UEFA Champions League winners as a player and as coach.
Seven men have won the European Cup as player and coach; Josep Guardiola can now match Carlo Ancelotti by leading multiple clubs to glory.
Zinédine Zidane became only the seventh man to win the European Cup as a player and coach when he led Real Madrid to UEFA Champions League glory in 2015/16.
The sixth name on that list was Josep Guardiola, a champion as player and coach with Barcelona. And if Manchester City can beat Chelsea in the Istanbul final, Guardiola will join Carlo Ancelotti in having coached multiple clubs to victory having also tasted success as a player.
1 -- Miguel Muñoz
As a player: Real Madrid in 1956, 1957 and 1958
As a coach: Real Madrid in 1960 and 1966
2 -- Giovanni Trapattoni
As a player: AC Milan in 1963 and 1969
As a coach: Juventus in 1985
3 -- Johan Cruyff
As a player: Ajax in 1971, 1972 and 1973
As a coach: Barcelona in 1992
4 -- Carlo Ancelotti
As a player: AC Milan in 1989 and 1990
As a coach: AC Milan in 2003 and 2007; Real Madrid in 2014
5 -- Frank Rijkaard
As a player: AC Milan in 1989 and 1990; Ajax in 1995
As a coach: Barcelona in 2006
6 -- Josep Guardiola
As a player: Barcelona in 1992
As a coach: Barcelona in 2009 and 2011
( History awaits again for Guardiola in Champions League Final 2020-21.)
7 -- Zinédine Zidane
As a player: Real Madrid in 2002
As a coach: Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018
A runner-up with Juventus in 1997 and 1998, Zidane scored a memorable winner for Madrid in the 2002 final against Leverkusen.....
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