# Fabio Cannavaro becomes Serie B club Benevento manager

URL: https://technosports.co.in/fabio-cannavaro-becomes-serie-b-bene/  
Published: 2022-09-23  
Updated: 2022-09-23  
Author: Arsh Das

[Fabio Cannavaro](https://technosports.co.in/2022/09/20/fabio-cannavaro-to-manage-benevento/) has been appointed the new head coach of Italian second division side Benevento. The [Ballon d’Or winner](https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/1568-fabio-cannavaro) has taken up a coaching job in his native Italy for the first time, and returns to the dugout after a year. 

His last spell in management came with Guangzhou Evergrande in China, with whom he won the Chinese Cup and the Chinese Super Cup. The Italian also briefly managed the Chinese national team, before resuming charge of Evergrande. 

## Fabio Cannavaro returns to management with Benevento 

> Official, confirmed. Fabio Cannavaro has been appointed as Benevento manager, first experience as head coach in Italy for the former Ballon d’Or. 🇮🇹🤝 [#transfers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/transfers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)  
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> Cannavaro has signed a two year deal — negotiation completed by the agent Pini Zahavi and his staff. [pic.twitter.com/Bs6XHESUGr](https://t.co/Bs6XHESUGr)
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> — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) [September 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1572578267483484162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The decision has been made official by the club, as they are currently in 13th place in the table and want to have the best chances of returning to the top flight. They were relegated in 20/21 and have only earned seven points from their first six games. 

During his playing days, Fabio Cannavaro was one of the finest centre-backs in the world. He remains one of the only players in history to have won the Ballon d’Or as a defender. The defender featured for some of the top clubs in the world such as Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan and Parma before eventually retiring in 2011.