To date, only three people have won the World Cup as both a player and a coach, including Franz Beckenbauer (Germany, won the 1974 World Cup as a player, won the 1990 World Cup as a coach), Mario Zagallo (Brazil, won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups as a player, won the 1994 World Cup as a coach) and Didier Deschamps (France, won the 1998 World Cup as a player, won the 2018 World Cup as a coach).
Also up to now, there has only been one person who has won the EURO both as a player and as a coach. That person is Mr. Berti Vogts (Germany, won EURO 1972 as a player, won EURO 1996 as a coach).
Among the above mentioned figures, Mr. Beckenbauer, Mr. Zagallo and Mr. Vogts no longer have the opportunity to improve their achievements. Specifically, Mr. Beckenbauer and Mr. Zagallo no longer have the ability to win the EURO as a coach, because they have passed away. Mr. Berti Vogts is 78 years old this year, has retired for a long time (since 2016), no longer has the opportunity to win the World Cup as a coach.
Only Mr. Didier Deschamps has a chance to complete the super-huge collection of titles, if the French team of coach Deschamps wins EURO 2024. If that happens, Mr. Didier Deschamps will become the first person to own all the biggest titles at the national team level, including the World Cup and EURO championships, both as a player and coach.
Coach Didier Deschamps has the chance to make history with the French national team
As a player, Mr. Deschamps won the 1998 World Cup and EURO 2000. As a coach, he helped the blue team win the 2018 World Cup.
In addition, if Mr. Deschamps succeeds at EURO this year, this coach's record will be extremely difficult to break. In the professional football career of any person, even for legends, winning a major title is very difficult, but winning a major title from when you are still playing football until becoming a coach is many times more difficult.
For example, Maradona or Pele were extremely great as players, but they were not capable enough to become good coaches. On the contrary, Pep Guardiola (Spain) or Marcello Lipp, or Carlo Ancelotti (both Italians) are great coaches, but their playing careers were not super great enough to surpass the rest of the world.
Even as coaches, Pep Guardiola and/or Carlo Ancelotti have only been successful in leading clubs, never winning major tournaments at the national team level. Even at EURO 2024, there is another character who stands a chance of becoming a European champion both as a player and a coach, that is Mr. Ronald Koeman of the Netherlands team (Mr. Koeman won EURO 1988 as a player).
Coach Ronald Koeman just led the Netherlands team to the semi-finals of EURO 2024
But even if the Netherlands reach the top of the EURO 2024 podium, Mr. Koeman will still not be able to reach the record that Mr. Deschamps can reach, because in the past, the current coach of the Netherlands team never won the World Cup as a player like Mr. Deschamps. Therefore, if the French team wins EURO this year, coach Didier Deschamps will complete a collection of titles that is hard to imagine in the world of football!
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/neu-phap-vo-dich-euro-2024-hlv-deschamps-se-lap-ky-luc-vi-dai-trong-lich-su-185240707162119619.htm
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