Claudio Ranieri Claudio Ranieri Claudio Ranieri (; born 20 October 1951) is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of Premier League club Fulham. Ranieri began his managerial career in the lower leagues in Italy during the late 1980s, and made his name at Cagliari, whom he took from Serie C1 up to Serie A in successive seasons. He later went on to manage Napoli, where he led the team to qualify for the UEFA Cup, only to be sacked the following season. In 1993, he joined Fiorentina, and immediately led them to Serie A promotion, also winning
Claudio Ranieri four seasons, Chelsea improved their points total season on season. The core of the Chelsea team which won two Premier League titles under Mourinho, including John Terry, William Gallas, Wayne Bridge, Claude Makélélé and Frank Lampard were all brought to Chelsea or nurtured by Ranieri. During his final months at Chelsea, Ranieri also identified Didier Drogba and Arjen Robben as players Chelsea should sign, both of whom went on to become key players at the club. Ranieri published in September 2004 a book named "Proud Man Walking" chronicling his last year at Chelsea. All proceeds went to London's Great Ormond