackmail Prosecutor and Carobbio hand in glove"|http://english.gazzetta.it/Football/23-08-2012/conte-negotiating-amounts-to-blackmail-prosecutor-and-carobbio-hand-glove-912359918299.shtml
  25. ^ Juventus to appeal again after Conte's 10-month ban upheld|http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19079604
  26. ^ "Juventus dedicate Supercoppa Italiana win to banned Conte". Goal.com. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012. 
  27. ^ "Conte: "Scommesse? Sono sereno"" (in Italian). La Stampa. 19 June 2012. 

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Preceded by
Gianluca Vialli		 Juventus F.C. captains
1996–2001		 Succeeded by
Alessandro Del Piero
Juventus F.C. – current squad
Serie A managers
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