Product Description

It is no exaggeration that the appointment of Giovanni Trapattoni to the position of Irish team manager was greeted as one of the most ambitious and indeed surprising decisions in Irish sport. Following the hugely disappointing campaign under the totally inexperienced former player Steve Staunton, the Irish public waited impatiently and sceptically for the FAI to get their man. The announcement of Giovanni Trapattoni as the new manager has been greeted with almost unanimous approval as the world class manager that John Delaney had promised, even if it was two years late. But who is Giovanni Trapattoni? This new biography charts the spectacular career of the man who played for AC Milan and was capped for Italy, who then went on to manage Inter and AC Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Benfica amongst others, winning seven Serie A titles, European and UEFA cups before managing an Italian national team that were robbed at the 2002 World Cup in Korea.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40940 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
The arrival of Trapattoni: A Life in Football...is as welcome as it is timely. --Emmet Malone, Irish Times

About the Author
Egon Theiner and Elisabeth Schammerl have carried out extensive research on the career of Trapattoni for their Austrian publication TRAPATTONI: A Homage which was a very popular title given the coachs success with Red Bull Salzburg. Indeed Trapattoni himself took some copies of the book which he gave to friends and family.