He is the third coach since August to sit in the exposed chair of Roma coach, after Daniele De Rossi, quickly dismissed after four matches (three draws, one defeat), and Ivan Juric, relieved of his duties last weekend with a record in all competitions of four wins, three draws and five defeats.
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Since the start of the year, the Louve club, 12th in the Italian Championship, has had four coaches, if we add Jose Mourinho, dismissed in mid-January.
Roma, whose American owners, the Friedkin family, want to play in the Champions League next season, have only pocketed thirteen points in twelve matches and have just lost four of their last five Serie A matches.
It is thirteen points behind leader Naples and twelve in 5th place, the last undoubtedly qualifying for the C1, occupied by its great rival, Lazio.
Ranieri left his post as Cagliari coach in June, announcing that his career was over, unless he was offered a position as coach, a position he had very briefly assumed in 2014 in Greece.
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With the Italian technician, once again the dean of coaches of the five major European championships, Roma is choosing experience.
Ranieri, whose coaching career began in 1986, has managed the biggest Italian clubs (Juventus, Inter Milan, Naples, Fiorentina) and big names in European football, such as Chelsea, Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Monaco.
His record, however, remains meager, but includes an English championship title won at the end of an incredible 2015-16 season with Leicester.
The “romanist” fans, very angry with their owners, welcomed his arrival: on Wednesday evening, there were several hundred waiting for him at the airport on his return from London where he had met the Friedkin family.
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