Ranking ALL 20 Premier League Managers As Players

Rarely, if ever, has there been any correlation between playing ability and managerial ability, but never has it been more evident than in recent years, whether it's Thomas Tukel, José Mourinho or Julian Nogglesman, some of the top rated coaches in the world these days. Either he played at a very modest level or he never played professional football. However, sometimes it can be interesting to reflect on the playing careers that coaches had, how it impacted them as coaches, and whether there is a relationship between the two. I did this exactly. Same video in 2019, but when I recently heard that on average eight Premier League

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lose their jobs each season, so almost half of them, I thought most of them must have changed in the last three and a half years upon closer inspection, it turns out.

That's the case and all about five or six of them have, which is quite extraordinary in itself, so I decided that a rare remake was necessary for this new influx of budding new

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who, no doubt In fact, in three years' time I wouldn't be too surprised if Frank Lampard or David Moyes had been sacked before this video came out, even Graham Potter and Jurgen Klopp would seem to be on pretty shaky ground here. moment, such is the precariousness. of modern football management, I hope you all stuck it out in time for this video to come out and now that it has, frankly, your clubs are free to sack you all, as far as I'm concerned, without further ado, that's right as I would rank all current Premier League managers based on playing ability and playing career at number 20.

Thomas Frank Thomas Frank is the only Premier League manager to have never played professional or semi-professional football, making him in a fairly easy inclusion in last place. The only football Frank ever played was for Fredericksvark BK, an amateur club in the small town of 12,718 people of Frederickspark, where he was born when he was in his early twenties. Frank had already stopped playing football and had started coaching Frederick Vox in under-eight and under-12 teams. At 27 he was on his way to a professional club, but as a coach, not a player, and having impressed a few different Danish clubs, Frank got the job coaching the Denmark under-16 team in 2008.

The under-17s followed and then the under-18s. and finally, first-team work at Bromby before the long-haired Maverick joined Brentford in 2018, a match made in heaven and where he is currently flying high in the Premier League 19. Steve Cooper The boss Nottingham Forest's Steve Cooper was signed by a professional football club unlike Thomas. Frank, although he never actually played for them, the club in question was Wrexham, whose boss at the time recommended that Cooper give up playing professionally and try his luck as a manager, those are not the votes of confidence one expects from a manager. I can't imagine Jesse Lingard appreciating Cooper telling him that, but it turned out to be pretty useful advice.

Cooper didn't stop playing immediately and played over 50 games for Bangor City in the Welsh

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, but he started straight away. Training at the Wrexham Academy at the age of 27, he became one of the youngest coaches to obtain a UEFA Pro license and by 23 he had stopped playing at Wrexham and then the Liverpool academies led to roles with the Under 16s and 17s from England. Thomas Frank's journey and landing the Nottingham Forest job in 2021 after two years at Swansea City 18 Brendan Rogers, another manager who doesn't seem 100 sure at the moment despite being talked about as the most likely successor to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

Just 12 months ago, Brendan Rodgers earned an 18th place thanks to his talent at a very young age, despite playing even less football at any level than Steve Cooper or Thomas Frank Rogers, representing Northern Ireland seven times at the collegiate level and was signed by Reading at the age of 18. Unfortunately, the Leicester City manager was diagnosed with a genetic knee disease, which meant he never made his professional football debut and retired from the sport when he was just 20 years old, they say it fell short. Playing careers produce the best managers and Rogers has since enjoyed much success in management, notably with Swansea City Celtic and Leicester before this season. 17.

Graham Potter Graham Potter appears to be a broken man after Chelsea's defeat last week against Fulham, admitting that he would not be surprised if he were sacked as it reflects the shocking star that Potter has realized at Stamford Bridge just four months later. of his arrival and for a coach whose career up to that point had headed in one direction. Jordan is playing. days, however, Potter was much more familiar with the things that went against him. Potter actually played in the Premier League, unlike many managers who appear ahead of him, although only eight times while playing for Southampton, a rather nomadic left back, Potter played football for five different ones. divisions from the Premier League to the Conference for teams such as Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion and Macclesfeldtown, the majority of his appearances came during a three-year period at York City, although all were spent in football's fourth tier English.

Moyes, a man hanging by a thread at the moment at West Ham, if he is still going strong when this video comes out, it is extraordinary how Far West Ham have fallen in a single season after finishing seventh in the Premiership. League last season, while reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League, Moyes has had much more success in management, especially in his 11 years at Everton, where he rose to the position of Sir Alex's successor at Manchester United, than ever as a player, although he won. the Scottish Premier Division with his Boyard Club Celtic having started his career in Iceland Moyes only played 24

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games in three seasons at Celtic Park played most of his football in the second and third divisions of English football with teams such as Cambridge United Bristol City Shrewsbury town and Preston North End playing alongside a young David Beckham with the last of those four 15 Mark silver.

I have always valued Marco Silva since his brief six-month stay at City despite the widespread criticism he received both from Jorin and after his time at Everton and I am not surprised to see that Fulham, despite their condition A perennial yo-yo club in recent years, they don't seem at all threatened by relegation this season. Silva's playing days could fairly be described as unremarkable, a right-back who only ever played two games in the top flight of Portuguese football for two different clubs. Silva spent the rest of his career bouncing around in the second and third tears of Portuguese football, spending most of his career and playing most of his games for Sterile, where he started. his managerial career immediately after retiring from the game at the age of just 33. 14.

Nathan Jones Nathan Jones is, or so I am told, a rather unusual character and despite having done an outstanding job over a number of years and in two separate spells at Luton. Town, already seem to have gone to war with the Southampton fans just as they did with the Stoke City fans, which would worry me if I were a Saints fan despite their recent positive results, but his appointment alone means that Jones has now performed at a higher level. Jones spent his early years playing in Wales and Spain, but played most of his football at just three clubs: Southern United Brighton and Hove Albion.

The town of Yeovil, almost all of it in the third tier of English football, 13. Eddie Howe, a rare example of a top flight manager who looks touchable at the moment. Newcastle United are flying this season and Eddie Howe, however ambivalent he may be, about beheading teenagers. He has done an outstanding job in terms of the level at which he played and should probably be a few places lower in these

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s, but on sheer talent alone it is unfortunate to miss out on the top 10. A classy ball-playing centre-back who made two Appearances for England under-21s while playing for Bournemouth, a rare achievement while playing for a third division club.

The Howell Club became Harry Redknapp's first signing under his manager from Portsmouth in 2002. Unfortunately, he suffered a horrific knee injury which sidelined him for the rest of the season. On his debut and never the same player, he returned to Bournemouth in 2004, where he enjoyed three more seasons before retiring at the age of 29. Within a year he was coaching the first team. 12. Jurgen Klopp, a reminder to Addie Howe and simply anyone else, as if that were necessary, about how quickly things can change in football. Jurgen Klopp was heralded as the best manager in the world not long ago, but now we apparently can't do anything right at Liverpool.

Tremendously successful in management. Klopp took mines. from the second Bundesliga to the Europa League, Dortmund from 13th to two Bundesliga titles and a Champions League final and Liverpool from 10th to winning both the Premier League and the Champions League, it would be fair to say then that the German was considerably less successful during his playing days given that he described himself as a fourth division feat and a first division hat initially a striker later turned right back klopp spent almost his entire career 11 years in total playing for mines in the second Bundesliga 11. Jesse Marsh is a little more It is difficult to judge Leeds United manager Jesse Marsh, given that he only played in the MLS, that task becomes even more difficult because I believe that the major football leagues were significantly weaker 20 years ago, when Marsh played, than an energetic Marsh midfielder now.

He made a name for himself at Princeton, where he earned All-American status by scoring 16 goals from midfield in a single season. He was significantly less prolific after turning professional, scoring just 31 goals in 321 games and following Bob Bradley a bit like Nico Crenshaw followed Harry. redknapp or Paddy Kenny followed Neil Warlock Marsh played for DC United Chicago Fire and Chivas USA and became the record holder for Chicago Fire appearances at the time of his departure, as well as earning two caps for the United States with six years apart. Tenth unai Emery, a coach of true pedigree. Watson I Emery did it at Severe in particular, which I recently covered in a video about Severe's decline since his departure was nothing short of remarkable, which is why I reached five Europa League finals and won four of them when he was still relatively young.

The coach is excellent. Emery never reached those heights during his playing days, he only played five times in La Liga. Foreign midfielder from an extensive football family. Emery found his level in the Second Division, where he played more than 200 games for teams like Toledo Racing. and the ninth of laganas, Roberto De zabi, a man who is winning a lot of plaudits at the moment in Brighton and who has also taken the very well-oiled Graham Potter machine and apparently turned it into an even more offensive and winning force in matches in his playing days, Merecedero was nicknamed The Little Genius as a talented left-footed number 10.

That nickname might have been a bit generous as, although the zabby started his career at AC Milan, he never actually made an appearance. in the first team for them. a fairly big move to Napoli in 2006, but again he only made 33 appearances in four years for them, playing most of his football for Syria B and then spending a couple of years playing for Romania 8. Eric Ten remembers the first

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ship coach in This list has regularly played top-flight football of any description, it says a lot that he took us all the way to eighth place to get there.

Eric ten hog is best associated with FC 20, where he spent eight years in two separate periods accumulating excesses. 200 appearances throughout Wednesday, we are in the Visa era, a solid centre-back despite being less than six feet tall, something that is not unusual in the Netherlands even though the Dutch are a nation famous for their height, which perhaps also explains his lack of doubts. on Lisandro Martínez's lack of height 10 hargro retired from football at the age of 32 and became a coach here became assistant to Steve McLaren at Swanse in 2008 forward Coach of the Eagles in 2012 Head of Bayern Munich 2 in 2030 Utrecht in 2015 iax in 2017 and finally Manchester United of course in 2022. 7th Gary O'Neill, don't get me wrong, Bournemouth manager Gary O'Neill had a brilliant career in football according to the standards of most people, amassing 214 Premier League appearances and playing for some big clubs such as Portsmouth Middlesbrough and West Ham United, but it surely says something about how little importance is given to havingHe had an illustrious playing career and in the richest league in world football he appears as the seventh best coach based on his playing days out of pure curiosity.

Because I'm curious like that, I decided to take a look at the Premier League managers from the 1992-93 season, exactly 30 years ago, and I think the seventh best manager in terms of playing ability in the league then was probably the boss from Arsenal, George. Graham, a man who spent most of his playing days scoring goals for teams like Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United and yet won 12 caps for a fine Scottish team and, back on topic, Gary O 'Neill represented England at a few different youth levels, but never played an international match for the senior team and is still probably remembered most fondly at Portsmouth, where he won promotion to the Premier League and made almost 200 appearances.

O'Neill would have been a reliable midfielder for any team in the bottom half of the Premier League and, in fact, he was for about a decade, sixth Julian Lopataki Wolves manager Julen Lopatagi does not play as many games as Gary O'Neill and, for that reason, it is actually quite difficult to know exactly where to classify him signed by Real Madrid as a 19-year-old after having impressed in the youth ranks of Real Sociedad. Lopatagi was a goalkeeper who played many games with Rick Castilla but only one in La Liga with the Real Madrid first team. He later signed for Lagranias, where he played over 100 games in La Liga, prompting Clásico de Madrid rivals Barcelona to come out and sign him just as he was at Madrid, although Lopatagi was only number two in the Barça and only managed to make five appearances in the League in three.

Entire years before he finished his career with regular playing time once again, this time at Rayo Viacano despite playing a supporting role for so long. Lopatagi was a talented goalkeeper who even won a cap for Spain in 1994, so he deservedly ranks sixth and fifth michalatata. Michaela Tata may never have won a cap for Spain unlike Julian LA Patagí, but don't let that fool you, there's still a big step up in class for her to be in the top five on this list. Mikhail Arteta was unlucky in international terms to play at a time when Spain had the world.

Top-class central midfielder comes out of their ears, but he was still a brilliant midfielder equally capable of playing as a number 10 or in a deep-lying role, and pretty much anywhere in between, our Tetter made a name for himself at PSG by not having managed to get into the first one. team in Barcelona, ​​where he played alongside the likes of Ronaldinho and JJ Kocha before Rangers signed him, most of our playing days, although in terms of time and appearances were at Everton and Arsenal, where he made over 350 appearances winning twice. the player of the season award at Goodison Park, fourth Antonio Conte, things are heating up as we get closer to the top four, as is often the case when Antonio Conte is on the touchline and, incidentally, among the Top four is also where he hopes to finish this.

During the season, Kanté was as energetic, enthusiastic and aggressive in his playing days, as he is now playing his best football in a box-to-box role at Juventus, where he did the job of two

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in midfield, sometimes with tactical intelligence, incredibly hard-working and very good. Aware of his own limitations, Kanté maximized his talents and enjoyed a brilliant career that began with his youth club. Leche Conte joined Juventus in 1991 and never played for anyone else after that, in total he made 420 appearances for Italy's biggest and most successful winning club. five skidaxos and a Champions League in addition to accumulating 20 cups with Italy when he was still bald third Pep Guardiola Pep Guardiola was not the fastest or strongest midfielder, he was not a great dribbler of the ball and his tackle was a bit like that of Paul Scholes , typically ranging from The Reckless to absolutely useless, yet Guardiola's intelligence, elegance and vision on the ball led to him being a member of Barcelona for over a decade and winning 47 caps for Spain.

Guardiola was to Johann Cravestream's team in many ways what Sergio Bus gets. He was later in Guardiola's dream team on the field and although I don't think he was ever as good as Muskets, not many midfield pivots They have been after leaving Barcelona. Guardiola actually had problems in Syria with both Bressia and Roma before ending his career. With fairly short spells in both Qatar and Mexico, second Frank Lampard was not an almost impossible decision between the two best managers in the top division, but in the end I put Frank Lampard second, a man who will be lucky to have a I work at At the time this video came out, I have always been skeptical of Frank Lampard's managerial talents and have seen little to prove me wrong.

In my view, Lampard has gotten the best jobs largely as a result of his talent as a player and who he knows. but that doesn't change the fact that Jordan is playing Daisy was for once world class one of the best goalscoring midfielders of my life, if not the best, Lampard was not someone you would have looked at when he was 18. and said yes, he will definitely win over 100 caps for England, but his determination and willingness to learn sorry made constant improvements until he became Chelsea's all-time record goalscorer in his mid-twenties and their fourth-highest appearance holder. all-time in 648. appearances for the blues Lampard scored 211 goals in addition to making almost 200 appearances at West Ham and subsequent brief spells with both New York City and on loan at Manchester City his offensive performance in terms of both goals and helps his work ethic and will and his intelligence both on and off the ball made him one of the most feared and revered midfielders in world football for over a decade and he could have easily taken the top spot first, Patrick, the era, the man keeping Frank Lampard out of top spot, though only Patrick.

The Arrows squad are actually in as terrible form as Lampards at the moment, but after an excellent debut campaign and a decent start to the season, you'd at least like to think his job was a little safer as a player. . Arrow was a jack of all trades and a master of many Born in Dhaka, the capital of Senegal, the Aris family moved to a commune in northern France when he was eight years old. Viera became famous just after Zinedine Zidane left the club. club and joined Arsenal via AC Milan having made just five appearances for Sunsero.

He's quite a sight on a football field, he's six feet four inches tall and his legs look like they're about five feet tall, too, perfect frame to frame. The midfielder of the time had incredible athleticism and it allowed him to go up and down the field. He was an expert at using those long legs to dispossess opponents even when it looked like they had already overtaken him and his direct run on the pass was crucial in propelling Arsenal forward and off the pitch and instigating attacks, a key moment . Vieira also had the ability to emerge with a brilliant run or goal, in addition to his success at Arsenal, for which he is best known, at least here in England.

Vieira also won. four skedato In the summer Milan and the European championships and the FIFA World Cup with France one of the best midfielders of the last 30 years. I think the era almost deserves to take the top spot ahead of the highest scoring midfielder of the Premier League era. That's all for today's video, but I hope you enjoyed it, hit the like button, if that was the case let me know what you think below in the comments and make sure to subscribe, of course it goes without saying, and also activates note notifications. For hitc7s, you can also find me on Twitter or Instagram simply through the username at hritcc7s if you wish.