List of Famous Football Managers

Jan Malte Metzelder is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento is a Portuguese retired footballer, and the current manager of the South Korea national team.

Jean Djorkaeff is a French former football player and manager who played as a defender.

Bernard Challandes is a Swiss professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Kosovo national team.

Bryan James Gunn is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager. After learning his trade with Aberdeen in the early 1980s, he spent most of his playing career at Norwich City, the club with which he came to be most closely associated. This was followed by a brief spell back in Scotland with Hibernian before his retirement as a player in 1998.

Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg is a former Chilean football midfielder. He earned five caps for the Chile national team, scoring no goals between 1993 and 1997. Salas made his debut on 1993-09-08 in a friendly match against Spain in Alicante. He started his managerial career at Barnechea in 2009. In 2011, he wins the Tercera División de Chile title and the promotion to Primera B. In 2012, he was appointed as head coach of the Chile U20 National Football Team after the resignation of Fernando Carvallo.

John Arne Semundseth Riise is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a left back and a left midfielder.

Abelardo Fernández Antuña, known simply as Abelardo as a player, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current manager of Alavés.

Ian Robert Baraclough is an English football manager and former player who is currently the manager of the Northern Ireland national team. He previously managed the Under-21 team.

Yasutoshi Miura is a Japanese former football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team. His brother Kazuyoshi Miura is also footballer.