Former Bologna and Fiorentina boss Italiano appointed Besiktas head coach

[p]The 48-year-old Italian will coach the club until the end of the 2027/28 season, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/besiktas/IDmErJCR/"]Besiktas[/a] said in a statement.[/p][embed guid="3c657670-56dc-4c6d-a7f7-8dab68dc870d" url="https://x.com/BesiktasEnglish/status/2063218523850080274" social-type="twitter" /][p]The former coach of Serie A clubs [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fiorentina/Q3A3IbXH/"]Fiorentina[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bologna/0M9xNN8N/"]Bologna[/a] becomes the 11th manager at Besiktas in the past five years, following Frenchman Valerien Ismael, Dutchman Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.[/p][p]Crowned Turkish champions for the 16th time in 2021, Besiktas have since struggled to compete with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/galatasaray/riaqqurF/"]Galatasaray[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fenerbahce/MsbmracL/"]Fenerbahce[/a], the two other big Istanbul clubs.[/p][image alt="Besiktas finished fourth in Turkey this season" id="02a77e95-e826-4cf9-b71e-d64f7ba07c29" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="714a87b5-edc9-4307-a3a2-a09ba44142ac" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /]