Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Thursday, October 30, 2025, 9:03 p.m. / Updated Thursday, October 30, 2025, 9:06 p.m.
Juventus have officially announced the appointment of Luciano Spalletti as head coach, taking over from Igor Tudor, who was sacked.
The Italian technician's contract is only valid until the end of the season, but it is anticipated that it will be automatically renewed for another year in the event of qualification for the Champions League, according to sportal.bg, citing Italian media.
According to Fabrizio Romano, the experienced coach readily accepted this contract length, although his initial intentions were for a three-year deal. In addition, Spalletti recently turned down better-paid offers from Nottingham Forest and Al-Ittihad, waiting for a more interesting sporting project.
Luciano Spaletti, officially presented at Juventus
Thus, the 66-year-old coach will lead the ninth different Italian club, after Empoli, Sampdoria, Venezia, Udinese, Ancona, Roma, Inter and Napoli, with whom he became Serie A champion in the 2022/23 season. Most recently, he was Italy's coach.
Luciano Spalletti is the new head coach of Juventus, signing a contract with the club until June 30, 2026.
Born in Certaldo, in the province of Florence, in 1959, Spalletti began his coaching career 30 years ago after playing for Spezia and Empoli, among others. He began his coaching career at the Tuscan club, winning the Coppa Italia in Serie C, before leading the club to promotion to Serie A, establishing himself as one of Italy's most innovative coaches.
He had an impressive career at Udinese in the early 2000s, securing three consecutive years of European competition before leading the Friuli-based club to their first Champions League qualification in 2004/05, which then took him to Roma for the next four seasons, where he won two Coppa Italia trophies as well as the Supercoppa Italiana.
Between 2009 and 2014, Spalletti coached Zenit St Petersburg, winning two league titles, a domestic cup and the Russian Super Cup, before returning to Italy to take charge of Roma and then Inter. After winning the Serie A title at the end of the 2022/23 season with Napoli, the Tuscan coach served as head coach of the Italian national team until June this year.
We are delighted to welcome a coach with such expertise and experience to the Bianconeri family: welcome to Juventus and good luck coach!
– announced Juventus
Luciano Spalletti, the new Juventus coach/ photo juventus.com
Spalletti takes over Juventus in seventh place in the Italian top flight with 15 points from four wins, three draws and two losses, and in the Champions League the team is in 25th place with two points from two draws and one loss. His debut as coach of the “Old Lady” will take place in Saturday's away game against newly-promoted Serie A side Cremonese.
