Staff Reporter.
Roberto Mancini has resigned as head coach of the Italian national team, the country’s football federation (FIGC) said on Sunday.
Mancini took charge of the team in 2018 after they failed to qualify for the World Cup, having previously not missed a World Cup finals since 1958.
‘The Italian Football Federation announces that it has taken note of the resignation of Roberto Mancini from the position of coach of the Italian national team, received late yesterday evening,’ a statement read.
‘Thus concludes a significant page in the history of the Azzurri, which began in May 2018 and concluded with the 2023 Nations League Finals; in between, the victory at Euro 2020, a triumph conquered by a group in which all the individuals have known how to become a team.’
He guided Italy to success at the European Championship in 2021 but the team once again failed to qualify for last year’s World Cup in Qatar.
In June, Italy claimed third place at the Nations League finals under Mancini.
“Taking into account the important and upcomingcommitments for the Uefa Euro 2024 qualifiers… the FIGC will announce the name of the new national coach in the next few days.”
Following last year’s failed World Cup qualifying campaign, Mancini came under intense pressure in the Italian media to resign but received backing from the nation’s federation president to continue in the role.