ROME — Claudio Ranieri was named Roma’s third coach of the season on Thursday, taking over for the fired Ivan Juric at the crisis-hit club. It’s the 73-year-old Ranieri’s third time coaching his hometown club, having previously guided the Giallorossi from 2009-11 and in 2019. He also began his playing career with Roma.

Claudio Ranieri has been appointed as Roma's third head coach of the season, the Serie A club announced on Thursday.

Italian coach Claudio Ranieri has come out of retirement at the age of 73 to take charge of AS Roma until the end of the season, the Serie A club announced on Thursday, days after sacking Croatian Ivan Juric.

Roma has fired Ivan Juric to mark its second coaching change this season. The move came after a 3-2 home loss to Bologna in Serie A.

Roma have officially announced the appointment of 73-year-old Claudio Ranieri as head coach until the end of the 2024-25 season with a future role as a sporting advisor to the Giallorossi owners at

Claudio Ranieri ends retirement to take charge of Roma for third time - The 73-year-old left his role as Cagliari boss in May.