Antonio Conte
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| Full Name | Antonio Conte |
| Date of Birth | 31 July 1969 |
| Place of Birth | Lecce, Italy |
| Chelsea career | 2016-2018 |
| Win percentage | 65% |
| Honours | Premier League: '17 FA Cup: '18 |
| Other clubs | Arezzo Bari Atalanta Siena Juventus Italy Inter Milan Tottenham Hotspur Napoli |
Antonio Conte (born 31 July 1969) is a former manager of Chelsea. His appointment was confirmed in April 2016 and his tenture began at the start of the 2016-17 season and ended shortly after the end of the 2017-18 season. Before joining Chelsea, he managed Juventus and the Italian national team.
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Before Chelsea
Early career
Antonio Conte is one of the most charismatic and intense figures in modern football, both as a player and as a manager. Born in Lecce in 1969, he first made a name for himself as a combative midfielder. After emerging with his hometown club Lecce, he moved to Juventus in 1991, where he spent over a decade as a vital part of Marcello Lippi’s great side. Conte won five Serie A titles, a Champions League in 1996, and numerous other trophies, eventually becoming club captain. He was also a regular figure in the Italian national team of the 1990s, appearing at the 1994 World Cup and Euro 2000, where Italy finished runners-up on both occasions. His playing style was defined by discipline, determination, and leadership—qualities that would later become the hallmarks of his managerial career.
After retiring in 2004, Conte turned to coaching. His first experiences came in the lower leagues with Arezzo, Bari, and Siena. With Bari, he achieved promotion to Serie A in 2009, and with Siena, he repeated the feat in 2011. His reputation as a rising coach grew rapidly, and Juventus appointed him as their manager in the summer of 2011. Conte immediately transformed the team: using a dynamic 3-5-2 formation, he brought intensity, pressing, and organization that made Juventus dominant. He delivered three consecutive Serie A titles and re-established the club as the powerhouse of Italian football. This success earned him the national team job in 2014, and he led Italy to an impressive Euro 2016 campaign, reaching the quarter-finals with a squad widely considered to be short on individual quality.
Chelsea
Conte arrived at Chelsea in the summer of 2016, becoming the fifth Italian to manage the club. His impact was immediate and dramatic. After a shaky start, he introduced his trademark three-man defensive system, switching to a 3-4-3 that revolutionized Chelsea’s season. The tactical change unlocked the best out of players such as Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, and N’Golo Kanté, and Chelsea went on a remarkable 13-game winning streak that propelled them to the Premier League title in Conte’s very first season in English football. It was a triumph built on discipline, tactical innovation, and relentless work ethic, with Chelsea setting a then-record of 30 league wins in a single season.
The following campaign was more difficult. While Chelsea secured the FA Cup in 2018 with a narrow win over Manchester United in the final, the league season was marred by inconsistency, injuries, and tensions between Conte and the club’s board over transfer policy. Despite the silverware, Chelsea finished fifth and missed out on Champions League qualification. Conte’s tenure ended in the summer of 2018 after two intense, successful, but often fractious years.
After Chelsea
After leaving Chelsea, Conte returned to Italy in 2019 to take charge of Inter Milan. His impact was once again transformative. In his first season, Inter finished second in Serie A and reached the Europa League final, losing to Sevilla. The following year, he ended Juventus’s nine-year dominance by guiding Inter to the 2020–21 Serie A title—the club’s first in eleven years. Despite the triumph, disagreements with the board led to his departure soon after.
In November 2021, Conte returned to the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur. He lifted Spurs from mid-table to a top-four finish in his debut season, but his second campaign was overshadowed by inconsistency and public tensions. His explosive press conferences, in which he criticized players and the club hierarchy, became emblematic of his fiery character. By March 2023, he left the club by mutual consent.
Conte’s most recent chapter began in the summer of 2024 when he was appointed manager of Napoli. In his debut season, he guided the team to the Serie A title, marking his fifth Scudetto as a manager and making history as the first coach to win the Italian league with three different clubs—Juventus, Inter, and Napoli. This achievement cemented his legacy as one of Italy’s greatest modern managers.
Managerial record
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
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| League | 76 | 51 | 10 | 15 | 147 | 71 | +76 | 72% |
| FA Cup | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 77% |
| Lg Cup | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 63% |
| Europe | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 38% |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 106 | 69 | 17 | 20 | 212 | 102 | +110 | 65% |
Honours
- Premier League (1): 2016–17,
- FA Cup (1): 2018
| Managers |
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| Robertson (1905–06) • Lewis (1906–07) • Calderhead (1907–33) • Knighton (1933–39) • Birrell (1939–52) Drake (1952–61) • Docherty (1961–67) • Sexton (1967–74) • Suart (1974–75) • McCreadie (1975–77) • Shellito (1977–78) Blanchflower (1978–79) • Hurst (1979–81) • Neal (1981–85) • Hollins (1985–88) • Campbell (1988–91) Porterfield (1991–93) • Webb (1993) • Hoddle (1993–96) • Gullit (1996–98) • Vialli (1998–00) • Ranieri (2000–04) Mourinho (2004–07) • Grant (2007–08) • Scolari (2008–09) • Hiddink (2009) • Ancelotti (2009–11) Villas-Boas (2011–12) • Di Matteo (2012) • Benítez (2012–13) • Mourinho (2013–15) • Hiddink (2015–16) Conte (2016–) |
