Paolo Di Canio
Paolo Di Canio ( born July 9, 1968 in Rome ) is a retired Italian footballer and current coach. He played in the storm.
Life
Career as a player
Paolo Di Canio began his career in 1985 at Lazio. He then played ten years for various clubs in his homeland, such as AC Milan or Juventus. With these two clubs he won his only three titles.
In 1996 he moved to Celtic, but was transferred after only one year to Sheffield Wednesday, although he had been elected to the player choosing to Scotland's Player of the Year. He was by Theo Snelders and Brian Laudrup the third non- Briton, who received this award. When Sheffield Wednesday Di Canio scored on his violence. In the match against Arsenal, he came with his opponent Martin Keown each other, after which both saw the red card. However, the Italians did not want to accept the decision and pushed referee Paul Alcock to the ground. As a consequence a lock on eleven games and a fine of 10,000 pounds were imposed. When he was eligible to play again, but he often lacked in training and on match days. After an offer of two million pounds Di Canio was transferred to West Ham United. With his new club, his behavior stabilized.
After the 2002/ 03 season Di Canio moved to Charlton Athletic, as West Ham were relegated. In the summer of 2004 he moved back to Italy to his tribe club Lazio. There he was appointed captain and again the darling of the Lazio fans. In summer 2006, Di Canio went to the fourth division Cisco Roma, where he ended his career in 2008.
2006 Di Canio was attacked in Rome for a walk with a known right-wing fascists of football fans verbally ( "You're no longer a comrade, the real fascists we are. "). After his wife and his daughter were offended to Di Canio wanted to put with fisticuffs to defend, where he was wounded in the leg.
Career as a coach
2008 was Paolo Di Canio as manager of his former club West Ham United in conversation, but saw his political attitude that not he, but his compatriot Gianfranco Zola took over this post. A license UEFA coach he has since April 2008.
In May 2011, he took over as coach for the English football club Swindon Town by Danny Wilson. In the first season he led the club as season winner right out of the League 2 1st in the League, he was able to in the season 2012/2013 to establish in the upper part of the table. After disputes with the former owners over player transfers and the expected sale of the club, Di Canio announced his contract on February 18, 2013, when the club finished in sixth place in the table.
On 31 March 2013 he was presented with the Premier League club Sunderland AFC as a successor to Martin O'Neill. The aim is to be the relegation of the ailing first division. At the same time the British politician David Miliband from the Supervisory Board at Sunderland resigned ( Labour Party ) because he could not cooperate due to Di Canio's political setting. Di Canio said in a statement that he was " not a political person ", but not distanced itself from Fascism. He saved the club just before the descent. His engagement there, however, was terminated by the club's management on 22 September 2013 following a weak start to the season. Di Canio could with his offensive 4-2 -4- list may not prevail and had some players a troubled relationship.
Penalties and politics
As captain of Lazio, Di Canio was sentenced by the Disciplinary Commission of the Italian Football Federation FIGC to pay a fine of 10,000 euros in March 2005, because he on 6 January 2005 in the city derby against Roma his followers with the fascist Roman salute, of Benito Mussolini applies and the Hitler salute is very similar, had greeted.
Di Canio, who describes himself as a fascist and right-wing, the judgment did not accept, but repeated addressed to his fans fascist salute on December 11, 2005, in the match against AS Livorno, whose supporters are politically left and its star striker Cristiano Lucarelli Communist, as well as his coach six days later in the game against Lazio, Juventus. This led to a new fine of 10,000 euros as well as to a match suspension in the Italian league. Also, the world governing body FIFA took on investigations of the " Causa Canio ".
The Irriducibili Lazio, whose member Di Canio is then organized a demonstration in favor of Di Canio in front of the headquarters of the Italian Football Federation. At this took on December 23, attended by around 500 people. As a gesture of solidarity launched three fan associations of Lazio, a fundraising campaign to raise the 10,000 euro fine.
Paolo Di Canio has the word " Dux " tattooed on his right upper arm, written from top to bottom in the letters " DVX ", which is Latin for Duce ( leader ) is on and the title of the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was.
Title
- UEFA Cup Winners: 1992/93
- UEFA Super Cup winner: 1994
- Italian Champion: 1995/96
Awards
Paolo Di Canio received the 2001 FIFA Fair Play Award for an action during the match between West Ham United and Everton: from the gameplay was found for Di Canio the chance to shoot at the empty net the Toffees, but when he noticed that Everton goalkeeper Paul Gerrard was injured, he took the ball in his hands, and thus interrupted the game for Gerrard could be treated. He was warned for his handball with a yellow card. FIFA described his behavior as "a particularly good act sportmännischen behavior ". However, Di Canio also said that he would rather cut off his hand in a derby against Roma to pick up as the ball.
Private
Paolo di Canio, who has three brothers (Antonio Giuliano and Dino ), is married and has two daughters with his wife.