List of Famous Football Managers

Yasuharu Sorimachi is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Thomas Brdarić is a German former professional footballer of Croatian descent, who played as a forward, and current manager of Vllaznia.

Oleg Vasilyevich Dolmatov is a Russian football manager and a former player.

Gerhard Hans Poschner is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

José Carlos Fernandes Vidigal, commonly known as Lito, is an Angolan professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Klaus Sammer is a German former footballer and coach. He spent the early part of his career with Stahl Gröditz and Einheit Dresden, before joining Dynamo Dresden, the club where he would spend the majority of his career, in 1965. In eleven seasons as a Dynamo player he won two East German titles and one cup, and played 17 times for the East German national team. After retiring in 1975 he took up coaching, and managed Dynamo Dresden from 1983 to 1986, winning two cups in a period dominated by the state-favoured BFC Dynamo. His tenure ended after a disastrous defeat against Bayer Uerdingen in the Cup Winners' Cup – Dynamo were 2–0 up after the first leg, and 3–1 up at half-time in the second, but proceeded to be knocked out with a 7–3 defeat. He returned to the manager's job in 1992, with the club now in the Bundesliga after reunification, but this spell only lasted one year. He has since worked in various roles for the German Football Association.

Orhej "Oka" Nikolov is a Macedonian retired professional football goalkeeper who currently serves as Assistant Coach for the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. He spent nineteen seasons with Eintracht Frankfurt, appearing in 413 official games over the course of 13 Bundesliga seasons.

Bernd Patzke is a German former football player and manager.

Rinat Sayarovich Bilyaletdinov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is of Tatar descent.

Ángel David Comizzo Leiva is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Universitario.