Longest Serving Managers in Top European Leagues

The short list of managers who have been in charge since 2006 or before at clubs currently in the top five European Leagues. Each league has at least one manager represented except for Italian Serie A whose longest serving manager is Lecce's Luigi De Canio (2 years).



Yrs - Manager (Club)

25 - Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
15 - Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)
12 - Thomas Schaaf (Werder Bremen)
9 - David Moyes (Everton)
9 - Pablo Correa (AS Nancy)
8 - Christian Gourcuff (FC Lorient)
5 - Manolo Preciado (Sporting de Gijón)
5 - Jean Fernandez (AJ Auxerre)

Pictures: UEFA Semi-Final Managers - When they were Players

A picture list of the eight remaining managers in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League when they were players.


CHAMPIONS LEAGUE


Claude Puel - Olympique Lyonnais
Player Pic: AS Monaco, 1980




Louis van Gaal - Bayern Munich
Player Pic: Not sure....AZ Alkmaar maybe




Pep Guardiola - Barcelona
Player Pic: Barcelona (1990-2001)




Jose Mourinho - Inter Milan
Player Pic: União Futebol Comércio Indústria de Setúbal, 1987, Bottom Right



EUROPA LEAGUE


Sammy Lee - Liverpool (Assistant Manager)
Player Pic: Liverpool (1976-1986)

I spent way too much time looking for pics of Rafa Benitez as a player and came up empty handed so I used Liverpool Assistant Manager Sammy Lee for The Reds. (In the late 70's, Rafa made over 200 appearances for Real Madrid's B team, Castilla CF, but apparently no cameras were present)






Quique Sánchez Flores - Atlético Madrid
Player Pic: Real Madrid (1994-1996)





Roy Hodgson - Fulham
Player Pic: Maidstone United, 1971 - Top Row, 5th from Left





Bruno Labbadia - Hamburg SV
Player Pic: 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1988-1991)







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Quoting Kevin Keegan

It's unfortunate for Newcastle United fans that Kevin Keegan was seemingly driven out of their manager's seat, but if it means more time to listen to him talk, I'm all for it. He is definitely one of the kings of "foot-in-mouth/speak-before-you-think" comments in the world of soccer. Here's a variety of entertaining quotes he's uttered into a microphone in the past.


"England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second-to-none."

"We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half."

"You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw."

"Mark Hughes at his very best: he loves to feel people right behind him..."

"Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries..."

"I’m not trying to make excuses for David Seaman but I think the lights may have been a problem.”

"I'm not disappointed - just disappointed."

"The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today."

"You get bunches of players like you do bananas, though that is a bad comparison."

"Our current financial situation means that if we want to buy, we have to spend."

"Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose."

"Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa."

"Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties."

"He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted."

"The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it."

"Argentina are the second best team in the world and there is no higher praise that that."

"The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23."

"It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up pops a yellow card."

"Nicolas Anelka left Arsenal for £23million and they built a training ground on him."

"I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really."

"He’s got a heart as big as his size, which isn’t big, but his heart’s bigger than that"

"Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they are from South America."

"If I had a blank piece of paper there'd be five names on it.”

"I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's completely different"

"In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg."