Bologna announce Tedesco as new head coach following Italiano departure

[p]Italiano is one of the favourites to replace Antonio Conte as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/napoli/69Dxbc61/"]Napoli[/a] coach.[/p][p][b]"[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bologna/0M9xNN8N/"]Bologna[/a] announces that it has appointed Domenico Tedesco as first team technical director,"[/b] the club said in a statement, adding the coach had signed a two-year contract with an option for a further year.[/p][embed guid="ffa26261-4053-4740-9cd9-e5d8afb0b215" url="https://x.com/BolognaFC1909en/status/2061759765152137307" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 40-year-old, who holds joint Italian and German citizenship, recently left Turkish club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fenerbahce/MsbmracL/"]Fenerbahce[/a], where he replaced Jose Mourinho, after less than one season.[/p][p]He previously coached [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/schalke/0Ija0Ej9/"]Schalke 04[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spartak-moscow/IXVkvT2D/"]Spartak Moscow[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rb-leipzig/KbS1suSm/"]RB Leipzig[/a], with whom he won the German Cup in 2022.[/p][p]He also spent two years at the helm of the Belgian national team.[/p][p]Born in Italy, Tedesco - whose name means German in Italian - was brought up in Germany from the age of two.[/p][image alt="Bologna finished the season in eighth" id="3711ed6c-909b-4ad5-b812-bca9f97a65b2" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="82405e5a-1f15-48d3-ae4c-1ff9501af644" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]He is set to be part of a summer coaching merry-go-round in Italy, where Bologna, Napoli, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-milan/8Sa8HInO/"]AC Milan[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lazio/URcSl02h/"]Lazio[/a] will all hire a new boss, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atalanta/8C9JjMXu/"]Atalanta[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fiorentina/Q3A3IbXH/"]Fiorentina[/a] potentially doing likewise.[/p]