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Claudio Ranieri has introduced that he’ll retire from club management having helped Cagliari keep away from relegation from Serie A.
The 72-year-old has taken cost of 18 club sides and had a quick stint as Greece boss in a managerial profession that spans nearly 4 many years again to 1986.
He is most well-known for main Leicester City to the Premier League title in 2015-16, when the club had been rated as 5,000-1 underdogs in the beginning of the marketing campaign.
Cagliari had already secured their Serie A standing going into Ranieri’s final match within the dugout, a 3-2 residence defeat by Fiorentina on Thursday.
The Italian added that he might take a global job if it appealed to him.
Ranieri was emotional in his last Cagliari recreation as followers chanted his title earlier than kick-off and gave him a standing ovation, whereas a banner displayed the message ‘Eternal gratitude to an ideal man’.
This season he has cemented his standing as an ideal on the club, who had been enjoying in Italy’s third tier when Ranieri arrived for his first spell in 1988.
Having inherited a aspect preventing relegation, he helped the club to consecutive promotions and then top-flight security earlier than heading to Fiorentina and then the likes of Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Juventus, Inter Milan and Monaco.
On his return in January 2023 Cagliari had been 12th in Serie B however went on to safe promotion by way of the play-offs – coming from two objectives down to beat Parma within the semi-final and successful the ultimate towards Bari with a stoppage-time aim within the second leg.
Ranieri has additionally managed Roma and Valencia twice and in a submit on X, previously often known as Twitter, the Spanish club wrote: “One of essentially the most beloved coaches within the historical past of Valencia CF is retiring. Claudio Ranieri, we want you the perfect. Thank you for all the pieces.”
Another of his former golf equipment, Napoli, additionally commented on social media, saying: “Thank you for all the pieces, Ranieri. A real skilled and a person of such noble values.”
