Greatest Football (Soccer) Managers of All Time

Published on 05/07/2018
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Mircea Lucescu

Romanian football manager Mircea Lucescu has led a long career. He’s coached at Romania, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. However it was his success with FC Shakhtar Donetsk that earns him a spot on this list. For 12 years, he earned the club eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six Ukrainian Cups, seven Ukrainian Super Cups and also the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. Impressively in 2015, Lucescu would become just the fifth man to coach in 100 UEFA Champions League matches.

Mircea Lucescu

Mircea Lucescu

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Eddie Howe

After spending much of his playing career at Bournemouth, Eddie Howe would then become the youngest manager in the Football League when he landed the Bournemouth manager job in January 2009. Howe would rescue Bournemouth from relegation in his first season in charge – the club began the season on −17 points, then he brought them to promotion the next. For a bit, Howe managed Burnley but returned Bournemouth. As a result, they were promoted twice – in fact, this was the first time the club played at the top flight. His great success with Bournemouth led him to earn the Football League Manager of the Decade Award back in 2015.

Eddie Howe

Eddie Howe

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