UEFA EURO 2020 MANAGERS DURING THEIR PLAYING DAYS

Postponed UEFA EURO 2020 starts in less than a month. Here in this post you can see all national team managers during their playing days.

All of them played football professionally. Only missing picture is from a Slovakian manager Štefan Tarkovič who didn't play much for Tatran Prešov and later represented some smaller clubs. 

About half of them represented their national team both as footballers and now as managers. Franco Foda and Paulo Sousa played for one national team and now they are managers of another national team.

GROUP A:

Senol Gunes (Turkey): Most successful manager in Turkish history is Senol Gunes. He led them to 3rd place at the 2002 WC. Gunes played as a goalkeeper for almost all career in Trabzonspor. 31 matches for the national team. From 1988 Gunes works as manager. He managed many teams in the Turkish league. This is his second stint as a national team manager.

Roberto Mancini (Italy): Former Italian footballer who was very good forward in 80s and 90s most known for playing in Sampdoria. Mancini played there for 15 seasons and won one Serie A title plus 6 other major trophies. He later played 3 very successful seasons in Lazio.  In 2001 Mancini started his coaching career with Fiorentina. He later managed several great clubs such as Lazio, Inter, Manchester City, Galatasaray and Zenit. Since Italy failed to qualify for WC in Russia they appointed Mancini as their new manager. Mancini represented Italian national team 36 times during his playing career and was a member of EURO 1988 and WC 1990 squads.

Robert Page (Wales): New Wales national team manager after Giggs was charged with assault in April 2021. Former national team player previously worked as a manager of U21 national team. Page played for Watford, Sheffield United, Coventry City...

Vladimir Petković (Switzerland): Bosnian football manager who in late 80s moved to Switzerland where he played for several smaller clubs until his retirement in 1999. He was a less important player for Sarajevo when they won Yugoslavian title in 1985. At the end of his playing career he was working as a player-manager in Bellinzona. His biggest club in managerial career is Lazio where he won Coppa Italia. From 2014 Petković is a manager of Swiss national football team.

GROUP B:

Kasper Hjulmand (Denmark): Former Danish footballer who played for several smaller clubs in his country. Kasper started his coaching career in the late 90s with youth teams. He was later manager of Lyngby, Nordsjaelland and Mainz. His best success was Danish league title with Nordsjaelland. When Hareide's contract expired Kasper was appointed as manager of the national team.


Markku Kanerva (Finland): Kanerva is a former footballer and Finland national team player. He mostly played for HJK Helsinki. Since 2004 he has worked as a Finland U21 coach and as assistant coach of the A team. From 2016 he is the main manager of the A team.


Roberto Martinez (Belgium): Martinez is a Spanish football coach and a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Majority of his playing career Martinez was in British football playing for Wigan, Motherwell, Swansea... He started his coaching career in Swansea and later coached Wigan and Everton. From 2016 he is manager of Belgium national team. Spanish manager led them to 3rd place in the 2018 World Cup. 

Stanislav Cherchesov (Russia): Russian manager and former footballer. He played football professionally in Russia, Germany and Austria. He played for Soviet Union, CIS and Russian national teams. He represented CIS on EURO 1992 and later Russia in USA 1994 and England 1996. 49 matches in total. In 2004 Stan started his coaching career. He managed Spartak Moscow, Terek, Amkar, Dynamo Moscow, Legia W... In 2016 Cherchesov was appointed as Russian manager and led them to the quarter final of the last World Cup.

GROUP C:

Frank de Boer (Netherlands): Legend of a Dutch football. Started his career with Ajax and later played for Barcelona, Galatasaray, Rangers... Part of a great Ajax from the 90s where he won many trophies. Dutch international from 1990 to 2004 with 112 played matches. Frank started his coaching career with Ajax where he won several Eredivisie titles. Assistant manager to Marwijk in the 2010 WC where his team reached the final. Following Koeman's departure to Barcelona, Frank was appointed as a manager of the national team.

Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine): Shevchenko, Ukrainian legend and one of the best strikers in late 90s and 2000s. He started his career in Dynamo Kyiv and later became one of the best goalscorers in Milan history. Sheva also played for Chelsea. Winner of several major trophies ih his career, most important Champions League in Rossoneri jersey and Ballon d'Or. Top scorer in Ukrainian history. Ukrainian national team manager from 2016.

Franco Foda (Austria): Former German footballer who represented his nation on two occasions. He played for Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen, Sturm Graz... Foda also started his coaching career with Sturm amateurs. He won his only trophies with the first team of Sturm: cup and league titles. From 2018. he is the manager of Austria.

Igor Angelovski (North Macedonia): Macedonian manager and former footballer who except in his homeland played for clubs in Slovania and Serbia. Angelovski started his coaching career with Rabotnički where he won three major titles. From 2015 he is manager of the national team of Macedonia.

GROUP D:

Gareth Southgate (England): Former footballer and English national team player. Southgate played for three clubs: Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough. 57 caps for England. He represented them on two EUROs 1996 and 2000. Gareth was manager of Middlesbrough and England U21 team before becoming England A team manager in 2016. He led them to WC 2018 semi-finals.

Zlatko Dalić (Croatia): He played for several first division clubs but didn't win any cap for the national team. Dalić started his coaching career with Varteks. He became famous for his success with Al-Hilal and Al-Ain. Those results secured him a place as Croatian national team manager in 2017. He led Croatia to their biggest success: World Cup final in Russia 2018.

Steve Clarke (Scotland): Former footballer of St. Mirren and Chelsea. He gained six caps for Scotland. In 1998 Steve started his coaching career as assistant at Chelsea. From 2019 manager of the national team.

Jaroslav Šilhavy (Czech Republic): Former Czech footballer who spent most of his career in RH Cheb. He played four matches for Czechoslovakia. From 2018 Jaroslav is Czech national team manager where he already worked as assistant manager from 2001 to 2009. 

GROUP E:

Luis Enrique (Spain): Former Spain professional footballer who is currently in charge of the Spain football team. He started his career with Gijon and later played for both Spain giants Real and Barcelona. 62 matches for La Furia Roja. In 2008 he started his coaching career with Barcelona B team. Enrique made biggest success as Barcelona coach winning Champions League amnog other trophies. From 2018 he is manager of Spain football team.

Janne Andersson (Sweden): Current manager of Sweden national team and former footballer who played for seweral amateur Swedish clubs. Before Sweden he worked in several clubs in his homeland.

Paulo Sousa (Poland): Former Portuguese national team player and a new Poland manager. During his playing days Paulo represented many great teams and won several major titles including Champions League twice. 52 caps for Portugal. He started his coaching career in 2005 with the U16 team of Portugal. Champion of Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Switzerland with Basel. He replaced Jerzy Brzeczek earlier this year.

Štefan Tarkovič (Slovakia): Slovakian former footballer and now manager. Short football career so I couldn't find his photo during playing days. Štefan moved into a coaching career in 90s with Slovakian women's U19 team. Slovakian assistant from 2013 to 2018 and from 2020 major team manager.

GROUP F:

Marco Rossi (Hungary): Italian football manager and former player. Rossi mostly played in Serie A and B clubs. AC Lumezzane was his first club in coaching career. Hungarian national team manager from 2018.

Fernando Santos (Portugal): Former footballer who played for Estoril and Maritimo in first and second portuguese leagues. He retired at the age of 33 when he started his coaching career. Santos was manager of all three big clubs in Portugal, several clubs in Greece including their national team. From 2014 he is manager of Portugal. He led them to their only EURO title which happened in France at the last European championship.

Didier Deschamps (France): Great former France midfileder. As a national team captain, he led France to the EURO title in 2000. He was also a team captain at the World Cup 1998. Deschamps also won several other great trophies in his playing career. In 2001 he started his coaching career with Monaco. Since 2012 he is manager of France where he won the WC title in 2018 and was EURO runner-up, on home soil, two years before.

Joachim Low (Germany): Long time German national team manager where he first started in 2004 as assistant manager to Jurgen Klinsmann and after the World Cup in 2006 as his successor. Low led DFB to the EURO final in 2008, third place in South Africa two years later and to WC glory in 2014. He wasn't that successful as a player. Low gained four caps for the W. Germany U21 team and played for Freiburg, Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt, Karlsruher...

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