Benevento appointed Fabio Cannavaro as their new manager.

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Benevento appointed Fabio Cannavaro as their new manager.

Italian second-tier club Benevento has officially appointed former Real Madrid, Juventus and Inter Milan defender, Fabio Cannavaro as their new head coach.

He takes over the role from Fabio Caserta, who was fired after the southern team won only two of its opening six matches in the second tier league.

Fabio Cannavaro was honored with the Ballon d'Or after helping Italy win the 2006 World Cup.

Cannavaro worked as an assistant at United Arab Emirates-based side Al-Ahli before becoming head coach of Chinese Super League club Guangzhou and then Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr. He also had a short stint as head coach of China in 2019.