Cannavaro in for Lippi at Guangzhou
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ITALY’S World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro will replace his former national team coach Marcello Lippi in charge of Chinese champion Guangzhou Evergrande for next season, the club announced yesterday.
Lippi, 66, said he would be moving upstairs into a technical director’s role for the remainder of the three-year contract he signed in February after leading the club to a fourth straight Chinese Super League title last weekend.
The club unveiled its new coach at a news conference in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, and Cannavaro posted its statement on his Twitter feed: “Chinese Super League champion Guangzhou Evergrande officially unveiled Fabio Cannavaro as its new coach.”
Lippi will retain the title ‘head coach’ while Cannavaro will be ‘executive head coach’ and responsible for the day-to-day running of the team, the club said.
Cannavaro, 41, played 136 times for Italy in a glittering playing career and raised the World Cup in Germany in 2006 with Lippi as his coach.
The former Napoli, Parma, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid central defender finished his playing career at Emirati club al-Ahli and stayed on as a technical consultant after his retirement.
He is currently being investigated by authorities in his home city of Naples on suspicion of illegally sidestepping 1 million euros (US$1.27 million) in tax.
Lippi has won three Chinese Super League titles, the Chinese FA Cup and the 2013 AFC Champions League since taking over at the club two years ago.
Cannavaro’s arrival will bring an even more Italian flavor to the club after former Italy internationals Alessandro Diamanti and his former Bologna teammate Alberto Gilardino were purchased this year.
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