Italian Football Federation Appoints Antonio Conte As New Head Coach

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Antonio Conte has recently been confirmed as Italy's new head coach. The former Juventus boss has sealed a contract of two years with the Italian Football Federation, who announced that Conte will be available and be at a press conference on Tuesday.

Conte left Juve last month after guiding the Turin giants to their third consecutive Serie A title last season when Cesare Prandelli resigned as Italy coach. Prandelli departed after a disappointing World Cup campaign, where they were eliminated at the group stage despite the opening victory against England.

FIGC president Giancarlo Abete also vacated his position last month and Carlo Tavecchio took over his post earlier this week.

An FIGC statement read: "President (Carlo) Tavecchio and Antonio Conte spoke directly by phone to define the final aspects of the collaboration that will bind Antonio Conte to the FIGC until July 31, 2016.

"The new coach shared in the president Tavecchio's vision to revitalise the national team and the project of training of new Azzurri players, and has a strong commitment towards the technical sector as coordinator of the youth teams."

The federation's statement continued: "The contract between the FIGC and Antonio Conte provides compensation in line with the cost of the previous management, with a bonus for qualifying for Euro 2016, an added bonus in case of
improvement of at least five places in the FIFA rankings, and a third bonus in case of participation at the Euro 2016 finals."

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