Roberto de Zerbi already has a managerial CV spanning eight different teams, despite being just 46 years of age.
After retiring from playing in 2013, De Zerbi immediately went into management with lower league Italian side Darfo Boario.
From there, he jumped around several Italian clubs before earning his first major move, to Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk.
He won the Ukrainian Super Cup in his first season and led them to the top of the league before leaving the club in July 2022 before the conclusion of the campaign as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In September 2022, he succeed Graham Potter as manager of Brighton and led the club to the FA Cup semi-finals in his first season, along with a sixth-place finish in the Premier League – securing European football for the first time in the club’s history.
His most recent managerial spell came in France with Ligue 1 side Marseille. He led the club to a second-place finish in his first season behind champions Paris St-Germain.
De Zerbi left in February following the team's exit from the Champions League. They were fourth in Ligue 1 at the time.
