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Giovanni Trapattoni

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Giovanni Trapattoni (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni trapatˈtoːni]; born 17 March 1939), popularly nicknamed "Trap" or "Il Trap", is an Italian former football manager and former player, considered the most successful club coach of Italian football. A former defensive midfielder, as a player he spent almost his entire club career with AC Milan, where he won two Serie A league titles (1961–62 and 1967–68), and two European Cups, in 1962–63 and 1968–69. Internationally, he played for Italy, earning 17 caps and being part of the squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. One of the most celebrated managers in football history, Trapattoni is one of only five coaches, alongside Carlo Ancelotti, Ernst Happel, Tomislav Ivić and José Mourinho, to have won league titles in four different European countries; in total, Trapattoni has won 10 league titles in Italy, Germany, Portugal and Austria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Trapattoni is the 15th most popular coach (down from 11th in 2019), the 498th most popular biography from Italy (down from 428th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Coach.

Giovanni Trapattoni is most famous for being the manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team. He has managed the team since 2008, and is currently the longest-serving manager in the team's history.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Giovanni Trapattoni ranks 15 out of 471. Before him are Claudio Ranieri, Louis van Gaal, Leo Beenhakker, Hans-Dieter Flick, Guus Hiddink, and Rafael Benítez. After him are Marco van Basten, Vicente del Bosque, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Rinus Michels, Marcello Lippi, and Luis Aragonés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Giovanni Trapattoni ranks 11. Before him are Francis Ford Coppola, Ian McKellen, Lee Harvey Oswald, Stanislav Petrov, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and Peter Grünberg. After him are Amos Oz, Amanda Lear, Harvey Keitel, Giovanni Falcone, Ada Yonath, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Trapattoni ranks 498 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), Ancus Marcius (-675), Pope Nicholas I (800), Annibale Carracci (1560), Pope Anterus (180), and Christine de Pizan (1365). After him are Pope Stephen VII (850), Charles I of Hungary (1288), Pietro Badoglio (1871), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416), and Marcello Malpighi (1628).

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Among COACHES In Italy

Among coaches born in Italy, Giovanni Trapattoni ranks 5. Before him are Carlo Ancelotti (1959), Dino Zoff (1942), Fabio Capello (1946), and Claudio Ranieri (1951). After him are Marcello Lippi (1948), Arrigo Sacchi (1946), Luciano Spalletti (1959), Maurizio Sarri (1959), Massimiliano Allegri (1967), Enzo Bearzot (1927), and Alberto Zaccheroni (1953).

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