Champions League coaches when they were players
Goalkeeper: Şenol Güneş (Beşiktaş)
Kept idea in a Trabzonspor side that won a Turkish fasten pretension 6 times – and a Turkish Cup 3 times – during his 15-year spell from 1972-87. Also won 31 caps for Turkey, captaining a group on 5 occasions.
Right wing back: Sérgio Conceição (Porto)
A right winger, Sérgio Conceição racked adult dual fasten titles with Porto before relocating to Lazio, where he won a UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, a UEFA Super Cup, a Coppa Italia and a Serie A title. Scored 12 goals in 56 Portugal games, including a hat-trick opposite Germany during UEFA EURO 2000.
Centre-back: Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
A tough-tackling executive defender, Pochettino played with a mythological Diego Maradona during his 5 years with Newell’s Old Boys in Argentina. Had spells in Europe with Espanyol – where he won a Copa del Rey – Paris and Bordeaux. Capped 20 times by Argentina.
Centre-back: Massimo Carrera (Spartak Moskva)
Joined Juventus in 1991 and tender during right-back, lifting a UEFA Cup in 1993. Later became a libero, assisting Juve to win a 1995/96 UEFA Champions League notwithstanding not personification in a final. Won one top for Italy and played until a age of 44, finale during Pro Vercelli in Serie C2.
Centre-back: Darko MilaniÄ (Maribor)
Joined Partizan aged 17, winning a Yugoslavian First League in 1987 and a domestic crater in both 1989 and 1992. Went on to make roughly 200 appearances – and win dual fasten titles and 3 Austrian Cups – with Sturm Graz. Won 42 caps for Slovenia and 5 for Yugoslavia.
Left wing back: Giovanni outpost Bronckhorst (Feyenoord)
Started with home-town bar Feyenoord before fasten Rangers where he won a Scottish three-way in his entrance season. Then won an English double during Arsenal, whom he went on to assistance Barcelona kick in a 2006 UEFA Champions League final. Ended adult behind during Feyenoord, yet a final diversion of his career was a Netherlands’ 2010 FIFA World Cup final defeat. Won 106 caps for a Oranje.
Midfielder: Josep Guardiola (Manchester City)
A grand operator, Guardiola came by Barcelona’s girl ranks to win 6 Spanish titles, one European Cup, a UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and dual Copa del Rey trophies. Also had spells with Brescia, Roma, al-Ahly in Doha and Mexico’s Dorados de Sinola. Won 40 caps and Olympic bullion with Spain.
Midfielder: Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
A devoted performer, Conte started with hometown bar Lecce though done his name during 13 seasons with Juventus, where he won 5 fasten titles, a 1995/96 UEFA Champions League and 1992/93 UEFA Cup, among other honours. Was captain from 1996. Capped 20 times by Italy, he was partial of a squads that finished runners-up during a 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000.
Midfielder: Diego Simeone (Atlético)
At one theatre Argentina’s most-capped player, Simeone was a extreme aspirant whose many important spells came during Lazio, Inter, Atlético and Sevilla. Honours enclosed a UEFA Cup with Inter, a UEFA Super Cup with Lazio and a Spanish Liga pretension with a Rojiblancos.
Attacking midfielder: Zinédine Zidane (Real Madrid)
A stately No10, Zidane’s career unequivocally began to freshness when he changed from Bordeaux to Juventus, where he was a Serie A leader and UEFA Champions League runner-up in any of his initial dual seasons. In 2001, he done a world-record pierce to Madrid, with whom he won a UEFA Champions League and Spanish Liga title. Won a 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000 with France, though was sent off in his final game, a 2006 FIFA World Cup final better opposite Italy.
Striker: Ernesto Valverde (Barcelona)
Known as ‘Txingurri’ (worker ant) as a player, Valverde scored 44 goals in 170 appearances over a six-year stay with Athletic Club. Had formerly helped Espanyol to a 1988 UEFA Cup final, that they mislaid on penalties to Bayer Leverkusen. Also had brief stints during Barcelona and Mallorca.
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