JOSE MOURINHO 'sacked' himself as a participant - however he isn't the one prime supervisor who could not hack it on the pitch.
"Do not do as I play, do as I say" may be the motto of the ten we have chosen - after they defied their incapability or poor luck as footballers to make it large as bosses.
4 of them managed Chelsea and two of them Liverpool.
And one's turn out to be the youngest Bundesliga supervisor in historical past.
The one factor they appear to have in frequent is making an early dedication to teaching.
Listed here are the tales of the managers who, relatively than has-beens, are a bunch of never-was's.
Gerard Houllier
The Frenchman was not identified to have had any skilled profession.
Nevertheless, he performed for seven years at beginner membership Le Touquet, the place he would get his first managerial job between 1973 and 1976.
He would then information beginner membership Noeux-les-Mines to the second tier earlier than transferring to Lens.
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A profitable spell there would see him take over at PSG earlier than he grew to become his nationwide crew boss however didn't information them to the World Cup.
Later, he would information Liverpool to 2 League Cups, an FA Cup and a Uefa Cup earlier than being changed by Rafa Benitez.
Two Ligue 1 titles with Lyon would observe earlier than he completed his profession with an unsuccessful spell at Aston Villa.
Arrigo Sacchi
"I did not know that to be a jockey, it's a must to have been a horse," was Sacchi's response when requested about managing with no taking part in expertise.
One of many biggest bosses of all time, Sacchi earned his cash as a shoe salesman whereas managing his native membership as a result of he wasn't adequate to play for them.
And certainly he galloped to glory as a supervisor.
Having began at Fusignano aged 27 in 1973, he reached the large time with Parma in 1987, later bossing AC Milan twice, Italy, Atletico Madrid and at last with Parma once more.
He guided the Azzurri to the 1994 World Cup closing, additionally successful Serie A in his first full yr at Milan.
Jose Mourinho
The Particular One's first brutal tactical choice was to finish his personal taking part in carer.
Deciding he lacked the tempo and energy to thrive as a striker, Mourinho stop the lower-league Portugal sport to teach at a college after which for hometown membership Vitória de Setúbal.
However whereas captaining his final crew, Comércio e Indústria, he put soccer in perspective by saving the lifetime of a team-mate trapped in a burning automobile.
Mourinho, whose dad gained a single cap for Portugal, sprang to prominence with teaching/translator roles underneath English managerial legend Bobby Robson.
He launched his personal life within the hot-seat at Benfica and Uniao de Leiria earlier than fame struck at Porto from 2002-4, with two Portuguese titles plus Champions League glory.
Since then he is gained silverware aplenty at Chelsea twice, Inter Milan, Actual Madrid and Manchester United, earlier than finishing the clear sweep of European trophies with present membership Roma.
Carlos Alberto Parreira
The three-time Brazil supervisor bossed 5 totally different nations on the World Cup - regardless of not having a shred of a taking part in profession.
The 1994 World Cup winner even launched his profession aged 24, bossing Ghana in 1967.
Aside from 4 spells answerable for home-country giants Fluminense, he was additionally entrusted by Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, plus South Africa once they hosted the 2010 World Cup.
Parreira solely managed twice in Europe, with Valencia after which taking Fenerbahçe to the Turkish crown.
Avram Grant
Even on this listing of managerial early-starters, the Israeli deserves particular point out.
Grant coached the youth crew of home-town membership Hapoel Petah Tikva on the age of 18.
He lastly landed the highest job there 14 years later, successful the Toto Cup twice.
Grant most notably bossed Maccabi Tel Aviv and Israel earlier than his good friend Roman Abramovich made him Chelsea boss in 2007.
However runners-up spot in each the Prem and Champions League failed to save lots of him from the axe on the finish of his first season.
After that, he bossed Portsmouth, West Ham and Partizan Belgrade, adopted by Ghana and, since, December 2022, Zambia.
Andre Villas Boas
By no means fairly the Particular One II, however the Portuguese was given his first off-the-field job aged SIXTEEN by then-Porto chief Bobby Robson.
AVB, already fluent in English, discovered himself chatting to Robson as they lived in the identical condo block.
And the Newcastle legend appointed him to Porto's commentary division.
Robson then helped Villas-Boas storm by way of his qualifications, getting the C licence in Scotland at 17, the B a yr later and the top-level a licence aged 19.
Two years later he took the plain profession alternative of turning into... technical director for the British Virgin Islands.
However AVB then grew to become Mourinho's assistant at Porto, Chelsea and Inter earlier than himself bossing Academica and Porto, with whom he gained the treble of top-flight title, Portugal Cup and Europa league in 2010-11.
However he didn't win silverware in a yr apiece at Chelsea and Tottenham.
AVB went on to carry the Russian crown with Zenit however was then trophyless with Shanghai SIPG and Marseille.
Brendan Rodgers
The Northern Irishman is totally different from many on this listing - as his promising taking part in profession was ended by a genetic knee situation aged 20.
The ex-schoolboy worldwide defender started with native crew Ballymena United earlier than starring for Studying reserves till quitting as a professional in 1993.
Unusually, he stayed on as a Royals' youth coach whereas taking part in for non-League golf equipment Newport IOW, Witney City and Newbury and dealing at John Lewis.
Mourinho then lured him to teach Chelsea's Academy earlier than he impressed answerable for Watford, Studying and Swansea with trendy, tactically-astute soccer.
He missed out on honours throughout three years bossing Liverpool, however gained the League and Cup double in successive season for Celtic, incomes a Prem return with Leicester in 2019.
He steered he Foxes to historic FA Cup glory two years later.
However the place would possibly he be now if he hadn't needed to cease taking part in so early?
Maurizio Sarri
The Italian's purely-amateur taking part in profession had its "if solely" moments - even after he had failed trials with Torino and Fiorentina.
The centre-back was a one-club man with native crew Figline till accidents led to his retirement aged 30.
His almost second got here at 19 when a transfer to Montevarchi was solely foiled by Figline demanding an enormous compensation charge.
Sarri additionally rejected a transfer to Pontedera.
And since turning to teaching in 1990 he is managed TWENTY-ONE golf equipment.
Guiding the seventeenth of these groups, Empoli, to Serie B runners-up spot in 2014, helped remodel his progress.
He moved on to Napoli, Chelsea (the place he gained the Europa League), Juventus (Serie A winners) and now Lazio.
Julian Nagelsmann
Like Rodgers, the German's hopes of an honest taking part in profession had been wrecked by harm earlier than he actually received began.
He captained 1860 Munich's youth crew and made it into the reserve-team squad, solely to undergo knee issues.
Comparable misfortune after switching to Thomas Tuchel's Augsburg, so he stopped taking part in aged 20, turning into a scout and finding out sports activities science.
Spells in youth teaching at 1860 Munich and 1899 Hoffenheim adopted.
And in 2016, aged 28, Hoffenheim made him the youngest supervisor in Bundesliga historical past and he one way or the other saved them up
After bossing RB Leipzig from 2019 to 2021, he is now gunning for his second successive Bundesliga title with Bayern Munich.
Ron Noades
The late Londoner was fully devoid of a taking part in or coachign background, as a substitute getting into soccer by way of funding as a businessman.
He was concerned within the possession of FOUR golf equipment in turn- beginning with non-league Southall.
He then grew to become a part of Wimbledon's early stand up the decrease divisions as chairman - famously appointing Dave Bassett as boss.
Shifting to an analogous place at Selhurst Park, he oversaw arguably Crystal Palace's brightest ever spell.
They gained promotion to the highest flight in 1989, reached the FA Cup closing the next yr and got here third on the highest stage in 1991.
However he sparked a furore that yr with feedback concerning the racial mixture of the Eagles' crew, with key males Ian Wright, Mark Vibrant and Andy Grey departing within the fall-out.
Palace went topsy-turvy after that - none extra so than when Noades bought his curiosity to Mark Goldberg and likewise grew to become CARETAKER-MANAGER, albeit failing to save lots of them from the drop.
Terry Venables got here in as his successor and Noades left the membership - ending up as chairman after which supervisor of Brentford.
He gained promotion to the third tier in his first time period.
However one of many extra controversial careers in chairmanship/administration led to 2000, when he bought his majority shareholding to followers' group Bees United and stop each roles.
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