Franck Ribéry has future plans in his adopted home of Italy.
Former Bavaria star Franck Ribéry strives for a career as a coach. “I want to become a coach to feel the atmosphere of the field again. I want to become coach in the training center of the Italian national team in Coverciano at Florence because I am now at home there,” said the 41-year-old in an interview with the Italian Gazzetta Dello Sport .
He has already received the UEFA A and B diploma and will start a course for the UEFA-Pro diploma from September. Ribéry is ready to start modestly as a trainer. “Even if you were a big footballer, you have to start from an early age, even with a youth team,” emphasized the Frenchman.
Franck Ribéry wants to become a trainer
Ribéry raves about Italy
In the CoverCiano training center, he is now well friends with all employees. “I didn’t know Italy before moving to AC Florence in 2019. I discovered the great love for football here, which combines children and grandparents,” said Ribéry.
Ribéry played at FC Bayern from 2007 to 2019 and celebrated his greatest career success in 2013 with the Champions League victory. From 2019 to 2021 he ran for Florence before spending a year at the US Salernitana, where he today works as a technology trainer.