Italian football manager, Gennaro Gattuso who retired years back with awards and excellent career before retiring has finally agreed to become the new Italian international head coach and it's no more a new that he has officially signed to coach the Italian national team both at home and outside.
"Gattuso is a symbol of Italian football", says federation chief Gravina.
“The Azzurri jersey is like a second skin for him. His motivation, his professionalism and his experience will be fundamental to face the next Nazionale challenges.
“Aware of the importance of the objective we want to achieve, I thank him for his availability and the total dedication with which he accepted this challenge, sharing the FIGC’s project of overall development of our football, with the Azzurri strategically at the centre.”
As a player, Gattuso was part of the 2006 World Cup winning squad and made 73 senior appearances for the Nazionale.
He was also in the side that won the European Under-21 Championship in 2000.
The former Milan, Napoli, Valencia, Olympique Marseille and Hajduk Split tactician was a free agent after terminating his deal with the Croatian club by mutual consent, just one season into the tenure.
The new Italian new head coach has started off his job for the Italian national team with his record shown below;
377 number of games as a manager, 167 number of wins, 108 number of losses with his 4-3-3 preferred formation.
The whole Italian national team has officially welcomed Gattuso and all actions and job has started off as the new head coach.