Allegri · Biography

Massimiliano Allegri was born on 11 August 1967 in Livorno, on the Tuscan coast, and started playing football with clubs in his home province. He made his debut for Cuoiopelli in the 1984-85 season. He was a midfielder for almost two decades before becoming a coach. He won Serie A with AC Milan in 2011 and five times in a row with Juventus between 2015 and 2019. In Italy he is known as “Max”. He also coached Sassuolo and Cagliari, and Napoli hired him in July 2026.

A midfielder in the Italian provinces

After Cuoiopelli, Allegri spent three seasons at Livorno, from 1985 to 1988. In 1988 he joined Pisa and made his Serie A debut with them on 11 June 1989 against Milan. He then played for Pro Livorno and Pavia. In 1991 he moved to Pescara, where he played his best football: in two seasons he made 64 league appearances and scored 16 goals, twelve of them in Serie A. In 1993 he joined Cagliari, where he played 46 matches and scored four goals, and in 1995 he left for Perugia.

He moved around more in the second half of his career. He played for Padova in 1997 and spent the 1997-98 season at Napoli. He returned to Pescara from 1998 to 2000 and played for Pistoiese in 2000-01. He finished his career at Aglianese, winning Serie D with them in 2002, and retired in 2003.

First coaching jobs and promotion with Sassuolo

Aglianese gave him his first coaching job in 2003-04. He then coached SPAL in 2004-05 and Grosseto from 2005 to 2007. During that time he also worked as Giovanni Galeone’s assistant at Udinese. In 2007 he signed for Lecco but left after a few weeks to take the Sassuolo job. He won the 2007-08 Serie C1 title with the Emilian club. The title was sealed on 27 April 2008 and brought Sassuolo’s first promotion to Serie B. That same year he also won the Serie C1 Supercup.

Cagliari and the step up to Serie A

Cagliari hired him on 29 May 2008, his first job as a top-flight coach. His 2008-09 season in Sardinia earned him the Panchina d'Oro, the award voted for by Italian coaches. The club sacked him on 13 April 2010, before the end of his second season.

Champion with Milan

Milan unveiled him on 25 June 2010. In his first season he won the 2010-11 Scudetto, followed by the 2011 Italian Super Cup. In 2011-12 Milan stayed in the title race until the end but finished second behind Juventus. The club sacked him on 13 January 2014, halfway through his fourth season.

Five straight titles with Juventus

On 16 July 2014 Juventus chose him to replace Antonio Conte. In his first spell in Turin he won five consecutive Serie A titles, from 2014-15 to 2018-19. He also won four Coppa Italia titles in a row, from 2015 to 2018, and the Italian Super Cups of 2015 and 2018: eleven trophies in five seasons. He took the team to two Champions League finals and lost both, to FC Barcelona in 2015 and to Real Madrid in 2017. On 17 May 2019 Juventus announced that he would leave at the end of the season.

Return to Turin and a final spell at Milan

He spent two years without a club before Juventus announced his return on 28 May 2021. In his second spell he lost the 2021 Italian Super Cup and the 2021-22 Coppa Italia final to Inter. On 15 May 2024 he won the 2023-24 Coppa Italia after beating Atalanta 1-0 in the final, a match in which he was sent off. Two days later, on 17 May, Juventus sacked him.

On 30 May 2025 Milan appointed him for a second time, eleven years after he had left, replacing Sérgio Conceição. His first league match was a 2-1 home defeat to Cremonese on 23 August 2025. Milan spent much of the 2025-26 season near the top of the table and won both derbies against Inter. However, a poor end to the season left them fifth and out of the Champions League places, after a 2-1 defeat to Cagliari on the final matchday. The club dismissed him on 25 May 2026. On 3 July 2026 Napoli announced him as Antonio Conte’s successor.