List of Famous Football Managers

Marcel Desailly is a French former professional footballer, widely considered to be among the greatest centre-backs and defensive midfielders to ever play. During a successful career at club level, lasting from 1986 to 2006, Desailly won several titles, including UEFA Champions League medals with both Marseille and A.C. Milan, and also played for Nantes and Chelsea, among other teams. At international level, he collected 116 caps between 1993 and 2004, scoring 3 goals, and was a member of the France international squads that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino is a Spanish football coach, currently in charge of the Armenian national team.

Jonathan Simon Woodgate is an English football coach and former player who is currently caretaker manager of AFC Bournemouth.

Fabrizio Ravanelli is an Italian football manager and former international player.

Yury Pavlovich Syomin is a Russian football coach. He has managed FC Lokomotiv Moscow for 4 different stints, for a total of over 23 years. The recent history of the Russian club has been associated with him, as he was also president for a short period.

Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former footballer. He was most recently manager of Ligue 1 side Bordeaux.

Sven-Göran Eriksson is a Swedish football manager and former player.

Pascal Gastien is a French professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Ligue 2 side Clermont. He has had three spells as manager of Niort.

Sabri Lamouchi is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail.

Thorsten Fink is a German football coach and a former footballer, who last coached Vissel Kobe.