List of Famous Football Managers

Frédéric Hantz is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Franco Foda is a German football manager and former player. He is the manager of the Austria national team.

Francisco Javier Rodríguez Vílchez, known simply as Francisco, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and the current manager of Girona FC.

Marina Granovskaia is a Russian-Canadian who is currently a director at Chelsea. She is responsible for brokering the team's sponsorship deal with Nike, that will fund £60m per year to the club until 2032. She is described as 'The Iron Lady' and she is considered as one of the best club directors in world football. In 2018, Forbes ranked her Number 5 in their "Most Powerful Women in International Sports" list.

Gerardo Seoane Castro is a Swiss professional football manager and former player. He is currently in charge of Swiss Super League team Young Boys.

Robert Frank Bradley is an American soccer coach who is currently the head coach of Major League Soccer team Los Angeles FC.

Paul Lambert is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Ipswich Town.

Phillip John-William Cocu is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Championship club Derby County.

Paul Clement is an English professional football manager and coach, who is currently leading Cercle Brugge in the Belgian First Division A. He has been assistant manager to Carlo Ancelotti several times – at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich. Clement has managed Derby County, Swansea City and Reading and has previously held coaching roles at Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, and the England under-21 and Republic of Ireland under-21 teams.

Jakob "Jaap" Stam is a Dutch football manager for FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer and former professional player. Stam played primarily as a centre-back. He was known for possessing "a rare combination of speed, strength and ball-playing ability", as well as an excellent positional sense. Due to his wide range of skills, in his prime he was also capable of playing as a full-back on the right flank.