2024

Saturday, June 15, 2024

UEFA EURO 2024 MANAGERS DURING THEIR PLAYING DAYS

UEFA EURO 2024 is the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition for the best nation in men's football.

Along with Germany, the host nation, there are 23 more countries in the competition. Italy are defending champions, having won the 2020 tournament against England on penalties in the final.

This post is dedicated to the national team managers showing them back in the time during their playing days and now in the present time. All of them played football at least on amateur level.

Ronald Koeaman and Dider Deschamps already won the European Championship as players in 1988 respectively 2000.

Several of them represented their birth nation back in the time and now are managers of another nation: Sylvinho, Vincenzo Montella and Willy Sagnol. Dragan Stojković and Ivan Hašek represented two former nations: Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.

Biggest gap between two photos is about 45 years showing Ralf Rangnick during his playing time with Southwick in the 1979/80 season and now in 2024.

GROUP A:

Julian Nagelsmann (Augsburg 2007/08 - Germany EURO 2024)

Steve Clarke (St. Mirren 1983/84 - Scotland EURO 2024)

Marco Rossi (Brescia 1992/93 - Hungary EURO 2024)

Murat Yakin (Switzerland EURO 1996 - 2024)

GROUP B:

Luis De La Fuente (Athletic De Bilbao 1983/84 - Spain EURO 2024)

Zlatko Dalić (Hajduk Split 1983/1986 - Croatia EURO 2024)

Luciano Spalletti (Empoli 1991/1993 - Italy EURO 2024)

Sylvinho (Corinthians 1996 - Albania EURO 2024)

GROUP C:

Matjaž Kek (Grazer AK 1988/1995 - Slovenia EURO 2024)

Kasper Hjulmand (B93 - Denmark EURO 2024)

Dragan Stojković (FR Yugoslavia EURO 2000 - Serbia EURO 2024)

Gareth Southgate (Crystal Palace 1992/93 - England EURO 2024)

GROUP D:

Michal Probierz (KFC Uerdingen 05 1995/96 - Poland EURO 2024)

Ronald Koeman (Netherlands EURO 1988 - 2024)

Ralf Rangnick (Southwick 1979/80 - Austria EURO 2024)

Didier Deschamps (France EURO 1996 - 2024)

GROUP E:

Domenico Tedesco (ASV Aichwald - Belgium EURO 2024)

Francesco Calzona (Tegoleto 1999/00 - Slovakia EURO 2024)

Edward Iordanescu (Diplomatic Focsani 1999/00 - Romania EURO 2024)

Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv 1998/99 - Ukraine EURO 2024)

GROUP F:

Vincenzo Montella (Italy EURO 2000 - Turkey EURO 2024)

Willy Sagnol (France EURO 2004 - Georgia EURO 2024)

Roberto Martinez (Swansea City 2003/04 - Portugal EURO 2024)

Ivan Hašek (Czechoslovakia WC 1990 - Czech Republic EURO 2024)

UEFA EURO 2024 managers back in the time and now (click for better quality photo)

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

ANDREAS BREHME [1960-2024]

German defender who played as left-back, wing-back or defensive midfielder. One of the legends of German football. He played for Saarbrücken, Kaiserslautern, Bayern, Inter, Zaragoza and again Kaiserslautern where he finished his playing career in 1998. Winner of two Bundesliga titles, first one with Bayern and second with Kaiserslautern after relegation and winning 2. Bundesliga title. One Scudetto and UEFA Cup with Nerazzurri. Amnog other titles on club level. 86 matches for DFB. He was part of every major tournament from his debut in 1984 to 1994 when he played last match for the national team. Played in two WC finals, winning the second of them in 1990 where he scored the title goal against Argentina. He also lost the UEFA EURO final in 1992 against Denmark. Brehme died from a cardiac arrest.