Champions League is like the World Cup of club football. It is a dream of every player to get their hands on the most wanted trophy.
All the top European clubs participate to become the best European team. Real Madrid are the Champions League royalty. The Spanish side has won the Champions League a record 13 times.
There are only seven footballers till date who has won the Champions League both as a player and a manager. Not many great players became great managers. So winning the Champions League both as a player and a manager is a huge feat.
Here’s a list of the only 7 footballers who won the Champions League both as a player and a manager:
Miguel Munoz
Club (as a player): Real Madrid [1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58]
Club (as a manager): Real Madrid [1959–60, 1965–66]
Giovanni Trapattoni
Club (as a player): AC Milan [1962–63, 1968–69]
Club (as a manager): Juventus [1984–85]
Johan Cruyff
Club (as a player): Ajax [1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73]
Club (as a manager): Barcelona [1991–92]
Carlo Ancelotti
Club (as a player): AC Milan [1988–89, 1989–90]
Club (as a manager): AC Milan [2002–03, 2006–07], Real Madrid [2013–14]
Frank Rijkaard
Club (as a player): AC Milan [1988–89, 1989–90], Ajax [1994–95]
Club (as a manager): Barcelona [2005–06]
Pep Guardiola
Club (as a player): Barcelona [1991–92]
Club (as a manager): Barcelona [2008–09, 2010–11]
Zinedine Zidane
Club (as a player): Real Madrid [2001–02]
Club (as a manager): Real Madrid [2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18]
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