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Claudio Ranieri, aka "The Tinkerman", is the manager of Sampdoria.

In a surprise move the Italian returned to the Premier League in 2015 with Leicester City...and the rest is history...

In what is widely regarded as one of - if not THE - most stunning stories in sports history, Ranieri miraculously led 5000/1 long shots Leicester to Premier League glory.

However, the Italian was ruthlessly axed nine months later...before returning to the dugout with French outfit Nantes for a single season.

Ranieri has amassed nearly 1000 matches across 13 clubs and four countries during what has been a lengthy career in the dugout, since first venturing into the managerial arena in 1988.

Ranieri has managed an abundance of clubs in his homeland, including Juventus, Inter Milan and Roma, while he's also had spells at the likes of Monaco, Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, plus an unsuccessful at international level with Greece.

In terms of silverware and achievements Ranieri has surprisingly only hoisted a handful of trophies with Cagliari, Fiorentina, and Monaco, although winning the Premier League with Leicester was simply a staggering achievement, and one that he'll never top.

Managerial Career

Claudio Ranieri Quotes

My team is like an orchestra. To play the symphony correctly I need some of the boom boom boom, but I also need some tweet and sometimes the tweet and boom go well together. Sometimes all you can hear is the boom, sometimes only the tweet. That is not good music.

I pay for pizza, you pay for the sausage. I am the sausageman.

In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.