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Seeing Premier League managers in their
suits dishing out orders most weekends –
it’s easy to forget that they were once
young footballers.
All the current managers in the Prem have
enjoyed some sort of a career, from the
great heights Roland Koeman and Mark
Hughes achieved, to the lowly levels
Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho played
at.
So, told a series of Panini stickers,
here’s what all the Prem bosses looked like
in their playing days – warning – there’s
some crackers in there.
1. Arsene Wenger – Arsenal
A defensive midfielder who could play
centre back, Wenger played for French
minnows AS Mutzig and Mulhouse before
eventually playing for home town club RC
Strasbourg in his peak.

2. Tim Sherwood – Aston Villa
A talented central midfielder who started
at Watford but went on to Norwich and
then Blackburn where he won the Premier
League title, before an infamous stint with
Tottenham.

3. Eddie Howe – Bournemouth
Howe was a diminutive defender who had
two successful stints as a player with
Bournemouth – either side of a disastrous
spell with Portsmouth.

4. Jose Mourinho – Chelsea
An amazing manager but he had a lowly
career as a central midfielder for clubs
like Rio Ave, Belenenses, Sesimbra and
Comercio e Industria (who?).

5. Alan Pardew – Crystal Palace
Another midfield man, handsome Pards
played in the lower leagues for ages
before graduating and playing for
Charlton, Tottenham and Crystal Palace.

6. Roberto Martinez – Everton
Despite his suave ways, Martinez was a
battling holding midfielder who played in
the lower leagues for Wigan and Swansea
and Walsall after starting out with Real
Zaragoza.

7. Claudio Ranieri – Leicester City
What a handsome devil. Ranieri was a
defender for Roma, Catanzaro, Catania
and then Palermo in a so-so playing
career.

8. Brendan Rodgers – Liverpool
The Liverpool manager probably had the
lowest profile career, playing as a
defender for Ballymena United, Newport,
Witney Town and Newbury Town before
retiring and going into coaching.

9. Manuel Pellegrini – Manchester City
A one-club man, Pellegrini played out all
his career for Universidad de Chile as a
centre back, making 471 appearances.
Legend.

10. Louis van Gaal – Manchester
United
Van Gaal started out at Ajax but didn’t
play any games, before moving to Antwerp
in Belgium to start his career. He ended
up returning to Holland and playing mostly
for Sparta Rotterdam

11. Steve McClaren – Newcastle
United
Steve McClaren began his career at Hull
and enjoyed a successful spell there as a
midfielder. He went on to have spells at
Derby, Lincoln, Bristol City and Oxford
but it was at Hull where he really thrived.

12. Alex Neil – Norwich City
Only 34 and fresh faced, Neil only
retired in January after being a player-
manager at Hamilton, where he played 211
times. Before that he played in England
with Barnsley and Mansfield.

13. Ronald Koeman – Southampton
A centre back who played in midfield at
times, Koeman had an incredible career
after starting at Groningen, he went on to
play for Ajax, PSV, Barcelona and
Feyenoord – winning many trophies.

14. Mark Hughes – Stoke City
A class forward, Hughes began at Man
United and earned moves to Barcelona and
Bayern Munich before returning to United
and ended up a legend. He finished his
career with stints at Chelsea,
Southampton, Everton and Blackburn.

15. Dick Advocaat – Sunderland
A midfielder or defender, Advocaat
started in Holland but had several spells
in America in a journeyman career.

16. Garry Monk – Swansea City
A bruising centre back, Monk started at
Torquay before moving to Southampton,
where he then spent years on-loan before
finally settling at Swansea and retiring in
2014 to become manager.

17. Mauricio Pochettino – Tottenham
Pochettino was a hard but committed
central defender. He enjoyed three spells
at Espanyol after leaving Argentina, while
he also played for PSG (long before the
big money arrived).

18. Quique Sanchez Flores – Watford
An all-action right-back, Flores played
nearly 300 games for Valencia before two-
year spell at Real Madrid at his peak. He
finished up at Zaragoza.

19. Tony Pulis – West Brom
A powerful defender, Pulis came through
the youth system at Bristol Rovers and
had two spells at the club before moves
to Newport, Bournemouth and Gillingham

20. Slaven Bilic – West Ham
A powerful defender, Bilic spent time in
his homeland after coming through the
Hajduk Split academy before a spell in
Germany, and then moves to West Ham
and Everton where he became a legendary
figure.
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