André Villas-Boas
Portuguese football manager, André Villas-Boas, is among a rising number of top-level managers who have actually never played football professionally. He achieved an undefeated 2010–11 season in the Primeira Liga with Porto – they won four trophies and he became the youngest manager ever to win a European title. With 72 points during the 20012-13 season, Tottenham had the highest points to finish outside the top four. Lastly, with Zenit, he earned three trophies and achieved the fifth league title in the club’s history.
Mark Hughes
Welsh football manager Mark Hughes makes the cut. From 1999 to 2004, Hughes was Welsh national team manager – this was, in fact, his first managerial role. Since then, he has coached at Blackburn, Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City and Southampton. His winning percentage is 38.2%.