Is Antonio Conte one of the greatest managers of this generation?

Tottenham Hotspur released a statement last Sunday, relieving Antonio Conte of his duties as the manager.

On tottenhamhotspur.com, the club stated, "We can announce that Head Coach Antonio Conte has left the club by mutual agreement. We achieved Champions League qualification in Antonio's first season at the club. We thank Antonio for his contribution and wish him well."

It's the fourth time in four years Spurs owner Daniel Levy has changed the manager of the football club, so it boasts the question – Was it Conte's fault, or was it just not the right fit again for Spurs?

The Italian manager has a proven track record of delivering success and trophies at whatever club he has been at the helm of.

Let's look through his managerial career and how he became of the best soccer managers of this generation.

After retiring from playing, Conte's first managerial job was with Serie B side Arezzo in July 2006. After three and a half months in charge, he was sacked for a series of poor performances.

The Italian boss returned to Arezzo in March 2007, securing 19 points from seven games, turning around their season. Despite that, the club was still relegated to Serie C1 on the last day of the season.

Conte's first taste of success in a managerial position was with Serie B side Bari, taking over as boss at the end of 2007.

In the second half of the 2007-2008 season, Conte led Bari out of a relegation battle, sailing them to the middle of the table. The year after, Conte earned his first major trophy as a manager, leading Bari to the Serie B title, promoting them to Serie A.

With success at Bari and the speculation of him going to Juventus, Serie A side Atalanta swooped in for him. His spell wasn't a pleasant one, leaving the club in the 19^th spot in the table and receiving police protection from a group of supporters.

Before his move to Juventus, Conte took his last job in the Italian lower leagues, taking Serie B side Siena back to the Serie A in 2010-2011.

In May 2011, Antonio Conte returned to the club he had played for and joined Juventus as their manager. This is the job where everything changed for the Italian man.

Conte won the Serie A title in all three seasons at the club, leading his Juventus team to an invincible season in his first year, amassing 87 points in his second season, and breaking the Serie A points record in his third, with 102 points.

The Juventus coach won three Panchina d'Oro's and three Serie A Coach of the Year awards in three consecutive seasons.

After resigning from his post as Juventus manager, Conte had a brief spell as manager of the Italian national team, leading them to the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, losing to Germany 6-5 on penalties.

The Italian coach joined Premier League side Chelsea at the start of the 2016-17 season. He had no problem getting the ball rolling, equalling the record for most consecutive wins in a Premier League season, with 13, in his first six months in charge.

Conte led his Chelsea team to the Premier League title in his first season, accumulating 93 points and creating a record number of Premier League victories, with 30.

His second year at Chelsea didn't go as planned, finishing fifth in the league and outside the Champions League spots. However, he did pick up his second trophy, winning the FA Cup.

Conte came back to Italy in two years with Inter Milan. In the 2020-21 season, the coach guided Inter to their first Serie A title in eleven years and finished runners-up in the 2019-2020 Europa League.

Conte took over at Tottenham in November 2021, guiding them to Champions League qualification for the first time since 2019-2020.

After an impressive start to the 2022-23 season, results and performances started to go downhill, and after elimination from the FA Cup and Champions League, Conte departed from the club.