A great player is not always a great manager but some footballers gained success in both playing and managerial careers. So here comes the topic: the greatest player-turned-manager in football history!
The candidates in Group C are - Franz Beckenbauer, Giovanni Trapattoni, Zinedine Zidane and Del Bosque. Choose the best 2 among them!
The trophies they won as player and manager are as follows:
Franz Beckenbauer
Playing career: 1 x World Cup, 1 x European Championship, 3 x European Cup, 1 x Cup Winners' Cup, 5 x Bundesliga, 3 x North American Soccer League, 4 x domestic cups, 1 x Intercontinental Cup, 2 x Trans-Atlantic Cup
Managerial career: 1 x World Cup, 1 x UEFA Cup, 1 x Ligue 1, 1 x Bundesliga
Giovanni Trapattoni
Playing career: 2 x European Cup, 1 x Cup Winners' Cup, 2 x Serie A, 1 x domestic cups, 1 x Intercontinental Cup
Managerial career: 1 x European Cup, 1 x Cup Winners' Cup, 3 x UEFA Cup, 7 x Serie A, 1 x Bundesliga, 1 x Portuguese Primeira Liga, 1 x Austrian Bundesliga, 5 x domestic cups, 1 x UEFA Super Cup, 1 x Intercontinental Cup
Zinedine Zidane
Playing career: 1 x World Cup, 1 x European Championship, 1 x Champions League, 2 x Serie A, 1 x La Liga, 3 x domestic cups, 2 x UEFA Super Cup, 2 x Intercontinental Cup, 2 x Intertoto Cup
Managerial career: 3 x Champions League, 1 x La Liga, 2 x UEFA Super Cup, 2 x FIFA Club World Cup, 1 x Supercopa de España
Del Bosque
Playing career: 5 x La Liga, 4 x domestic cups
Managerial career: 1 x World Cup, 1 x European Championship, 2 x Champions League, 1 x La Liga, 2 x domestic cups, 1 x UEFA Super Cup, 1 x Intercontinental Cup
Md_r_John
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sorry to say but u really cant put zidane with these 3 legendary player/coaches .. zidane was a great player ,top5 for me but he wasnt deserved to be put here
jastels
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surprised to see Zidane getting any less than 80 percent votes
shows how long you've been watching football
Belshem
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Most of AF users are doing things blindly, don't know where @zizou this 52%? No doubt he really did a great job with CR7 at Madrid by winning three CL and he deserved respect, but you just can't compared him with Del Bosque & Franz Beckenbauer who won world cup in their managerial career.
PANDA_P0W3R
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Zidane didn’t win la liga
Hmmmmm your very smart
dee_mc
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Zidane is fcuking overrated who is exposed without Ronaldo
but you can't take away the trophies, that's what is being counted
micaryz
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Zidane didn’t win la liga
then who won la Liga in 2017??,[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Fatokid
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Zidane didn’t win la liga
forcaNapoli
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surprised to see Zidane getting any less than 80 percent votes
8———-0
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The Johan Cruyff??!?!?
tatbtuy
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Where is Johan Cruyff
deufms
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Zidane is fcuking overrated who is exposed without Ronaldo
I've been saying this since 2016
Mahmud19
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Zidane is fcuking overrated who is exposed without Ronaldo
IslamiInsan
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hello