Di Canio, Paolo

Paolo Di Canio was a pupil of the football school of the Roman “ Lazio ”, but he did not find the glory of the great football player. He was a regular player in the main squads of Lazio, Juventus , Napoli and Milan , but found himself in the shadow of players such as Alessandro Del Piero , Roberto Baggio and Gianluca Vialli , which did not allow him to fully reveal his talent. Paolo became famous for others. Di Canio, brought up on the streets of the unfavorable district of Rome Quarticciolo, began to celebrate the field with his radical antics, not hiding his convictions. In particular, he repeatedly celebrated goals scored by the Nazi salute ^[2] . A DUX tattoo is applied to his shoulder, which in Latin means Duce . Di Canio also did not hide his admiration for Benito Mussolini ^{[3] [4]} .

In the 1996/97 season, Paolo Di Canio decided to move to Celtic from Glasgow , where he became the best player. After that, he goes to the Premier League club Sheffield Wensday . The obstinacy of character again played a bad joke: it was because of the character and the near-football tricks of Di Canio that Italy's coach Giovanni Trapattoni did not challenge him to the team, and Wensday coach Ron Atkinson often accused Di Canio of neglect of games and predicted the imminent end of his career . Di Canio himself spoke sharply in the press about Atkinson's accusation. But then came the denouement that no one expected: Atkinson made Di Canio captain of the team. Thanks to this, “Sheffield Wensday” remained in the elite.

But then something happened that made Di Canio an antihero. On September 26, 1998, there was a conflict in a match with London Arsenal : after a game clash between Patrick Vieira and Wim Jonk , a verbal skirmish broke out between them, in which Di Canio intervened. Martin Vieone stood up for Vieira, who pushed Di Canio away, hitting him with his elbow. Di Canio answered Kyone, and the referee Paul Elcock removed him from the field. Outraged by the decision of Judge Di Canio, Elcoca expressed his displeasure, and then pushed the arbitrator. The management of the English Premier League immediately poured all the dirt on Di Canio . The Times published pictures with Elcock lying on the field and the words of the Minister of Sports Tony Banks , who urged him to kick Di Canio out of football. The English Premier League Federation has issued a verdict - 11 disqualification matches.

Di Canio received an offer to return to Italy or move to Spain, but he decided to stay in England and moved to London's West Ham United . The then coach Harry Redknapp was looking for a team leader. But the act in the match against Everton on December 16, 2000 simply shocked the entire football world. West Ham United made a cross into the penalty area on Di Canio, who, seeing that goalkeeper Paul Gerrard was injured in a collision and fell outside the penalty area, caught the ball in his hands and pointed to the lying goalkeeper. The frames of this moment circled all the TV channels of the world. Paolo Di Canio became a hero, and FIFA awarded him the Fair play prize. Many in England immediately forgave him the case of the arbitrator. Leaving West Ham, Di Canio became his legend. Then, after playing the season at Charlton Athletic , Paolo returned to Lazio.

May 20, 2011 Paolo Di Canio led the English club Swindon Town ^{[5] [6] [7]} . On February 18, 2013, the coach resigned ^{[8] [9]} .

March 31, 2013 became a coach of Sunderland . The contract was signed for 2.5 years ^{[10] [11] [12]} . He replaced Martin O'Neill on this post ^[13] . September 22, was dismissed from his post as head coach immediately after losing the match in the championship of England against West Brom . Of the five matches of the season , the team led by Di Canio lost four and tied only once. ^[14]

Club

Juventus

• UEFA Cup Winner (1993)

Milan

• Champion of Italy (1): 1996
• UEFA Super Cup Winner (1994)

West Ham United

• Intertoto Cup Winner (1999)

Individual

• Player of the Year according to Scottish Professional Football Players Association (1997)
• Fair Play Laureate (2000)

Coaching

Swindon town

• Second Football League (2012)

• Translation of Paolo Di Canio's autobiography into Russian