From Deschamps to Hossam Hassan… Legends of the World Cup “playing and coaching”

In this group that has been established in a few days, there are 15 coaches who have represented their countries in the World Cup, and some of them touched glory and promotion. World Cup.

Uzbekistan coach Fabio Cannavaro is one of only two in the list to have won the cup, as he captained Italy to its fourth World Cup title in 2006, and won the Golden Ball award as the best player in the world. He participated in the 1998, 2002 and 2010 editions.

Regarding the coach of the French national team Didier DeschampsHe lifted the trophy as captain of the Roosters in 1998, and is one of only three men in history to have won the competition as a player and coach, as he repeated the feat from the coaching bench in 2018.

Lionel Scaloni is well-known, who led Argentina to the 2022 title as a coach, after standing as a player in the 2006 edition, and took part in the game that won Mexico in the 16th round.

Carlo Ancelotti, the coach of Brazil, also appears in the list, as he participated with Italy as a player in the 1990 World Cup and helped to achieve third place despite a knee injury.

In the Netherlands, they lead Ronald Koeman “The Windmills” team after a busy career as a football player participated in the 1990 World Cup and the 1994 edition, where they reached the quarterfinals.

As for the Arab world, it illuminates this myth Hossam Hassan The coach of the Egyptian national team, who represented “Pharaoh” in the 1990 World Cup and played all the minutes of his team’s games against the Netherlands, Ireland and England, and his efforts were behind the Egyptians to be given a historic penalty against “Windmills”.

Hong Myung-bo, the coach of South Korea, also participated in 4 World Cup editions, and was the leader of the famous tour in 2002 when Korea won the fourth place.

In Colombia, there is Nestor Lorenzo, who was part of Argentina’s defense and the 1990 finalist, who participated in the final against Germany.

Argentina’s Mauricio Pochettino, the United States coach, and the Belgian also appear Hugo Bros The South African coach, all of whom played in the tournament as players in different years.

Mexican coach Javier Aguirre made his name as the first Mexican player to be sent off in the history of the World Cup, in the 1986 edition.

In Jordan, Jamal Salami is hoping to lead “Al-Nashama” at the first World Cup in their history, since he joined Morocco in the 1998 edition.

The series also features coach Tony Popovich AustraliaStaley Solbakken, the Norwegian coach, and Pape Thiaw, the Senegalese coach, who, with a smart heel, scored a goal to qualify for the quarter-finals in the 2002 edition.

It should be noted that Qatar’s Spanish coach, Julen Lopetegui, and Côte d’Ivoire’s coach, Emers Faye, were on their national team rosters in 1994 and 2006, respectively, but did not take part in any of the matches.