1. Between 2014 and 2019, Massimiliano Allegri was in charge of Juventus, with whom he won eleven trophies: five consecutive league titles, four Coppa Italia titles in a row and two Supercoppa Italiana titles ; he reached two UEFA Champions League finals.
Massimiliano Allegri returned to Juventus in 2021, following two years away from management.
Individually, Massimiliano Allegri won the Panchina d'Oro four times and was four times Serie A Coach of the Year, as well as being awarded the Enzo Bearzot Award and inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
Massimiliano Allegri is the only coach in Italian football history to have won five Scudetti and four Coppa Italia titles consecutively, and the only one in Europe's top five leagues to have won a domestic double for four consecutive seasons.
Allegri was an outstanding performer for Pescara in Serie A Despite the side's relegation in last place, there was no shortage of goals and Allegri scored an impressive 12 goals from midfield.
Massimiliano Allegri moved on to Cagliari and then Perugia and Napoli before returning to Pescara.
Alongside five other Italian footballers, Massimiliano Allegri received a one-year ban for match-fixing following a Coppa Italia tie in 2000.
Massimiliano Allegri started his managerial career in 2004, serving as the manager of Serie C2 team Aglianese, the club where he spent his two final years as a player.
Shortly after being sacked by Grosseto, Massimiliano Allegri agreed to rejoin his mentor Giovanni Galeone at Udinese, becoming part of his coaching staff.
However, this practice proved to be forbidden by the Italian football laws because he was still contracted with the Tuscan club, which caused Massimiliano Allegri to be disqualified for three months in early 2008.
On 29 May 2008, Massimiliano Allegri was announced as new head coach of Cagliari in the Serie A, replacing Davide Ballardini.
Massimiliano Allegri was released from his contract by Cagliari on 17 June 2010, under request of Serie A giants AC Milan, who were interested in appointing him as their new manager.
On 5 June 2012, Massimiliano Allegri stated that he intends to coach for only 10 more years and plans to retire at the age of 55 due to the fact that coaching contains a high level of stress and anxiety.
Massimiliano Allegri said that he hopes to coach the Italy national side before he retires.
On 1 June 2013, club president Silvio Berlusconi confirmed Massimiliano Allegri to remain as the manager of Milan, despite numerous speculations that he would be given the sack.
On 31 December 2013, Massimiliano Allegri confirmed he would leave the club at the end of the season, telling Gazzetta dello Sport: "Of course this is my last Christmas at AC Milan".
On 16 July 2014, Massimiliano Allegri was appointed as the new head coach of Juventus, replacing Antonio Conte who had resigned the day before.
Massimiliano Allegri was included in the 10-man shortlist of nominees for the 2015 FIFA World Coach of the Year Award, but was later not included among the three finalists, despite almost completing a treble in his first season as Juventus' coach.
On 7 June, Massimiliano Allegri renewed his contract with Juventus until 2020.
On 15 January 2022, Massimiliano Allegri reached his 300th bench with Juventus, in the league return match to Udinese.
Massimiliano Allegri has been praised for his tactical intelligence and his ability to build effectively upon Antonio Conte's successful tactics and winning mentality as Juventus' manager, albeit in a less rigorous manner.
Under Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus became slightly less aggressive and intense in their pressing off the ball while their playing style became more patient and focused on keeping possession and gaining territorial advantage in order to conserve energy, tactics which he had previously used while at Milan.
The fluidity of Juventus' formations under Massimiliano Allegri allowed talented players more freedom and creative licence and enabled the midfielders to make attacking runs into the area.
Massimiliano Allegri was born in Livorno to a father who worked at the port of Livorno and a mother who was a nurse, and grew up in Coteto.
In 1994, Massimiliano Allegri married model Gloria Patrizi, fathering a child Valentina a year later; he later fathered another child, Giorgio, in 2011 with another woman, Claudia.
From 2017, Massimiliano Allegri was in a relationship with actress Ambra Angiolini; the couple broke up in 2021.