{"id":515686,"date":"2026-07-28T10:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=515686"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:56:04","slug":"mancini-re-appointed-italys-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/mancini-re-appointed-italys-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancini re-appointed Italy&#8217;s head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roberto Mancini officially returns to lead Italy, and Claudio Ranieri arrives as the federation&#8217;s technical director.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Italian football league, Giovanni Malag\u00f2, announced Roberto\u2019s appointment as manager today. It marks Mancini\u2019s return to the job he left 3 years ago, when he decided to become the boss of the Saudi Arabian national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout a doubt, Roberto is the best person to take charge of being the head coach of the Italian national team right now,\u201d Giovanni shared with the media.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran manager returns after a successful 1<sup>st<\/sup> period. Mancini managed Italy for 5 years and triumphed with the European championship after defeating England in the final on penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Ranieri&#8217;s appointment as technical director will bring experience after the drama lately around the Italian football federation, as \u00a0Paolo Maldini and Leonardo left after Andrea Pirlo was not appointed because of some working ties to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Former Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola was also offered the position before that, but the Spaniard declined the chance to become the boss of the Italian national team after some consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni Malag\u00f2 also wanted Carlo Ancelotti, but he decided to continue his role as Brazilian national team manager.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE MANCINI ERA IS BACK! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9\ud83d\udd19<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Mancini is back at the helm of Italy! <\/p>\n<p>The former Azzurri boss returns to the national team dugout, having previously guided them to European Championship glory \ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Internationalfootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Internationalfootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RDs0DHDPa1\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RDs0DHDPa1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DAZN Football (@DAZNFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAZNFootball\/status\/2082116507023069596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberto Mancini officially returns to lead Italy, and Claudio Ranieri arrives as the federation&#8217;s technical director. 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