- Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello (born June 18, 1946 in San Canzian d'Isonzo, Gorizia) is an Italian football manager and former professional player who most recently coached Real Madrid. Regarded as one of the best coaches in professional football, he has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every team he has managed, with A.C. Milan, Real Madrid, A.S. Roma and Juventus (but later stripped due to match-fixing).
- Carlos Queiroz
Carlos Queiroz, <small>ComIH</small>, (born 1 March 1953 in Nampula, Mozambique) is a Portuguese football coach. He is currently Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United, where he is currently enjoying his second spell. Queiroz is the fourth assistant Alex Ferguson has had during his 20 years at the club, following Archie Knox, Brian Kidd and Steve McClaren. Queiroz has won several awards as a coach in junior levels, …
- Bernd Schuster
Bernd Schuster (born December 22, 1959 in Augsburg) is a German football coach and former player. During his heyday as a player Schuster and his wife, Gaby, were well known celebrities in Germany, and were both loved and hated. Gaby had a controversial reputation, worsened when she took over the job as her husband's manager. She was soon labelled by the press as being "Bernd's dragon-like boss" without whom he would never even sign a bill in a restaurant.
- Vicente del Bosque
Vicente del Bosque (born December 23, 1950, in Salamanca, Spain) is a Spanish football coach known for coaching Real Madrid from 1999-2003, its most successful period in recent history, and as a result, makes him arguably one of the illustrious club's most successful coaches of all time.
- John Toshack
John Benjamin Toshack OBE (born 22 March 1949) is a football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Welsh national football team. He was famously quoted as being the "fattest, ugliest and most annoying man in wales" by Robyn Cooke in his latest book "The Toshack's Tales".
- Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch football manager. He managed PSV Eindhoven between 2002-2006. Throughout his entire managerial career, he is best recognised for leading South Korea to a 4th place finish in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, managing the Netherlands into the same position in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, …
- Jorge Valdano
Jorge Alberto Valdano (born October 4, 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine former football player. He is sometimes nicknamed "The Philosopher of Football". He was part of the Argentine team that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico (he scored Argentina's second goal in their 3-2 victory over Germany), a starter in Spanish giant Real Madrid, and later became sporting director of the Spanish club.
- Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva is a Brazilian football (soccer) coach, he is currently head coach at Santos after being unemployed for nine days, when being sacked by Real Madrid on December 4 2005, at just over 11 months in charge. He was dismissed following an emergency board meeting at the club, a day after the team's lacklustre 1-0 win at home to Getafe.
- Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker is an international Dutch football coach, currently the coach of the Polish national team. He has been the coach of several prestigious clubs including Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza and Club América. He has also coached the Saudi Arabian and Dutch national teams. He coached the national team of Trinidad and Tobago in the year leading up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Under Beenhakker's guidance the team managed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, …
- Juan Ramón López Caro
Juan Ramón López Caro, known as López Caro is a football manager who has managed teams like Real Madrid and Levante UD of the Spanish La Liga. Lopéz Caro came to Real Madrid in 2001 to take charge of the reserve team - Real Madrid B. The 42-year-old quietly earned a reputation at Madrid after lifting the B team back into the Segunda división.
- José Antonio Camacho
José Antonio Camacho is a former Spanish football (soccer) player and manager. Camacho joined Real Madrid at age 18, playing left defence between 1973 and 1989 and taking part in 400 First Division matches, in spite of a knee injury which put his career on hold for two years. He also played 81 games for the Spanish national team, taking part in two World Cups, in 1982 and 1986. Camacho also played in Euro 84 and Euro 88. Following his retirement as a player in 1989, …
- Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a former German football player and coach. As player he was a prolific striker. He mainly played for Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he won 4 national championships, one cup and one UEFA Cup. With the German national team he won the 1972 European Football Championship and the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He coached for Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich, where he achieved two German championships, …
- Luis Molowny
Luis Molowny Arbelo was a Spanish football (soccer) striker and coach. He was the son of Raúl Molowny, who played for CD Tenerife in the '20s. During his club career he played for Tenerife (1943-1944), Marino (1944-1946), Real Madrid (1946-1957) and Las Palmas (1957-1958). He earned 7 caps and scored 2 goals for the Spain national football team from 1950 to 1955, and was part of the Spanish team that finished fourth in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
- Alfredo di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano is an Argentine-born former footballer and coach. He is most associated with Real Madrid, and with Ferenc Puskás was instrumental in their domination of the European Cup of Champions during the 1950s, a period in which the club won the trophy in five consecutive seasons from 1956. Di Stéfano also played international football for Argentina, Colombia, and Spain.
- Amancio Amaro
Amancio Amaro Varela, commonly known simply as Amancio, was born on 16 October 1939 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is a former Spanish football player. He played for Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid and also for the Spanish national team
- Miguel Muñoz
Miguel Muñoz Mozún was a Spanish footballer and manager. Muñoz spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid where he is still the clubs longest serving and most successful coach to date. In September 1955, Muñoz, a midfielder, scored the club's first ever goal in the European Cup against Servette FC. He subsequently captained Real as they won the European Cup in 1956 and 1957. Muñoz also went onto coach Real as they won the European Cup in 1960 and 1966.
- Arthur Johnson
Arthur Johnson was a football (soccer) coach from England. He was the first coach of Real Madrid, he coached "los merengues" since 1910 until 1920.
- Mariano García Remón
Mariano García Remón is a Spanish football coach and former footballer. With Real Madrid he won six Spanish championships and three cups. He was goalkeeper for Real Madrid from 1971 until 1984 and Played 177 matches in La Liga and another 29 matches in European club competitions. His heroic efforts in the Champions Cup quarterfinal in Odessa versus Dynamo Kyiv (0-0) earned him the nickname "el Gato de Odessa" ("the cat of Odessa").
- Jacinto Quincoces
Jacinto Quincoces López was a Spanish football player and manager. He was born in Barakaldo and died in Valencia. He played 25 matches for the Spain national football team from 1928 to 1936, and was part of Spain's 1934 FIFA World Cup team. He was Spain's national coach in 1945, taking charge for two matches.
- Francisco Bru Sanz
Francisco Bru Sanz, also referred to as Francesc Bru or Paco Bru, is a former Spanish footballer, referee and manager. As a footballer he played as a defender for FC Barcelona, RCD Español and the Catalan XI. After retiring as a player, Bru became a referee and took charge of the 1916 and 1917 Copa del Rey finals. He later became the first ever manager of Spain, guiding them to the silver medal at the 1920 Olympics Games.
- Héctor Scarone
Héctor Pedro Scarone was a Uruguayan footballer, the all-time leading scorer for the Uruguayan national team. Although Scarone's international career ended in 1930, the 31 goals (in 51 matches) he scored for his country still stand as of 2005 as the national record. He won the South American Championship four times: in 1917, 1923, 1924, and South American Championship 1926, and the Olympic gold medal twice: in 1924 and 1928.
- Arsenio Iglesias
Arsenio Iglesias Pardo is a popular Galician football coach. He was born in the town of Arteixo very near A Coruña in Galicia, Spain. He coached Deportivo de La Coruña from 1970 to 1973, then again from 1982 to 1985, from 1987 to 1989 and from 1990 to 1994. During early to mid '90s, Iglesias made the team obtain the nickname 'Super Depor'. Within this time, the Deportivo de La Coruña got one King's Cup plus one Supercopa de España.
- Vujadin Boškov
Vujadin Boškov is a retired Serbian football player and coach. Boškov was born in the village of Begeč near Novi Sad, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career (1946-1960). He also won the became a playing member of the Yugoslavia national team, and was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Olympic football tournament. In 1961 he moved to Italy to play for Serie A club Sampdoria for one season (1961/62), …
- Benito Floro Sanz
Benito Floro Sanz is a retired Spanish football (soccer) manager. He was the manager of Real Madrid, Albacete, Sporting de Gijón, Vissel Kobe, Monterrey, Mallorca and Villarreal.
- Radomir Antić
Radomir "Raddy" Antić is a Serbian former football defender and current football manager who has managed FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.
- Miljan Miljanić
Miljan Miljanić is a retired Serbian football coach and administrator. Born to a family hailing from Nikšić municipality in Montenegro, Miljanić spent the first years of his life in what would later become the Macedonian Socialist Republic within SFR Yugoslavia and eventually present day Republic of Macedonia. During his colourful career, Miljanić coached Red Star Belgrade (won 10 trophies), Real Madrid (won back-to-back La Liga titles, …
- Manuel Fleitas Solich
Manuel Fleitas Solich (born December 30, 1900 - died March 24, 1984) is a former Paraguayan football player and coach. He was known as "El Brujo" (the Wizard).
- Enrique Fernández Viola
Enrique Fernández Viola, commonly referred to as Enrique Fernández, is a former Uruguayan footballer and manager who played for Nacional, FC Barcelona, Uruguay and the Catalan XI. As a manager he won two Uruguayan championships with Nacional and La Liga titles with both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
- José Villalonga Llorente
José Villalonga Llorente, commonly referred to as José Villalonga and also known as Pepe Villalonga, was a Spanish football manager during the 1950s and 1960s. He coached Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Spain, winning major trophies with all three.
- Lùis Carniglia
Luis Carniglia was a footballer and coach from Argentina. He played for Boca Juniors in the 1940s. Carniglia played for Club Atlético Tigre before joining Boca Juniors, Carniglia was part of Boca's team that won the 1940 Primera Division Argentina and Copa Ibaguren. In 1941 he was seriously injured in a game against San Lorenzo, he went on to play for Chacarita Juniors but he never returned to his best form. Carniglia went on to coach Real Madrid from 1957 until 1959.