Fabio Capello

thumb|Capello in the 25th Laureus World Sports Awards Fabio Capello (born 18 June 1946) is a Italian football manager. Quotes "In my career as a manager I have built teams, worked with players, and always I've been focused on winning. That's all that matters to me: I exist to win." As quoted in World Cup 2010: Fabio Capello tells England 'I exist to win (June 12, 2010), The Guardian. It's very important that you have players of the right level. There are 35 per cent of players in the Premier League who are English but if enough of them are of a high level, it's enough." Fabio Capello: 'We need to play like a club' (June 15, 2008) There had been a conference in Sun City in February: an hour about the ball, 45 minutes about referees. The preparation was perfect, they said. This, that, the other. And I said to the referees’ chief: ‘Why not put someone behind the goal, a fifth official?’. Fabio Capello: 'I asked the players – Joe Hart or Calamity James?' (June 4, 2020) Quotes about Capello He's the boss, like Alf was. He's the first England manager since Alf who has been the real boss. Bobby Robson got them to the semi-final in 1990, and he's a marvellous character who knew the game backwards, but his approach was different, not as firm. Bobby Charlton quoted in "Sir Bobby Charlton: 'Capello is the first real England boss since Sir Alf'", The Independent (October 20, 2008) He's not there to be your friend, he's there to be your boss. Paolo Di Canio quoted in "Fabio: English football's renaissance man", The Independent (2009) He's a great manager, he knows what he wants and how to get it. David Beckham quoted in "Beckham 'anxious' to be reunited with Capello", The Independent (January 30, 2008) We needed a very strong man in charge. Sure, in terms of the off-the-field stuff he's brought in – the discipline around the place in terms of dress, around the hotel, or dinners – but also in footballing terms. We needed a very strong leader who had his own mind. With Capello, we have that. At Real Madrid, he'd make strong decisions on players. They weren't always what people might have considered the favourable or glamorous decisions, but it was always for the benefit of the team. Frank Lampard quoted in "Capello has stamped out selfishness, says Lampard", The Guardian (March 30, 2009) External links Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Football (soccer) coaches Category:Soccer players from Italy