The 16 Greatest Footballers Who Went On to Manage Their National Team

Some won the World Cup twice over, once in boots and once in a suit; others found the dugout far harder than the pitch.

1. 1
   Franz Beckenbauer

   West Germany's World Cup-winning captain in 1974 and winning coach in 1990.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Roberto Mancini

   Sampdoria great who coached Italy to the Euro 2020 title.
   596pts
3. 3
   Mário Zagallo

   Won two World Cups as a Brazil winger and the 1970 World Cup as coach.
   579pts
4. 4
   Rudi Völler

   1990 World Cup winner who coached Germany to the 2002 World Cup final.
   525pts
5. 5
   Didier Deschamps

   Captained France to the 1998 World Cup and coached them to the 2018 title.
   525pts
6. 6
   Diego Maradona

   1986 World Cup winner who coached Argentina at the 2010 World Cup.
   463pts
7. 7
   Dino Zoff

   1982 World Cup-winning goalkeeper who took Italy to the Euro 2000 final as coach.
   463pts
8. 8
   Dunga

   Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning captain and later their head coach twice.
   392pts
9. 9
   Andriy Shevchenko

   Ukraine's record scorer who coached the team to the Euro 2020 quarter-finals.
   392pts
10. 10
    Gareth Southgate

    England defender who later took England to two European Championship finals.
    392pts
11. 11
    Jürgen Klinsmann

    1990 World Cup winner who led Germany to third place at the 2006 World Cup.
    392pts
12. 12
    Kevin Keegan

    Two-time Ballon d'Or winner who managed England from 1999 to 2000.
    392pts
13. 13
    Antonio Conte

    Juventus captain who coached Italy at Euro 2016.
    309pts
14. 14
    Frank Rijkaard

    Milan midfielder who coached the Netherlands to the Euro 2000 semi-finals.
    309pts
15. 15
    Michel Platini

    Three-time Ballon d'Or winner who coached France from 1988 to 1992.
    0pts
16. 16
    Oleh Blokhin

    Ballon d'Or winner who coached Ukraine to the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup.
    0pts

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