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Arrigo Sacchi

1946 - Today

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Arrigo Sacchi (born 1 April 1946) is an Italian former professional football coach, best known for having twice managed AC Milan. Sacchi is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, and his Milan side (1987–1991) is widely regarded to be one of the greatest club squads of all time. Sacchi won the Serie A title in his 1987–88 debut season and then dominated European football by winning back to back European Cups in 1989 and 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arrigo Sacchi has received more than 1,508,940 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Arrigo Sacchi is the 25th most popular coach, the 620th most popular biography from Italy (up from 715th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Coach.

Arrigo Sacchi is most famous for his role as the head coach of the Italian national football team during the 1990s. He is credited with the invention of the catenaccio style of football, which is a defensive-minded style of play.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Arrigo Sacchi ranks 25 out of 471. Before him are Joachim Löw, Claudio Ranieri, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Sepp Maier, Jürgen Klopp, and Pep Guardiola. After him are Ronald Koeman, Ernst Happel, Héctor Cúper, Dick Advocaat, Carlos Alberto Parreira, and Otto Rehhagel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Arrigo Sacchi ranks 46. Before him are Marianne Faithfull, Emerson Fittipaldi, Robert Fripp, Masoud Barzani, Isaias Afwerki, and Boris Berezovsky. After him are Talia Shire, Liza Minnelli, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, André the Giant, Jang Song-thaek, and Bob Beamon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Arrigo Sacchi ranks 620 out of 5,161. Before him are Charles II of Naples (1254), Publius Clodius Pulcher (-90), Frank Capra (1897), Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), and Olybrius (400). After him are Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Andrew III of Hungary (1265), Giuliano Gemma (1938), Giovanni Agnelli (1866), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860).

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Among COACHES In Italy

Among coaches born in Italy, Arrigo Sacchi ranks 7. Before him are Carlo Ancelotti (1959), Dino Zoff (1942), Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Fabio Capello (1946), Marcello Lippi (1948), and Claudio Ranieri (1951). After him are Luciano Spalletti (1959), Maurizio Sarri (1959), Enzo Bearzot (1927), Alberto Zaccheroni (1953), Massimiliano Allegri (1967), and Roberto Donadoni (1963).

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