UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018/19 MANAGERS DURING THEIR PLAYING DAYS

Another presentation of club managers during their playing days. This time from UEFA Champions League. Lot of these managers you could see during top five Europe leagues presentation. I will represent you group by group.

GROUP A

Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid): Inter 1997/98

Ivan Leko (Club Brugge): Hajduk Split 1999/00

Lucien Favre (Borussia Dortmund): Servette 1981/82

Thierry Henry (Monaco): He started his career in same club. On this sticker 1996/97 season

GROUP B

Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham): Newell's Old Boys 1994

Ernesto Valverde (Barcelona): Athletic Bilbao 1993/94

Mark van Bommel (PSV): Fortuna Sittard 1998/99. Champions League winner as a player with Barcelona.

Luciano Spalletti (Inter): Empoli 1991-93

GROUP C

Carlo Ancelotti (Napoli): Milan 1988/89. Winner of 5 Champion Leagues. 4 with Milan (2 as player and 2 as manager) and one as manager with Real Madrid. 

Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool): Mainz 1997/98

Thomas Tuchel (Paris Saint Germain): Stuttgarter Kickers 1992/93

Vladan Milojević (Crvena Zvezda): Panathinaikos 1997/98

GROUP D

Sergio Conceicao (Porto): Felgueiras 1995/96

Fatih Terim (Galatasaray): Galatasaray 1978/79

Yuri Semih (Lokomotiv Moscow): Kairat 1972

Domenico Tedesco (Schalke): Tedesco never played football professionally. Here as manager of youth teams in Hoffenheim.

GROUP E

Niko Kovač (Bayern Munchen): Hertha 1991/92

Erik ten Hag (Ajax): Twente 1996/97

Marinos Ouzounidis (AEK): Panathinaikos 1995/96

Rui Vitoria (Benfica): Vilafranquense 1995/96

GROUP F

Bruno Genesio (Lyon): Lyon 1992/93

Paulo Fonseca (Shakhtar Donetsk): Vitoria Guimaraes 1999/00

Julian Nagelsmann (Hoffenheim): 1860 Munchen

Pep Guardiola (Manchester City): Roma 2002/03. Winner of 3 Champions League titles. All with Barcelona, one as a player and two as their manager.

GROUP G

Viktor Goncharenko (CSKA Moscow): Bate Borisov 1998-2002

Santiago Solari (Real Madrid): Real Madrid 2000/01

Eusebio Di Francesco (Roma): Lucchese 1992/93

Pavel Vrba (Viktoria Plzen): Czechoslovakia youth teams

GROUP H

Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus): Cagliari 1993/94

Gerardo Seoane (Young Boys): Deportivo La Coruna 1999/00

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United): Manchester United 1995/96

Marcelino (Valencia): Sporting Gijon 1987/88

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