View Full Version : Best managers never to play the game?
Roehl Sybing
07 Jan 2005, 06:59 PM
(...if they exist)
It occurs to me that there aren't many head coaches/managers/whatever you call them that haven't had any professional or collegiate experience as players. The only one that springs to mind so far is Greg Andrulis, and I'm not even sure he hasn't played ball somewhere. Other than that, most of the other coaches in MLS have been players at some point, and it's probably safe to say the same is true in the European leagues.
In recent memory, are there any prominent managers that you remember, who have never played organized soccer?
Ombak
07 Jan 2005, 07:02 PM
Carlos Alberto Parreira was a physio with Brazil's 1970 team and never played professionally as far as I know.
lanman
07 Jan 2005, 07:05 PM
Did Mourinho evwer play at any level?
Roy Hodgson only played non-league football in England and in South Africa.
halfnelson31
09 Jan 2005, 05:33 PM
Did Mourinho evwer play at any level?
nah he was a gym teacher or somthin in Portugal before he hooked up with sir bobby as a translator
Cassano
09 Jan 2005, 05:48 PM
Arrigo Sacchi was never a good player. He never even made
semi-professional level. He just loved the game and had a great understanding of it. He then went on to win everything possible with Milan.
Danks81
09 Jan 2005, 05:55 PM
nah he was a gym teacher or somthin in Portugal before he hooked up with sir bobby as a translator
He played in lower leagues as a defender and never amounted to much as a player.
nicephoras
09 Jan 2005, 06:28 PM
nah he was a gym teacher or somthin in Portugal before he hooked up with sir bobby as a translator
He was an assistant to Robson, not just a translator. Mourinho was coaching in Portugal, I believe, which is how he met Robson.
fedwood
09 Jan 2005, 07:01 PM
He played in lower leagues as a defender and never amounted to much as a player.
i heard his dad was a coach or something
and he didnt want him playing
mad theory
09 Jan 2005, 07:05 PM
i heard his dad was a coach or something
and he didnt want him playing
partly true, his dad was a former coach but mourinho was never good enough to play pro football, but his dad reliased his son had a great understanding of the game so he hired him as a scout.