new delhi italian world cup winner gianluca zambrotta has been unveiled as head coach of delhi dynamos ahead of the third season of the indian super league it had been reported earlier that the 39yearold former barcelona milan and juventus defender was in the city and zambrotta was duly confirmed in the role at a franchise press conference on tuesdaywelcoming zambrotta to the teams fold club president prashant agarwal said we are proud to welcome another champion in our midst zambrotta comes with tremendous experience and a formidable reputation we trust him to lead our lions delhi dynamos to victoryzambrotta part of italys 2006 world cup winning team took over from another world cup winner the brazilian roberto carlos he has signed a twoyear deal with dynamos who made it as far as the isl semifinals in 2015i am delighted to be part of the delhi dynamos family its a great opportunity for me to be coach of this side the objective is to win the isl title and create history i would love to do my bit in taking indian football to the next level zambrotta told reporters after his unveiling as head coachi will give my absolute best to the team and will also love to learn about indian culture zambrotta said my focus will be on good defence system and team coordination i would promise you that delhi dynamos will play attractive attacking footballzambrotta had a twoyear coaching stint with swiss club chiasso after retiring from active football as player and he said his good friend and dynamos marquee player in the first season alessandro del piero gave him a lot of encouragement to go to indiai heard about the isl from alessandro who is my good friend and former teammate he gave me a lot of insights into the clubs vision and philosophy i really liked what he told me and i readily accepted the offer when prashant brought up zambrotta saidcarlos is a living legend and he did very well to take the club to the semifinals last year i know that expectations will be high but i am confident of taking those last two extra steps with the team zambrotta addedindian football structure is taking a new shape next year with aiff likely to make isl the toptier league of eightmonth duration instead of just a short twoplus months event and zambrotta said that he is aware of it and would want the dynamos to play in the asian tournamentsfour months is absolutely less time for a league but my contract is for two years and i am here to guide the team not only in the indian league but also in other championships in asia i am not here for a short term thing the new coach saidwhen asked if one month period before the event is enough to build the team zambrotta replied that the system is same in italy too we followed the same pattern in italy and start the preparation