On Saturday, Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that he will quit his job as a football manager when he leaves Real Madrid, ending one of the most glorious careers of football’s modern era.
Ancelotti said in May that he “probably” will quit once he leaves Madrid, but he dismissed all doubts in an interview with the Italian daily Il Messprisro.
“This time at Real will end my career, after Los Blancos I will quit,” said the 63-year-old. “Real is the pinnacle of football. It’s reasonable that I call it leaving after my experience here. “
Ancelotti became the first manager to win all of Europe’s top five leagues when he won the Spanish title last season, and he ended a remarkable campaign by winning the Champions League. second for the club.
It was Madrid’s 14th European championship crown and the latest in a string of titles that the Italian has won in a long career as a player and manager.
He won three Serie A titles with Roma and AC Milan in the 1980s, as well as consecutive European Cups with Arrigo Sacchi’s Milan in 1989 and 1990.
He returned to Milan as a coach in 2001 and in eight years at the San Siro won the 2004 championship and two Champions Leagues.
He also led Chelsea to a league and FA Cup double in 2010, setting a Premier League record with 103 goals scored in the process. He won Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain in 2013 and the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich four years later.
