ROME — Claudio Ranieri was named Roma’s third coach of the season on Thursday, taking over for the fired Ivan Juric at the crisis-hit club. It’s the 73-year-old Ranieri’s third time coaching his hometown club, having previously guided the Giallorossi from 2009-11 and in 2019. He also began his playing career with Roma.

Claudio Ranieri has officially been appointed as head coach of Roma until the end of the 2024-25 season, has already overseen his first training session and is due to speak to the press for the first

Claudio Ranieri has been appointed as the new the head coach of Roma. The Athletic reported earlier this week that Ranieri was in talks to take over at the Serie A side, having previously announced his retirement from coaching after steering Cagliari to safety at the end of last season.