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🚨 Official: Mancini returns as Italy manager
Jul 28 2026 12:49 · By onefootball.com · 4 Reads
Roberto Mancini is the new head coach of Italy, as confirmed by FIGC president Giovanni Malagò during the ongoing federal council meeting.
The news, reported by Corriere dello Sport and Fabrizio Romano, comes just a few days after the breakdown between the Italian Federation and the Maldini-Leonardo duo over the failed appointment of Andrea Pirlo as head coach.
Malagò is also expected to announce shortly the appointment of Claudio Ranieri as technical director.
Mancini thus returns to the bench of the national team he already managed between 2018 and 2023. The new head coach will have to get to work immediately with a schedule that offers no respite.
At the end of September, Italy resumes competition with three consecutive fixtures: Belgium, Turkey, and France. A trio of matches that will immediately put the new project through a demanding test.
For now, it has not emerged whether Mancini will make changes to his coaching staff compared with his previous spell. The makeup of the new structure, with Ranieri as technical director, will be revealed in the coming days.
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