Juventus unveil Luciano Spalletti as new manager | OneFootball

Luciano Spalletti, who was dismissed from the command of the Italian national team less than four months ago, is the new coach of Juventus, the Turin club announced this Thursday.

“The Tuscan coach signed a contract until June 30, 2026,” Juve stated in a release, three days after the dismissal of Croatian Igor Tudor, who had been in charge for seven months.

Spalletti, 66, will lead the ‘bianconeri’ team for the first time next Saturday, in the 10th round of the Italian Championship.

According to the local press, the coach's contract includes an automatic renewal option for two more years if the club qualifies for the next Champions League.

Spalletti will be the sixth Juventus coach since May 2024, including interim coaches like Massimo Brambilla, who led the team to a 3-1 victory over Udinese on Wednesday, their first win in a month and a half.

The experienced coach will have to rebuild a team in crisis, currently in seventh place in Serie A, six points behind the leader and reigning champion, Napoli, and struggling in the Champions League after two draws and a loss.

Spalletti's resume includes 559 games in the Italian Championship and 67 games in the Champions League, having managed Udinese (2002-05), Roma (2005-09 and 2016-17), Inter Milan (2017-19), and Napoli (2021-23). Among his achievements are the ‘Scudetto’ with Napoli in 2023 and two Italian Cup titles with Roma (2007, 2008).

He also won the Russian Championship twice with Zenit Saint Petersburg (2010 and 2012).

However, Spalletti's tenure with the Italian national team was marked by disappointments, first in the Euro 2024, where the ‘Azzurra’ was eliminated in the round of 16 (losing 2-1 to Switzerland), and then in the European qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

Absent from the last two World Cup editions, Italy began its qualifying campaign with a 3-0 defeat to Norway in Oslo, a result that cost Spalletti his job, and he was replaced by Gennaro Gattuso.

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