Overview

• Uzbekistan’s federation announced the appointment on Monday and said Cannavaro takes charge immediately for the 2026 build-up.
• His backroom team features assistant Eugenio Albarella, fitness coach Francesco Troise, and goalkeeping coach Antonio Chimenti.
• Uzbekistan qualified for the tournament in June under local coach Timur Kapadze before seeking a manager with wider international experience.
• The federation had been linked with Joachim Löw and Paulo Bento before finalizing Cannavaro’s hire.
• Cannavaro’s coaching résumé is largely in Asia with brief spells at Udinese, Benevento, and Dinamo Zagreb, as planning focuses on players such as Abdukodir Khusanov and Eldor Shomurodov.