Patrick Vieira: Arsenal legend named head coach at Serie A side Genoa
The Forty eight-yr-extinct joins a membership that is in 17th residing within the Italian top flight, one level above the relegation zone.
The old Crystal Palace supervisor, who left RC Strasbourg in July, succeeds ex-Italy striker Alberto Gilardino, who had been in fee since December 2022.
Below 2006 World Cup winner Gilardino, Genoa had received two of their 12 league matches this season and were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by Sampdoria on penalties.
The appointment reunites Vieira with Mario Balotelli, who signed for Genoa closing month.
Vieira managed his old Manchester City and Inter Milan team-mate at Ligue 1 aspect Good throughout the 2018–19 season.
Balotelli has since said it turned into disagreements with Vieira over tactics that led to his exit from the membership in 2019.
At some level of his playing career, Vieira received three Premier League titles and 4 FA Cups at Arsenal, to boot to silverware with AC Milan, Inter Milan and Manchester City.
He moreover helped France fetch the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship.
Vieira retired in 2011 and modified into the supervisor of Original York City in 2016.
The old midfielder returned to Europe with Good and led them to a seventh-set cease in Ligue 1 in his first season however turned into fired in December 2020.
Vieira modified into Palace supervisor in 2021 and guided the Eagles to the FA Cup semi-finals.
He turned into sacked in 2023 after a 12-sport winless speed, before joining Strasbourg as their first appointment following a takeover by BlueCo, the firm which moreover owns Chelsea.