Leicester head coach Claudio Ranieri  –  the best coach of 2016 according to BBC version

Claudio Ranieri received this award under the best sports personalities of the year annual awards, organized by BBC.

The 65-year-old Italian expert sensationally led Leicester to his first ever title in England last season.

Actually the Foxes are not very successful in the Premier League during the current season. Although, they confidently won the group in the Champions League. The Ranieri squad qualified to the 1/8 finals, where they would face Sevilla.

Let us recall, Ranieri is also a contender for the coach of the year title according to FIFA.

He got into the final three contenders with the Portuguese national team coach Fernando Santos and Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane.