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Football Coaches

A coach helps improve players’ abilities and extract their potential by offering advice, identifying
weaknesses and strengths. Football has seen many great coaches who have revolutionised the sport.

Read the descriptions and write the names of these football coaches.

1. _______________ is a Spanish professional football manager, currently
managing Manchester City. In his first season at Barcelona, he won the
treble of La Liga, UEFA Champions League, and the Copa del Rey.

2. _______________ is a Portuguese football manager, currently managing A.S.
Roma. He was famously dubbed as ‘The Special One’. He broke La Liga’s
point record tally (100) with Real Madrid.

3. _______________ is a former Scottish football manager, best known for
managing Manchester United. With Manchester United, he won 13 Premier
League titles, 5 FA cups, and 2 UEFA Champions League titles.

4. _______________ is a French football manager, now serving as FIFA’s Chief
of Global Football Development. He managed Arsenal from 1996-2018. In
1998, he became the first foreign manager to win a Premier League and FA
Cup.

5. _______________ is a French football manager. He managed Real Madrid
and became the first coach to win the Champions League three times in a
row.

6. _______________ is a Croatian football manager, currently managing Indian
National Football Team. He was formerly the coach of Croatian National
Football Team.

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Arsène Wenger, José Mourinho, Zinedine Zidane, Alex Ferguson,
Igor Štimac, Pep Guardiola

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