UK: SOCCER - Fabio Capello officially starts work as the new coach of the England soccer team

Record ID: 566544

  • Title: UK: SOCCER - Fabio Capello officially starts work as the new coach of the England soccer team
  • Date: 8th January 2008
  • Summary: LONDON, UK (JANUARY 7, 2008) (REUTERS) OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FA) HEADQUARTERS IN SOHO SQUARE FA CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRIAN BARWICK ARRIVING NEW ENGLAND COACH FABIO CAPELLO ARRIVING IN CAR PHOTOGRAPHERS CAPELLO POSING OUTSIDE BUILDING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS PRESS OUTSIDE BUILDING ENGLAND UNDER 21 COACH STUART PEARCE ARRIVING OUTSIDE OF BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 23rd January 2008 12:00
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  • Story Text: Fabio Capello officially starts work as the new coach of the England soccer team.
    Fabio Capello arrived at the English Football Association headquarters on Monday (January 7) to officially start work as the new coach of the England soccer team.
    The 61-year-old, the oldest man to take charge of England, has been given a four-and-a-half year contract from the FA.
    The Italian becomes England's second overseas coach following Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson (2001-06), he succeeds Steve McClaren who was sacked in November after the team failed to qualify for Euro 2008.
    Capello's backroom staff will consist of assistants Franco Baldini and Italo Galbiati, goalkeeping coach Franco Tancredi and fitness assistant Massimo Neri.
    Capello has had a glittering career in club management and was also a top player, winning 32 caps for his country.
    He has won nine league titles in Italy and Spain, although the two he achieved with Juventus in 2005 and 2006 were wiped from the record books because of an Italian match-fixing scandal in which he was never implicated.
    Capello took AC Milan to Champions League glory in 1994 and also won domestic titles with AS Roma and Real Madrid.
    His first match is a friendly against Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland at Wembley on February 6.
    For the latest Reuters Premier League and international football news see: http://football.uk.reuters.com
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