Carlo Ancelotti

Few figures in world football have shaped the modern game quite like Carlo Ancelotti. An Italian professional manager and former player, he has spent his career building teams in his own image: calm, adaptable, and relentlessly effective. In Italy he is known simply as Carletto; in Spain, they call him Don Carlo. Both nicknames speak to the same reality — a coach widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time.

His path began on the pitch. As a player, Ancelotti learned the game from the inside before moving to the touchline, and that experience has defined a managerial identity built on reading players as people first and athletes second. That approach has carried him through an extraordinary career at the very top of European and international football, where his squads have become known for tactical flexibility and a rare dressing-room trust.

Today, his influence extends across continents. As head coach of the Brazil national team, Ancelotti takes charge of the most decorated national side in football history — a role that places an Italian tactician at the helm of Brazilian football’s next chapter. It is a fitting stage for a manager whose reputation was earned across Europe’s biggest clubs and whose methods have influenced a generation of coaches who studied his teams.

For promoters, brands, and organizations, Ancelotti represents something rare: a living legend of the sport whose authority comes not from noise, but from decades of quiet, sustained excellence at every level of the game.