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My Take
Say Massimo Carrera and I picture Juventus's hard-nosed defense. An Italian from Pozzuolo Martesana near Milan, he played as a defender for the Bianconeri and the national team, earning the gritty nickname La Bandera. What I love is the full circle: the club he served as a player he later managed. I am a sucker for the coach-returns-home arc. A 181 cm defender who once threw his body into challenges now reading the game from the bench, including the title he won steering Spartak Moscow, has a battle-tested gravity to it. He reads to me as a self-made tactician with real grit.
Overview
Massimo Carrera (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmassimo karˈrɛːra]; born 22 April 1964) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. Nicknamed La Bandera, he played as a defender for various clubs, including Juventus, which he later managed, and the Italy national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Massimo Carrera
- Name (Japanese)
- マッシモ・カレーラ
- Reading
- まっしも・かれーら
- Born
- April 22, 1964 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Pozzuolo Martesana, province of Milan, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 181 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Italy →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.