The 23rd FIFA World Cup will be held this summer
in Canada/Mexico/USA. This WC edition includes 48 teams, an expansion from 32. It
will be the first world cup for Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan. Argentina
are defending champions.
Prior to the next FIFA World Cup in Canada/Mexico/USA here
are all the national team managers photos during their playing days and now as the
national team managers.
Deschamps already won titles both as player and manager. He
captained France to WC title in 1998 on home soil and did the same thing 20
years later as a manager in the WC held in Russia. Fabio Cannavaro won the title
in 2006 and was captain of the Italy. Argentina with Lionel Scaloni won the
last edition held in Qatar.
Sebastien Desabre never played football professionally. Same like the new Moroccan boss Mohamed Ouahbi. Sebastian
Beccacece played in youth levels. Couldn’t find his photo, same like Sebastien
Migne who was, among others, part of the Leyton Orient in the late 1990s.
Thomas Christiansen was born in Denmark to a Spanish mother
but went to represent his mother nation on two occasions since he moved to FC Barcelona
as a youngster. He is now head coach for Panama at the 2026 WC.
Miroslav Koubek and Hugo Broos are the two oldest head coaches to ever participate in a World Cup. Both will face each other in group A. Koubek was born in 1951 and Broos in 1952.
Longest gap between two photos is from Dick Advocaat from 1969 to 2026. Next is Carlos Queiroz between 1970s and 2026. Then there is Marcelo Bielsa,
Uruguay national team manager, who played for NoB between 1975 and 1977. Czech Republic Miroslav Koubek with Sparta Prague from early 1980s. Then it
comes Vladimir Petković who played for FK Sarajevo in the first half of the
80s.
It’s great to see how some of them looked in the past and
compared to nowadays.
GROUP A:
JAVIER AGUIRRE: Mexico WC 1986 - 2026
HUGO BROOS: Belgium WC 1986 - South Africa WC 2026
HONG MYUNG-BO: South Korea WC 1994 - 2026
MIROSLAV KOUBEK: Sparta Prague 1980s - Czech Republic WC 2026
GROUP B:
JESSE MARSCH: USA 2007 - Canada WC 2026
SERGEJ BARBAREZ: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 - WC 2026
JULEN LOPETEGUI: Spain WC 1994 - Qatar WC 2026
MURAT YAKIN: Switzerland 1996 - WC 2026
GROUP C:CARLO ANCELOTTI: Italy WC 1986 - Brazil WC 2026
MOHAMED OUAHBI: Anderlecht 2015/16 (assistant man.) - Morocco WC 2026
SEBASTIEN MIGNE: Lens 2007/08 - Haiti WC 2026
STEVE CLARKE: Scotland late 1980s - WC 2026
GROUP D:
MAURICIO POCHETTINO: Argentina WC 2002 - USA WC 2026
GUSTAVO ALFARO: Atletico de Rafaela around 1990 - Paraguay WC 2026
TONY POPOVIC: Australia WC 2006 - 2026
VINCENZO MONTELLA: Italy WC 2002 - Turkey WC 2026
GROUP E:
JULIAN NAGELSMANN: 1860 Munchen II 2006/07 - Germany WC 2026
DICK ADVOCAAT: ADO 1969/70 - Curacao WC 2026
EMERSE FAE: Ivory Coast WC 2006 - 2026
SEBASTIAN BECCACECE: Sporting Cristal 2007 (assistant man.) - Ecuador WC 2026
GROUP F:
RONALD KOEMAN: Netherlands WC 1990 - 2026
HAJIME MORIYASU: Japan 1995 - WC 2026
GRAHAM POTTER: England U21 1996 - Sweden WC 2026
SABRI LAMOUCHI: France 1996/1998 - Tunisia WC 2026
GROUP G:
RUDI GARCIA: Caen 1988/1991 - Belgium WC 2026
HOSSAM HASSAN: Egypt WC 1990 - 2026
AMIR GHALENOEI: Iran 1990s - WC 2026
DARREN BAZELEY: Watford 1995/96 - New Zealand WC 2026
GROUP H:
LUIS DE LA FUENTE: Sevilla 1989/90 - Spain WC 2026
PEDRO LEITAO BRITO "BUBISTA": Cape Verde 1989/2005 - WC 2026
GEORGIOS DONIS: Greece 1994/1995 - Saudi Arabia WC 2026
MARCELO BIELSA: NoB 1975/1977 - Uruguay WC 2026
GROUP I:
DIDIER DESCHAMPS: France WC 1998 - 2026
PAPE THIAW: Senegal WC 2002 - 2026
GRAHAM ARNOLD: Australia around 1993 - Iraq WC 2026
STALE SOLBAKKEN: Norway WC 1998 - 2026
GROUP J:
LIONEL SCALONI: Argentina WC 2006 - 2026
VLADIMIR PETKOVIĆ: Sarajevo 1980s - Algeria WC 2026
RALF RANGNICK: Viktoria Backnang 1983/1985 - Austria WC 2026
JAMAL SELLAMI: Morocco WC 1998 - Jordan WC 2026
GROUP K:
ROBERTO MARTINEZ: Zaragoza 1992/93 - Portugal WC 2026
SEBASTIEN DESABRE: ASEC Mimosas 2010/2012 - DR Congo WC 2026
FABIO CANNAVARO: Italy WC 2002 - Uzbekistan WC 2026
NESTOR LORENZO: Argentina WC 1990 - Colombia WC 2026
GROUP L:
THOMAS TUCHEL: Augsburg A-Jugend 1991/92 - England WC 2026
ZLATKO DALIĆ: Dinamo Vinkovci 1986/87 - Croatia WC 2026
CARLOS QUEIROZ: Ferroviario 1970s - Ghana WC 2026
THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN: Spain 1993 - Panama WC 2026
FIFA WORLD CUP MANAGERS THEN AND NOW (click for better photo)
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