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