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Thursday, September 10, 2020

PREMIER LEAGUE 2020/21 MANAGERS DURING THEIR PLAYING DAYS

New Premier League season starts this week. This is 29th season since its establishment in 1992. Liverpool are the defending champions having won their first league title in PL era.
Promoted teams are Leeds United, WBA and Fulham. Leeds United won promotion after 16 years of absence. Those three will replace Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich City.
Here you can see all club managers during their playing days. All of these managers played football at least on a amateur level.

Mikel Arteta (Barcelona / Arsenal)

Dean Smith (Walsall / Aston Villa)

Graham Potter (Southampton / Brighton)

Sean Dyche (Chesterfield / Burnley)

Frank Lampard (West Ham / Chelsea)

Roy Hodgson (Gravesend / Crystal Palace)

Carlo Ancelotti (Roma / Everton)

Scott Parker (Charlton / Fulham)

Marcelo Bielsa (NoB / Leeds United)

Brendan Rodgers (Reading / Leicester City)

Jurgen Klopp (Mainz / Liverpool)

Pep Guardiola (Barcelona / Manchester City)

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United)

Steve Bruce (Newcastle United / Norwich City)

Chris Wilder (Rotherham United / Sheffield United)

Ralph Hasenhuttl (Mechelen / Southampton)

Jose Mourinho (Rio Ave / Tottenham)

Slaven Bilić (Hajduk Split / West Bromwich Albion)

David Moyes (Bristol City / West Ham United)

Nuno Espirito Santo (Deportivo La Coruna / Wolverhampton Wanderers)

MANAGERIAL CHANGES:
Sam Allaryce Bolton 1979/80 Panini sticker
Sam Allardyce (Bolton / WBA): New manager of WBA where he replaces Slaven Bilić. Sam played for WBA in late 80s.

Thomas Tuchel (Ulm / Chelsea): Chelsea legend Lampard is out. Tuchel is a new Blues manager.

Paul Heckingbottom (Barnsley / Sheffield United): Interim manager of Sheffield where he replace Chris Wilder.

Ryan Mason (Hull City / Tottenham): Interim Tottenham manager is their former player Ryan Mason

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

LIGUE 1 2020/21 MANAGERS DURING THEIR PLAYING DAYS

2020/21 Ligue 1 started last week, more precisely 21st of August. It is consisted of 20 teams and PSG is defending champion. Promoted teams are Lorient and Lens. 
Here are all club managers during their playing days. Only Andre Villas-Boas never played football professionally.



Stephane Moulin (Angers): 


Jean-Louis Gasset (Montpellier / Bordeaux)


Olivier Dall'Oglio (Ales /Brest)


Stephane Jobard (Dijon)


Franck Haise (Laval / Lens)


Christophe Galtier (Lille)


Christophe Pelissier (Muret / Lorient)


Rudi Garcia (Lille / Lyon)


Andre Villas-Boas (Academica / Marseille)


Niko Kovač (Hertha Zehlendorf / Monaco)


Vincent Hognon (Nancy / Metz)


Michel Der Zakarian (Nantes / Montpellier)


Christian Gourcuff (Guingamp / Nantes)


Patrick Vieira (Arsenal / Nice)


Jerome Arpinon (Nimes)


Thomas Tuchel (SSV Ulm / PSG)


David Guion (Lille / Reims)


Julien Stephan (Stade Briochin / Rennes)


Claude Puel (Monaco / Saint Etienne)


Thierry Laurey (Valenciennes / Strasbourg)

MANAGERIAL CHANGES:
Frederic Antonetti Beizers 1984/85 Panini FOOT
Frederic Antonetti (Beizers / Metz): New / old Metz manager since he was there in 2018/19 season.

David Linares Lyon 1997/98 Panini FOOT
David Linares (Lyon / Dijon): Dijon's new manager is their former player David Linares.

Adrian Ursea Stade Nyonnais 1998/99 Panini Football Switzerland
Adrian Ursea (Stade Nyonnais / Nice): Since Vieira departure new Nice manager is Romanian Adrian Ursea. Ursea was assistant to Vieira. 

Patrick Collot Toulon 1988/89 Panini FOOT
Patrick Collot (Toulon / Nantes): Collot's second spell as Nantes manager.

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