(CNN)  -- Juventus named former club captain Antonio Conte as their new coach Tuesday in place of Luigi Delneri. The 41-year-old former Italian international has signed a two-year contract which ties him to the Turin giants until the end of June 2013. Juve officially announced Delneri's departure on their club website earlier in the day although the 60-year-old had revealed on the final weekend of the Serie A season he would be departing. It followed a difficult season in which the 'Old Lady' finished seventh in the standings for the second straight year and missed out on European qualification. Conte has a solid record as a coach, guiding Siena to promotion back to Serie A last season, a feat he had already achieved with Bari in 2009.

The same qualities that made him one of
Juve's greatest ever winners," said a statement on the club's official website.