The prestigious English magazine FourFourTwo took its ranking from the 50 best coaches in the world, taking as a basis not only the titles achieved, but the achievements they have had, football, game and results, throughout the last seasons.
No wonder the list is headed by names the likes of Pep Guardiola (first) or Zinedine Zidane (second), that despite adding the last three Champions League, he is behind the always well-valued Manchester City manager, winner of the Premier League last season. In a list that is also Quique Setien (42), Betis coach, Rafa Benitez (34), Newcastle or José Bordalás (27), from Getafe, and the surprising low positions of Unai Emery (31), Arsenal, and José Mourinho (25), in a Manchester United that does not finish convincing.
Other names that could not be absent from Spanish LaLiga are those of Diego Pablo Simeone, who completes the podium in third position, Ernesto Valverde, who closes the TOP-10, or Pablo Machín (24), now in command of Sevilla. What Luis Enrique (16) and Marcelino Garcia Toral (15), in a list in which one of the historical ones is not found, Arsene wenger and the other great forgotten, Roberto Martinez, third last World Cup with Belgium.
This is the full list:
1. Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
2. Zinedine Zidane
3. Diego Pablo Simeone (Atlético de Madrid)
4. Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus)
5. Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
6. Didier Deschamps (France)
7. Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
8. Maurizio Sarri (Chelsea)
9. Julian Nagelsmann (Hoffenheim)
10. Ernesto Valverde (Barça)
11. Tite (Brazil)
12. Leonardo Jardim
13. Eusebio Di Francesco (Rome)
14. Lucien Favre (Borussia Dortmund)
15. Marcelino (Valencia)
16. Luis Enrique (Spain)
17. Janne Andersson (Sweden)
18. Antonio Conte
19. Phillip Cocu
20. Thomas Tuchel (Paris Saint Germain)
21. Zlatko Dalic (Croatia)
22. Paulo Fonseca (Shakhtar)
23. Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)
24. Pablo Machín (Seville)
25. Jose Mourinho (Manchester United)
26. Domenico Tedesco (Schalke 04)
27. Jose Bordalás (Getafe)
28. Renato Gaucho (Guild)
29. Niko Kovac (Bayern Munich)
30. Bruno Genesio (Lyon)
31. Unai Emery (Arsenal)
32. Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate)
33. Sergio Conceiçao (Porto)
34. Rafa Benitez (Newcastle)
35. Marco Giampaolo (Sampdoria)
36. Adi Hutter (Frankfurt)
37. Abdullah Avci (Istanbul Basaksehir)
38. Stefano Pioli (Fiorentina)
39. Luciano Spalletti (Inter Milan)
40. Gareth Southgate (England)
41. Eddie Howe (Bournemouth)
42. Quique Setién (Betis)
43. Rudi Garcia (Olympique Marseille)
44. Abel Ferreira (Braga)
45. Ariel Holan (Independent)
46. Juan Carlos Osorio (Paraguay)
47. Sean Dyche (Burnley)
48. Ricardo Gareca (Peru)
49. Simone Inzaghi (Lazio)
50. Brendan Rodgers (Celtic)