Gennaro Gattuso

Gennaro Gattuso
Ufficiale OMRI
Gattuso in 2013
Personal information
Full name Gennaro Ivan Gattuso[1]
Date of birth (1978-01-09) 9 January 1978
Place of birth Corigliano Calabro, Cosenza, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Italy (head coach)
Youth career
1990–1995 Perugia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Perugia 10 (0)
1997–1998 Rangers 34 (3)
1998–1999 Salernitana 25 (0)
1999–2012 AC Milan 335 (9)
2012–2013 Sion 27 (1)
Total 403 (13)
International career
1995–1996 Italy U18 14 (3)
1998–2000 Italy U21[2] 21 (1)
2000 Italy Olympic[3] 3 (0)
2000–2010 Italy[4] 73 (1)
Managerial career
2013 Sion
2013 Palermo
2014 OFI Crete
2015–2016 Pisa
2016–2017 Pisa
2017–2019 AC Milan
2019–2021 Napoli
2022–2023 Valencia
2023–2024 Marseille
2024–2025 Hajduk Split
2025– Italy
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2006 Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2000 Slovakia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gennaro Ivan Gattuso Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒenˈnaːro ɡatˈtuːzo]; born 9 January 1978) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of the Italy national team.

As a player, Gattuso mainly played in the centre as a defensive midfielder, although he was also capable of playing out wide.[5] He initially played for Perugia, Salernitana and Rangers, though he is mostly remembered for his time with AC Milan in Serie A, where he won the UEFA Champions League in 2002–03 and 2006–07, the Coppa Italia in 2002–03, and also the Serie A title in 2003–04 and 2010–11. In addition to these titles, he also won two Italian Supercups, two UEFA Supercups, and a FIFA Club World Cup. At international level, Gattuso played for the Italy national football team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, three FIFA World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Gattuso's talismanic midfield partnership with playmaker Andrea Pirlo, both at club and international level, played a key role in Italy's World Cup victory in 2006, as well as Milan's domestic, European and international successes during the mid-2000s. Despite not being blessed with notable technical skills, Gattuso's pace, strength and work-rate complemented and supported Pirlo's composed, creative playing style.[6][7][8][9] In addition to his ball-winning abilities, Gattuso was renowned for his competitive nature and leadership qualities throughout his career, often wearing the captain's armband for Milan following Paolo Maldini's retirement in 2009.[10][11]

Gattuso's managerial career began as player-coach of his final club, Sion of the Swiss Super League, and he also had short spells in charge of Palermo and OFI Crete. In June 2016, he led Pisa to Serie B promotion. He later coached both the youth side and the first team of his former club Milan between 2017 and 2019, before being appointed as manager of Napoli later that year, where he won his first title as a manager, the 2019–20 Coppa Italia. He then had a brief managerial stint at Fiorentina, resigning after 22 days due to disagreements with the club’s board. He was then appointed manager of Spanish La Liga club Valencia but was sacked in January 2023. In September 2023, Gattuso took charge of French Ligue 1 club Marseille before being sacked in February 2024. He subsequently took over at Croatian club Hajduk Split in June 2024 and left after one season in charge. Following that, he was appointed as coach of the Italian national team in June 2025.

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  2. ^ "Gennaro Gattuso" Archived 28 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine. FIGC. Retrieved 9 May 2013
  3. ^ "Previous Tournaments – FIFA.com". Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Gennaro Gattuso". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Gennaro Gattuso". BBC Sport. 8 May 2002. Archived from the original on 4 August 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. ^ "L' evoluzione di Gattuso, il muratore del Milan" [The evolution of Gattuso, Milan's bricklayer.]. Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 26 November 2003. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Gattuso Io che corro per tutti i Palloni d' oro" [Gattuso I the one who runs for all the Ballon d'Or winners]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 14 November 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Gattuso, Gennaro" (in Italian). Treccani: Enciclopedia dello Sport (2002). Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Palombo, Blasi, Donadel: idee Milan per il centrocampo. Gattuso: "Sì stanno pensando di sostituirmi"" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Palermo: Panchina a Rino Gattuso" [Palermo: Rino Gattuso appointed coach.] (in Italian). Sport Mediaset. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Ancelotti perde Gattuso sei mesi di stop per infortunio" [Ancelotti loses Gattuso, who will be out for six months due to injury.]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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