2024 Ballon d’Or: Ancelotti wins first ever Coach of the Year award | OneFootball

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has won the inaugural edition of the Coach of the Year award, handed out at the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday evening.

Official: Ancelotti wins Coach of the Year at Ballon d’Or ceremony

LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 01: Carlo Ancelotti, Head Coach of Real Madrid, lifts the UEFA Champions League Trophy after his team’s victory during the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Final match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid CF at Wembley Stadium on June 01, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

The Italian tactician won beat the likes of Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen) Luis de la Fuente (Spain), Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) and Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta) to the 2024 award, the first in existence.

‘Carlito’ won the Coach of the Year after another triumphant season in Spain with Real Madrid, where he won both LaLiga and the Champions League, as well as the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta earlier this summer.

His club, Real Madrid, have also been awarded the Club of the Year award for 2024.

Ancelotti is the only Italian to win any prize at the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony on Monday evening. The second-closest to winning anything was Azzurri goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who finished fourth in the Yachine Trophy standings.

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