Fabio Capello, an Italian Football manager and a former professional footballer, was born on June 18, 1946 in Italy.
His father coached Pieris club, the first club Fabio played for. Ha moved to SPAL, after Paolo Mazza had noticed a talented player, and signed his first contract for the fee of two million lire. In 1965/66 season Capello was strong in penalties and became a key player. At that time he started to play for the U-23 Italian team but in 1966/67 season Capello had an injury to his left knee and appeared only in 16 games.
In 1967 Fabio signed for Roma and in two years the team won the Coppa Italia. In 1970 he moved to Juventus and won three Coppa Italia with the club. In 1973 Capello scored a decisive winning goal against England.
Fabio Capello was called up for Milan during three seasons (1976-80) and the team won the Coppa Italia. In 1980 he ended a career of a professional football player.
He started to coach AC Milan in 1987 and the team advanced to reach the UEFA Cup finals defeating Sampdoria. Under his guidance Milan won four Coppa Italia titles, the UEFA Champions League and remained unbeaten for 58 matches in Serie A.
In 1996 Capello moved to Real Madrid and the next year he returned back to Milan. His second spell at Milan wasn’t a success, after that he worked as a commentator for a year.
In 1999 Fabio headed Roma and led the team to success. Roma became Champions of Italy once and twice finished second. In 2004 Capello guided Juventus and won 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 Scudetti but the team was deprived of them because of the scandal in 2006.
Capello returned to Real Madrid and they won the Copa del Rey. In a year he headed the England national football team. Capello is England team’s best coach who has the largest percentage of wins.
On July 26, 2012 he headed the Russian national football team.
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