Managers Best XI

[Skills]

Best XI of all the players managed throughout their careers (the version managed by them only is what counts)

Sir Alex

--------------Schmeichel
Neville---Ferdinand---Stam---Evra
Ronaldo---Scholes---Keane---Giggs
-----Van Nistelrooy---Cantona

Guardiola
-----------------Neuer
Alves----Boateng---Pique---Alaba
---------------Busquets
---------Xavi---------Iniesta
Robben-------Messi--------Villa

Mourinho
---------------De Gea
Maicon----Terry----Carvalho---Cole
---------------Makelele
---------Lampard---Sneijder
Hazard-------Drogba----Ronaldo

Got the big hitters out of the way... who else has an impressive XI of players managed? Or your own version for these managers is different?

 

[Pink Moon]

As class as Robben is I'd be tempted to put Messi there and stick Ibra or even Aguero in the middle.

 

[Skills]

As class as Robben is I'd be tempted to put Messi there and stick Ibra or even Aguero in the middle.

Don't think Ibra ever really clicked under Pep (though he was great for the first half of that season). Aguero definitely has a shout, but my reasoning was that Messi scored that record 90 odd goals in a calendar year playing CF for Guardiola.

 

[Sir Scott McToMinay]

Best XI of all the players managed throughout their careers (the version managed by them only is what counts)

Sir Alex

--------------Schmeichel
Neville---Ferdinand---Stam---Irwin
Beckham---Scholes---Keane---Ronaldo
-----Robin Van Persie---Rooney

Guardiola
-----------------Neuer
Lahm----Puyol---Pique---Alaba
---------------Busquets
---------Xavi---------Iniesta
Robben-------Messi--------Villa

Mourinho
---------------De Gea
Maicon----Terry----Carvalho---Cole
---------------Makelele
---------Lampard---Sneijder
Hazard-------Drogba----Ronaldo

Got the big hitters out of the way... who else has an impressive XI of players managed? Or your own version for these managers is different?

 

[Canagel]

Mourinho XI would be:

Cech
Ramos Terry Carvalho Cole
Essien Alonso
Eto'o Lampard Ronaldo
Drogba

Cech over DDG because he conceded less goals. Not that he is the better keeper but the formidable defensive record of Chelsea 04-07 is why he gets in the team.
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[Peyroteo]

Mourinho XI would be:

Cech
Maicon Ramos Carvalho Cole
Essien Alonso
Eto'o Lampard Ronaldo
Drogba

Cech over DDG because he conceded less goals. Not that he is the better keeper but the formidable defensive record of Chelsea 04-07 is why he gets in the team.
​

Deco should be part of that midfield

 

[Skills]

Ancelotti's a really tough one as he's so many great players. That's skipping over the first part of his career too and just starting at Milan.

--------------Neuer
Cafu---Maldini--Nesta--Marcelo
-------Modric---Pirlo
------------Kaka
Bale---Shevchenko---Ronaldo

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Carlo Ancelotti.

Mix up his Milan, Chelsea, Real, PSG and you have too many good options for his Best Xi.

 

[Skills]

Carlo Ancelotti.

Mix up his Milan, Chelsea, Real, PSG and you have too many good options for his Best Xi.

I forgot he even managed Chelsea

 

[Canagel]

Deco should be part of that midfield

This is too difficult. Too many players to choose from. You could put any of Terry, Marcelo, Makelele, Deco, Robben, Ibrahimovic in there as well.

 

[Tommy]

Carlo Ancelotti.

Mix up his Milan, Chelsea, Real, PSG and you have too many good options for his Best Xi.

Pirlo & Modric in midfield

 

[paulscholes18]

LVG
Van Der Sar
Lahm Rijkaard De Boer Alaba
Seedorf Xavi Schweinsteiger
Figo Rivaldo Overmars

 

[RooneyLegend]

Ancelotti

---------Ronaldo-------Shevchenko--------
----------------------Kaka---------------------------
---------------Zidane--Modric------------------
-----------------------Pirlo---------------------------
Maldini-----Silva-----Nesta-------Cafu
----------------------Neuer-----------------------

 

[tentan]

Wenger

---------------Seaman
Dixon---Adams---Campbell----Cole
Ljunberg---Vieira---Fabregas---Overmars
--------------Henry---Bergkamp-------------

 

[Sir Scott McToMinay]

Moyes

De Gea

Baines
Jagielka
Ferdinand
Coleman

Carrick
Fellaini

T.Cahill
Rooney
Osman

RvP

 

[Claude Cat]

Klopp

------------------Alisson
Piszczek---Van Dijk---Hummels---Robertson
-----------------Gundogan
----------Gotze--------Coutinho
--Salah-----Lewandowski-----Reus

 

[OutlawGER]

Best XI of all the players managed throughout their careers (the version managed by them only is what counts)

Sir Alex

--------------Schmeichel
Neville---Ferdinand---Stam---Evra
Ronaldo---Scholes---Keane---Giggs
-----Van Nistelrooy---Cantona

Guardiola
-----------------Neuer
Alves----Boateng---Pique---Alaba
---------------Busquets
---------Xavi---------Iniesta
Robben-------Messi--------Villa

Mourinho
---------------De Gea
Maicon----Terry----Carvalho---Cole
---------------Makelele
---------Lampard---Sneijder
Hazard-------Drogba----Ronaldo

Got the big hitters out of the way... who else has an impressive XI of players managed? Or your own version for these managers is different?

Alves over Lahm? Guardiola described him as the most intelligent player he ever worked with. And he just worked with the likes of Xavi and Iniesta before.

 

[Cloud7]

Moyes

De Gea

Baines
Jagielka
Ferdinand
Coleman

Carrick
Fellaini

T.Cahill
Rooney
Osman

RvP

 

[Gio]

Moyes

De Gea

Baines
Jagielka
Ferdinand
Coleman

Carrick
Fellaini

T.Cahill
Rooney
Osman

RvP

It’s between Trap and Cap for me.

Trapattoni

Zoff
Kohler Scirea Passarella
Bergomi Matthaus Tardelli Cabrini
Platini
Batistuta Baggio​

More of an old school 5-3-2 which is probably quite fitting. Could throw in Gentile and Boniek to remake existing partnerships with Scirea and Platini respectively.

Capello

Buffon
Cafu Costacurta Baresi Maldini
Rijkaard Desailly Redondo
Gullit Nedved
Van Basten​

Could ‘upgrade’ Costacurta with Hierro, Thuram or Cannavaro, but the latter two were ageing and the partnership is gold dust.

Probably Capello - too solid all round.

 

[Invictus]

Not all of these players peaked under him, but purely in terms of appearances (and name value), Udo Lattek's hypothetical XI is quite something (by virtue of him managing Bayern and Mönchengladbach and Barcelona and Dortmund)!

 

[Sir Scott McToMinay]

Harry Redknapp

David James

Glen Johnson
Rio Ferdinand
Ledley King
Assou-Ekotto

Lassanna Diarra
Luka Modric
Frank Lampard

Gareth Bale
Jermaine Defoe
Van der Vaart

 

[Web of Bissaka]

I forgot he even managed Chelsea

His Chelsea did so well, broke many goals record and had good competition with us.

Ancelotti

---------Ronaldo-------Shevchenko--------
----------------------Kaka---------------------------
---------------Zidane--Modric------------------
-----------------------Pirlo---------------------------
Maldini-----Silva-----Nesta-------Cafu
----------------------Neuer-----------------------

Zidane (Juventus)? Carlo didn't do that well with Juve. I wouldn't include Zidane nor Neuer. Bayern players revolt wanted him out.

Otherwise it's a fair go of a tough selections.

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Moyes

De Gea

Baines
Jagielka
Ferdinand
Coleman

Carrick
Fellaini

T.Cahill
Rooney
Osman

RvP



 

[Don Alfredo]

Guardiola:

Neuer

Alves
Boateng
Puyol
Alaba

Busquets
De Bruyne
Xavi

Messi
Eto‘o
Iniesta

 

[the_irish123]

Fabio Capello's XI is pretty decent..


Buffon

Cafu Baresi Maldini R.Carlos

Nedved Riijkard

Zidane Del Piero

Fat Ronaldo Van Basten

What is largely considered the best back 5 in history, the two best strikers in history and some decent creators like Del Piero and Zidane..

 

[BlackShark_80]

Mourinho's XI:
Cech
Zanetti Terry Carvalho Cole
Lampard Makelele Sneijder
Ronaldo Drogba Hazard
-------------------------------------------
Guardiola's XI:
Neuer
Lahm Boateng Puyol Alaba
Xavi Busquets Iniesta
Messi Lewandowski Henry

 

[RedRob]

I forgot he even managed Chelsea

He probably wants to forget that too.

 

[RedDevilCanuck]

The only thing good about international breaks are threads like these.

 

[RedRob]

Scolari (if we get to use international team)

Cech

Cafu
Carvalho
Terry
Roberto Carlos

Ballack
Essien
Figo

Ronaldinho
L. Ronaldo
C. Ronaldo

Even that's leaving out players like Lampard, Cole, Rivaldo as well as the then up-and-coming Kaka and Neymar.

 

[FootyGirl88]

I think Jose would choose ibra over drogba

 

[roonster09]

Van Gaal also managed some great teams and players.

Not everyone was at their peak when he managed though,

Figo
Stoichkov
Rivaldo
Puyol
Xavi
de Boer
Riquelme
Iniesta
Van der Sar
Stam
Seedorf
Edgar Davids
Lahm
Ribery
Robben
Schweinsteiger
Kroos
Neuer
Van Persie
Rooney
Overmars
Rijkaard
Kluivert

 

[sun_tzu]

Cruyff
.............................................Zubizaretta (barca).............................................
............Puyol (catalonia).........Rijkaard (ajax)..............Koeman (Barca)...............
............................................Guardiola (barca)................................................
Figo (barca).............Laudrup (barca).............Xavi (catalonia)........Stoichkoff (barca)
..............................Van Basten (Ajax)..........Romario (Barca)................................

Valdes (Barca), Nadal (Barca), Ferrer (Barca), Winter, (Ajax) Hagi (Barca), Prosineski (barca), Linekar (Barca)

 

[harms]

Bench: De Gea, Puyol, Xavi, Cocu, Seedorf, Robben, Litmanen, Müller, Rooney, Kluivert etc.
Lots of great players not in their best form like Iniesta, Stoichkov, Guardiola, Mendieta etc.

 

[Eric's Seagull]

Sir Alex Ferguson

------------Schmeichel---------------

Neville---Ferdinand----Stam---Irwin

---------Keane---Scholes------
-----------Cantona--------------

Ronaldo---Van Nistelrooy---Giggs



Josep Guardiola

---------------Neuer----------------

Lahm---Puyol---Marquez---Alaba

------------Busquets-------------
-------Iniesta----Xavi------------

--------Messi---Eto'o---Henry-----


Louis Van Gaal

Lahm---Rijkaard----Puyol---Alaba

--------------Davids----------------
-----------Xavi-------Iniesta--------
----------------Muller----------------

--------Kluivert-----Bergkamp------


Arsene Wenger

---------Seaman---------

Dixon---Adams---Campbell---Cole

Overmars----Viera---Fabregas---Pires

------------Henry------Bergkamp-------


Jose Mourinho

-----------De Gea----------

Zanetti---Ramos---Terry---Cole

----------Alonso---Makelele------
----------Sneijder---------

Robben---Zlatan---Ronaldo

 

[Enigma_87]

Zagallo

 

[Skills]

Allegri

-----------------------Buffon
Lichsteiner---Silva---Chiellini---Sandro
------------Vidal----Pirlo---Pogba
-----------------------Dybala
--------------Zlatan------Ronaldo

Higuain for Ronaldo if he turns out to be shit for Juventus
C

 

[Skills]

Benitez

------------------------Cesar
Maicon----Ramos---Pepe---Marcelo
------------ Modric --- Alonso
Bale ------------ Stevie G ----- Ronaldo
--------------------- Torres

 

[BlackShark_80]

Zagallo

Carlos Alberto?

 

[sun_tzu]

Heynckes - He has managed an bunch of fantastic players over the years

.....................................Neuer...................................
Lahm.............Kohler........................Hierro...........Carlos
........Matthaus...............Effenberg............Seedorf.........
........Robben..................Lewendowski.......Rummenigger

...................................Cassillias.................................
Kimmich.......Boatang.....................Lucio............Brehme
..........Kroos................Redondo............Schweinstiger....
..........Muller................Raul..................Ribery...............

...................................Pfaff........................................
Pannuchi........Hummles................Sule.................Alaba
............Ballack................Vidal............Thiago..............
.....................................Rodriguez.............................
.....................Sucker..........................Klose................

I think he managed a young Okocha as well... seriously he has had some great players.

 

[GhastlyHun]

I thought this would be about compiling lineups of players-turned-managers.