(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Former netherlands midfielder seedorf who had no previous coaching experience and spent 10 years of his playing career at milan quickly fell out of favour despite overseeing a significant improvement in results.
ac milan fired coach clarence seedorf on monday after less than five months in charge and replaced him with youth team boss filippo inzaghi a move that had been on hold for two weeks.
“ac milan have dismissed coach clarence seedorf and handed over the first team to filippo inzaghi until june 30 2016” the serie a club and seven-times european champions said in a statement.
former netherlands midfielder seedorf who had no previous coaching experience and spent 10 years of his playing career at milan quickly fell out of favour despite overseeing a significant improvement in results.
milan won 11 out of 19 serie a matches under the dutchman compared to only five of the previous 19 under predecessor massimiliano allegri on their way to an eighth-place finish missing out on the europa league by one point.
seedorf 38 was playing for botafogo in brazil when he was offered the milan job and cut short his playing career to accept what he clearly felt was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
a crushing 5-1 aggregate defeat by atletico madrid in the champions league round of 16 appeared to turn the tide against seedorf who as a player won the champions league with ajax real madrid and milan.
former italy striker inzaghi had been in charge of the club’s under-19 team.
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