Claudio Ranieri Grande Ufficiale OMRI (Italian: [ˈklaudjo raˈnjeːri, -ˈnjɛː-]; born 20 October 1951) is an Italian football manager and also previous player that is the existing manager of Premier League club Watford. Ranieri began his managerial occupation in the reduced leagues in Italy throughout the late 1980s, as well as made his name at Cagliari, whom he took from Serie C1 as much as Serie A in successive seasons. He later went on to take care of Napoli, where he led the team to get approved for the UEFA Cup, just to be dismissed the complying with season. In 1993, he signed up with Fiorentina, and also right away led them to Serie A promotion, additionally winning the Coppa Italia and also the Supercoppa Italiana in 1996, prior to moving to Spain in 1997, to take care of Valencia and afterwards Atlético Madrid. With Valencia, he won a Copa del Rey and also an UEFA Intertoto Cup, as well as helped the club to get the UEFA Champions League. In 2000, Ranieri relocated to England ...