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Giovanni Trapattoni

1939 - Today

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Giovanni Trapattoni (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni trapatˈtoːni]; born 17 March 1939), sometimes popularly known as 'Trap' or 'Il Trap', is an Italian football manager and former player, considered the most successful club coach of Italian football. A former defensive midfielder, as a player he spent almost his entire club career with AC Milan, where he won two Serie A league titles (1961–62 and 1967–68), and two European Cups, in 1962–63 and 1968–69. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Trapattoni has received more than 1,674,838 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Giovanni Trapattoni is the 11th most popular coach (down from 10th in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from Italy (up from 485th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Coach.

Giovanni Trapattoni is most famous for being the manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team. He has managed the team since 2008, and is currently the longest-serving manager in the team's history.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Giovanni Trapattoni ranks 11 out of 471Before him are Dino Zoff, Jupp Heynckes, Louis van Gaal, Luis Aragonés, Marco van Basten, and Guus Hiddink. After him are Rinus Michels, Fabio Capello, Vicente del Bosque, Frank Rijkaard, Luiz Felipe Scolari, and Marcello Lippi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Giovanni Trapattoni ranks 13Before him are Stanislav Petrov, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Amos Oz, Amanda Lear, Reuven Rivlin, and Giovanni Falcone. After him are Harvey Keitel, Ada Yonath, Romano Prodi, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, and Karel Gott.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Trapattoni ranks 428 out of 5,161Before him are Geta (189), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Arturo Toscanini (1867), Louis II of Italy (825), Poppaea Sabina (30), and Andrea Doria (1466). After him are Pope Martin I (590), Pietro Badoglio (1871), Pope Fabian (200), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-89), Cesare Beccaria (1738), and Matteo Ricci (1552).

Among COACHES In Italy

Among coaches born in Italy, Giovanni Trapattoni ranks 3Before him are Carlo Ancelotti (1959), and Dino Zoff (1942). After him are Fabio Capello (1946), Marcello Lippi (1948), Claudio Ranieri (1951), Arrigo Sacchi (1946), Luciano Spalletti (1959), Maurizio Sarri (1959), Enzo Bearzot (1927), Alberto Zaccheroni (1953), and Massimiliano Allegri (1967).