Official: Fabio Capello - the new "Juventus" coach © EuroFootball.com

The new head coach of Turin is the 57-year-old Italian Fabio Capello. This unexpected turn of events means that he is leaving the club.

Fabio Capello, who previously played for Turin, has signed a three-year contract. The coach will replace Marcello Lippi, who recently left the team, although Didier Deschamps and Cesare Prandelli were previously mentioned as possible candidates.

Capello has been a player for the Italian national team, representing the country 32 times. In the first half of the last decade, as a coach, he won 4 "Serie A" championships with , and in 1994 he led them to the top of the Champions League. In 1996, the coach moved to Madrid, where he coached . With this team, Capello won the championship in the same year. Leaving Madrid the same year, the coach moved back to Milan, later to the capital, where he coached , leading them to the "Serie A" championship title in 2001. This year, the Rome club finished second in the championship.