Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti (; born 10 June 1959) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Brazil national team. Nicknamed Carletto in Italy and Don Carlo in Spain, he is regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time. Ancelotti has won the UEFA Champions League five times, a record for a manager, and is the only manager to take part in six Champions League finals. Ancelotti is also the only manager to win league titles in all of Europe's top five leagues.

He has won the FIFA Club World Cup three times and has won the UEFA Super Cup five times, a record for a manager. As a player, Ancelotti won two European Cups with AC Milan in 1989 and 1990, making him one of seven people to have won the European Cup/Champions League as both a player and a manager. He played as a midfielder and began his career with Italian club Parma, helping the club get promoted to Serie B in the 1978–79 season.

He moved to Roma the following season, where he won a Serie A title and four Coppa Italia titles. He then played for the late 1980s Milan team and won multiple titles, including two Scudetti and two European Cups. At international level, he had 26 appearances and one goal for the Italy national team. He represented Italy at two FIFA World Cups and at the UEFA Euro 1988, finishing in third place at the 1990 World Cup and being a semi-finalist at the Euro tournament.

As a manager, Ancelotti worked for Reggiana, Parma, and Juventus between 1995 and 2001.