List of Famous Football Managers

Dragan Talajić is a Croatian former footballer who last coached Saudi Arabian club Al Tai. Talajić played as a goalkeeper and is a football manager who has managed many clubs in Middle East, Thailand and China. He is the winning coach of the 2004 AFC Champions League with Al-Ittihad. For the 2010–11 season Talajić was declared Best Coach of Asia and Best Coach of Arabic football world by television Al Jazeera Sport TV, Best Coach of Arabic football world by MBC Sport TV and Best Coach of Jordan by votes of fans and press. In Croatia Football Federation-HNS, Talajić is regarded as the prodigy of the Most successful manager in history by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tomislav Ivić.

Vital Philomene Borkelmans is a Belgian football coach and a former left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge, in the Belgian First Division. He also played for Patro Eisden, SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge. Vital played with Belgium and was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. In January 2010, he was appointed manager of Dender EH in the Belgian Second Division, but fired following the relegation to the Belgian Third Division following the 2011-12 season. In July 2012, Vital Borkelmans was revealed as assistant manager to Marc Wilmots for the Belgium national football team.

Manuel António Marques Machado is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of C.D. Nacional.

José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro is a Portuguese football manager, currently the national technical director of the Portuguese Football Federation.

Laurențiu Aurelian Reghecampf is a Romanian former professional footballer. He is the current manager of Liga I Club CS Universitatea Craiova.

Yücel İldiz is a Turkish football manager who is currently the manager of Altay.

Delio Rossi is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was most recently in charge as head coach of Serie B club Ascoli.

Leonel Pontes da Encarnação is a Portuguese football manager.

Zoran "Bata" Mirković is a retired Serbian footballer and current manager.

Dušan "Duško" Bajević is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.