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Umit Davala Dreams Of Coaching Milan
Turkey Under-21 boss Umit Davala has revealed that he one day dreams of coaching his former team AC Milan.
May 26, 2008 2:00:42 PM
Davala had a successful playing career, and spent one season at AC Milan in 2001/02, before then signing for Inter,
where he barely featured in the next two years.
Since retiring from professional football in 2006, Davala last year began his coaching career and was appointed as boss of the Turkey Under-21 national team.
He is currently at the Toulon Tournament where Turkey were eliminated in the same group as Italy, having lost 2-1 to the Azzurri, and then being thrashed 4-0 by the Ivory Coast yesterday.
In an interview with the Corriere dello Sport, the 35-year-old Davala has revealed that he dreams of returning to San Siro one day to coach his old team Milan.
"Given that it costs nothing to dream, I hope to coach AC Milan one day, why not?,” he declared, hoping to follow in the footsteps of Turkey manager Fatih Terim, who was briefly in charge of the Rossoneri in 2001.
"Of course I realize that I am very young and that the road ahead is long, but who doesn’t get nostalgic.
“Milan has remained in my heart a great deal,” he concluded.
Roberto Rossi
Since retiring from professional football in 2006, Davala last year began his coaching career and was appointed as boss of the Turkey Under-21 national team.
He is currently at the Toulon Tournament where Turkey were eliminated in the same group as Italy, having lost 2-1 to the Azzurri, and then being thrashed 4-0 by the Ivory Coast yesterday.
In an interview with the Corriere dello Sport, the 35-year-old Davala has revealed that he dreams of returning to San Siro one day to coach his old team Milan.
"Given that it costs nothing to dream, I hope to coach AC Milan one day, why not?,” he declared, hoping to follow in the footsteps of Turkey manager Fatih Terim, who was briefly in charge of the Rossoneri in 2001.
"Of course I realize that I am very young and that the road ahead is long, but who doesn’t get nostalgic.
“Milan has remained in my heart a great deal,” he concluded.
Roberto Rossi
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