Footballer; Football Manager

1. Charlie Spencer (1899)

Footballer; Football Manager

Full back who played professionally from 1921-1937 for several teams, including Newcastle United, Manchester United, and Wigan Athletic, where he was a player-manager.

2. Nigel Worthington (1961)

Footballer; Football Manager

Former soccer midfielder and defender who then became a successful manager; made his managerial debut in 1997 for Blackpool, and managed Norwich City from 2000 to 2006.

3. Ally McCoist (1962)

Footballer; Football Manager

Former Scottish striker whose career spanned from 1979 to 2001 with four different clubs; became manager of the Rangers FC in 2011.

4. Roberto Martínez (1973)

Footballer; Football Manager

Former midfielder who played for seven different club teams in a career that spanned from 1993 to 2007. He became a manager after retirement, first coaching Swansea City and Wigan...

5. Johnny Giles (1940)

Footballer; Football Manager

Irish soccer player most famous for his years with Leeds United, being voted as the club's best player ever in 2006. After retiring, he became the senior soccer analyst for...

6. Billy Bremner (1942)

Footballer; Football Manager

Scottish soccer player and coach best known for playing for a number of Scottish teams and for coaching both Leeds United and the Doncaster Rovers.

7. Kunishige Kamamoto (1944)

Footballer; Football Manager

Fierce Japanese striker who scored seven goals with the bronze medal-winning Japanese national team at the 1968 Olympics.

8. Neil Warnock (1948)

Footballer; Football Manager

Soccer manager who had stints with several clubs including Leeds United, Sheffield United, Queens Park Rangers, and Cardiff City. He previously played professionally as a winger.

9. Alan Buckley (1951)

Footballer; Football Manager

Former soccer forward best known for managing stints with Walsall and Grimsby Town.

10. Micky Mellon (1972)

Footballer; Football Manager

Scottish soccer manager and former player who won the Conference Premier Championship with Fleetwood Town in 2012. As a player, he was a midfielder for clubs like Blackpool FC and...

11. Chris Sutton (1973)

Footballer; Football Manager

Striker who was named SPFA Players' Player of the Year in 2004 while playing for Celtic FC. He scored 47 goals in 130 appearances for the Blackburn Rovers from 1994...

12. Nick Barmby (1974)

Footballer; Football Manager

Midfielder who won several championships as a part of Liverpool and also played internationally for England from 1995-2001.

13. Steve Kean (1967)

Footballer; Football Manager

Coach of the Blackburn Rovers for 21 months, until resigning in late September, 2012.

14. Jim Gannon (1968)

Footballer; Football Manager

Soccer manager known for encouraging fair play; he began his managerial career with Dundalk in 2004 and took Stockport County to the League Two playoffs in 2008.

15. Andy Morrell (1974)

Footballer; Football Manager

Andrew Jonathan Andy Morrell is an English footballer who is assistant manager at Shrewsbury Town and was previously player-manager of Wrexham. Morrell played 359 games in the Football league for...

16. Paul Hurst (1974)

Footballer; Football Manager

Paul Michael Hurst is an English former professional footballer and manager of Conference National side Grimsby Town. As a player he was a defender from 1993 to 2008 notably playing...

17. Deryn Brace (1975)

Footballer; Football Manager

Deryn Brace is a Welsh footballer.

18. Marcus Law (1975)

Footballer; Football Manager

Marcus William Law is an English former footballer and manager. He has managed a number of clubs including Tamworth and Kettering Town.

19. Dave Challinor (1975)

Footballer; Football Manager

David Paul Dave Challinor is an English former footballer who is currently the manager of AFC Fylde. He played in the Football League as a professional from 1994 until 2008...

20. Alan Irvine (footballer born 1958) (1958)

Footballer; Football Manager

James Alan Irvine known as Alan Irvine is a Scottish former footballer and manager currently in charge of the Everton academy. Irvine played for five different clubs in Scotland and...

21. Eric Winstanley (1944)

Footballer; Football Manager

Eric Winstanley is an English former footballer who is currently a coach at Supersport United.

22. Jimmy Giles (1946)

Footballer; Football Manager

Jimmy Giles as an English former footballer and manager. As a player he was known as 'Farmer'. Giles played in the Football League for Swindon Town F. C. Aldershot F....

23. Andrea Stramaccioni (1976)

Footballer; Football Manager

Andrea Stramaccioni is an Italian football manager and a former footballer who was most recently the manager of Internazionale. A football coach with experiences as youth coach of Roma and...

24. Gary Pearson (footballer) (1976)

Footballer; Football Manager

Gary Pearson is an English former footballer who is the current manager of Crook Town. He played as a defender and a midfielder for Sheffield United Stalybridge Celtic Gateshead Spennymoor...

25. David Bayliss (1976)

Footballer; Football Manager

David Anthony Bayliss is an English football manager. He previously played in defence.

26. Asa Hartford (1950)

Footballer; Football Manager

Richard Asa Hartford is a retired Scottish international midfielder and footballer who became famous for failing a medical examination due to the discovery of a heart condition which put paid...

27. John Gidman (1954)

Footballer; Football Manager

John Gidman is a former English footballer who played for Aston Villa Everton Manchester United Manchester City Stoke City and Darlington.

28. Frank Gray (1954)

Footballer; Football Manager

s Tierney 'Frank' Gray is a Scottish football manager and former footballer. Gray has previously managed Darlington Farnborough Town Grays Athletic and Woking. On 5 May 2008 Gray was announced...

29. Nick Holmes (footballer) (1954)

Footballer; Football Manager

Nicholas Charles Nick Holmes is an English former professional footballer. He won the FA Cup Final with Southampton in 1976 and from July 2002 to July 2009 was manager of...

30. Jim Duffy (footballer) (1959)

Footballer; Football Manager

James Jim Duffy is a Scottish former footballer and manager currently managing Scottish League Two club Clyde.

31. Paul Fairclough (1950)

Footballer; Football Manager

Paul Fairclough is the current manager of the England C national football team formerly known as the National Game XI England non-League team or the England semi-pro team. As a...

32. John Still (footballer) (1950)

Footballer; Football Manager

John Leonard Still is an English former footballer and the current manager of Luton Town. After his playing career was cut short by injury Still began managing non-League clubs around...

33. Terry Brown (football manager) (1952)

Footballer; Football Manager

Terry Brown is and English football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Margate and formerly managed AFC Wimbledon Aldershot Town and Hayes.

34. Gordon McQueen (1952)

Footballer; Football Manager

Gordon McQueen is a former Scottish football player who played as a central defender for St. Mirren Leeds United Manchester United and Scotland.

35. Ian Baird (1964)

Footballer; Football Manager

Ian James Baird is an ex-professional footballer whose most notable spells were as a Leeds United player. During his first period at the club he spent a season as captain....

36. Richard Money (1955)

Footballer; Football Manager

Richard Money is an English former footballer and manager. He is currently head coach of Cambridge United.

37. Neil Aspin (1965)

Footballer; Football Manager

Neil Aspin is an English former professional footballer turned football manager who is now managing Conference Premier club F. C. Halifax Town. A solid defender who could play at centre-back...

38. Steve Coppell (1955)

Footballer; Football Manager

Stephen James Steve Coppell is an English former footballer manager and director of football with no current club having last held the position of director of football at Portsmouth. As...

39. Michael Schäfer (1972)

Footballer; Football Manager

Michael Schäfer is a Danish former football player and now manager. In his active career he played 482 games for Danish club Lyngby BK as well as three games for...

40. Glenn Roeder (1955)

Footballer; Football Manager

Glenn Victor Roeder is an English football manager and former player most recently in charge at Norwich City. As a player Roeder represented England B on seven occasions. A defender...

41. Andy Porter (footballer) (1968)

Footballer; Football Manager

Andrew Michael Andy Porter is an English former footballer turned coach and manager. His playing career spanned from 1986 to 2006 and for the majority of his career he played...

42. Dave Cusack (1956)

Footballer; Football Manager

David Stephen Dave Cusack is an English former footballer and manager who is currently a director of Essex Senior League club Basildon United. A central defender he made over 500...

43. Giampaolo Mazza (1956)

Footballer; Football Manager

Giampaolo Mazza was the manager of the San Marino national football team. Mazza was in charge of the San Marino national team between 1998 and 2013. When not managing the...

44. Alan Devonshire (1956)

Footballer; Football Manager

Alan Ernest Devonshire is an English former footballer who is the current manager of Braintree Town. He was a wide midfielder who played for West Ham United and Watford where...

45. Liam Daish (1968)

Footballer; Football Manager

Liam Sean Daish is a former football player who played as a centre-half. Despite being born in England Daish played internationally for the Republic of Ireland due to his Irish...

46. Ahmad Al-Ajlani (1960)

Footballer; Football Manager

Ahmad Al-Ajlani or Ahmad Al-Ajni is a Tunisian former footballer who is the current head coach of Al-Shoalah.

47. Chris Kiwomya (1969)

Footballer; Football Manager

Christopher Mark Chris Kiwomya is an English former professional footballer of Ugandan descent and was the manager of Football League One side Notts County. On 27 October 2013 Kiwomya left...

48. Dave Hockaday (1957)

Footballer; Football Manager

David Dave Hockaday is an English former footballer who played for Blackpool Hull City Shrewsbury Town Stoke City and Swindon Town. as a right-back. After his playing career ended he...

49. Nas Bashir (1969)

Footballer; Football Manager

Naseem Nas Bashir is an English former footballer.

50. Jim Magilton (1969)

Footballer; Football Manager

James Jim Magilton is a Northern Irish former footballer and manager who is the elite performance director with the Irish Football Association. Magilton started his playing career with Liverpool and...

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