Editing Claudio Ranieri (section)

{{short description|Italian football manager (born 1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Claudio Ranieri
| image = Ranieri2023 (cropped).png
| caption = Ranieri in 2023
| full_name = Claudio Ranieri<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/8379/files/allegati/8477/cu258.pdf |title=Comunicato Ufficiale N. 258 |trans-title=Official Press Release No. 258 |publisher=Lega Serie A |page=4 |date=9 July 2020 |access-date=6 December 2020 |archive-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206013137/http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/8379/files/allegati/8477/cu258.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|10|20|df=y}}<ref name=BDFutbol>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l4416.html |title=Ranieri: Claudio Ranieri: Manager |publisher=BDFutbol |access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Rome]], Italy<ref name=BDFutbol/>
| height = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[AS Roma|Roma]] (head coach)
| years1 = 1973–1974
| clubs1 = [[AS Roma|Roma]]
| caps1 = 6
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1974–1982
| clubs2 = [[US Catanzaro|Catanzaro]]
| caps2 = 226
| goals2 = 8
| years3 = 1982–1984
| clubs3 = [[Calcio Catania|Catania]]
| caps3 = 92
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1984–1986
| clubs4 = [[US Città di Palermo|Palermo]]
| caps4 = 40
| goals4 = 0
| totalcaps = 366
| totalgoals = 9
| manageryears1 = 1986–1987
| managerclubs1 = [[Vigor Lamezia]]
| manageryears2 = 1987–1988
| managerclubs2 = [[Campania Puteolana|Puteolana]]
| manageryears3 = 1988–1991
| managerclubs3 = [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]]
| manageryears4 = 1991–1993
| managerclubs4 = [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]]
| manageryears5 = 1993–1997
| managerclubs5 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| manageryears6 = 1997–1999
| managerclubs6 = [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
| manageryears7 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs7 = [[Atlético Madrid]]
| manageryears8 = 2000–2004
| managerclubs8 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| manageryears9 = 2004–2005
| managerclubs9 = [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
| manageryears10 = 2007
| managerclubs10 = [[Parma Calcio 1913#Rebirth and another bankruptcy (2004–2015)|Parma]]
| manageryears11 = 2007–2009
| managerclubs11 = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| manageryears12 = 2009–2011
| managerclubs12 = [[AS Roma|Roma]]
| manageryears13 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs13 = [[Inter Milan]]
| manageryears14 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs14 = [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
| manageryears15 = 2014
| managerclubs15 = [[Greece national football team|Greece]]
| manageryears16 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs16 = [[Leicester City]]
| manageryears17 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs17 = [[FC Nantes|Nantes]]
| manageryears18 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs18 = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
| manageryears19 = 2019
| managerclubs19 = [[AS Roma|Roma]]
| manageryears20 = 2019–2021
| managerclubs20 = [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]
| manageryears21 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs21 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
| manageryears22 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs22 = [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]]
| manageryears23 = 2024
| managerclubs23 = [[AS Roma|Roma]]
}}

'''Claudio Ranieri''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Ufficiale OMRI]]}}<ref name="Claudio Ranieri awarded Italian honour">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/20/leicester-city-claudio-ranieri-italian |title=Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri awarded Italian honour |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 May 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> ({{IPA|it|ˈklaudjo raˈnjeːri, -ˈnjɛː-|lang}}; born 20 October 1951) is an Italian professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former [[Football player|player]] who is the head coach of [[Serie A]] club [[AS Roma|Roma]]. As manager of [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], he won the [[2015–16 Premier League]], a feat regarded as one of the greatest sporting shocks in history.

Ranieri began his managerial career in the lower leagues in Italy during the late 1980s, making his name at [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]], whom he took from [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione|Serie C1]] up to [[Serie A]] in successive seasons. He subsequently managed [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]], with which he qualified for the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]], only to be dismissed the following season. In 1993, he joined [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], and immediately led them to Serie A promotion, also winning the [[Coppa Italia]] and the [[Supercoppa Italiana]] in 1996, before moving to Spain in 1997, to manage [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] and then [[Atlético Madrid]]. With Valencia, he won a [[Copa del Rey]] and an [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]], and helped the club to qualify for the [[UEFA Champions League]].

In 2000, Ranieri moved to England to become head coach at [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. His four seasons there saw Chelsea improve their points total season on season. After substantial investment in the squad by new Chelsea owner [[Roman Abramovich]] in the summer of 2003, Ranieri led the team to finish runners-up in 2004 and reaching the UEFA Champions League semi-final the same season. He was dismissed by Chelsea owner [[Roman Abramovich]] that May. After an unsuccessful second spell back in Spain with Valencia, he returned to management in Italy in 2007, where he encountered mixed success with spells at [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], [[AS Roma|Roma]] and [[Inter Milan]]. In 2012, he was hired to manage [[Ligue 1]] team [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]], who had just finished in the middle of [[Ligue 2]], and earned promotion as champions in his first season, then finished as Ligue 1 runners-up in his second season. This was followed by a foray into international management with the [[Greece national football team|Greece national team]], but he was dismissed less than four months later after a [[2014–15 Faroe Islands v Greece football matches#2014 match|1–0 home defeat]] against the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]] in the [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying]].

Ranieri returned to England once more in the summer of 2015 as manager of [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]. He went on to win the [[2015–16 Premier League]], after the club had narrowly avoided relegation the season prior, and was named the 2016 [[Premier League Manager of the Season]], and [[League Managers Association Awards#LMA Manager of the Year|LMA Manager of the Year]]. He was also awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Grand Officer of the Italian Order of Merit]] and the [[Enzo Bearzot Award]] as best Italian manager of the year,<ref name="Claudio Ranieri awarded Italian honour"/> as well as the [[The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016#The Best FIFA Men's Coach|2016 Best FIFA Men's Coach]] Award. He was dismissed by the club in February 2017 after a run of poor results. He has subsequently managed [[FC Nantes|Nantes]], [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], [[AS Roma|Roma]], [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]], and Watford. In June 2023, he won promotion to Serie A with [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]] after beating [[Bari Calcio|Bari]] 1–2 in the playoffs.