French Ligue 1 up to date Manager’s list

The latest list of French Ligue 1 Managers…..

Auxerre: Jean Fernandez (French :: Oct 8, 1954 :: since 2006)

Bordeaux: Laurent Blanc (French :: Nov 19, 1965 :: since June 2007)

Boulogne: Laurent Guyot (French :: Dec 17, 1969 :: since 2009)

Grenoble: Mecha Bazdarevic (Bosnian ::  Sep 28, 1960 :: since 2007)

Talent Gazzetta: bright 6 players

Ozil...WC 2010 star?

Andrea Ranocchia (Bari :: Italian :: age 21)

Bari impressive season so far much depended on their strong defense, leading the defense line Ranocchia is an attractive target for Inter, Juventus, Manchester and Arsenal, Andrea is an international player with Italy U-21 team.

Leonardo Bonucci (Bari :: Italian :: age 22)

Labeled with his teammate Ranocchia as the toughest defensive due in the Italian Serie A. Bonucci is a gifted central back with versatility of playing on both flanks.

Sergio Canales (Racing Santander :: Spanish :: age 18)

The latest hot prospect of the Spanish football, Canales show a glimpse of his extrodinary talent against Real Madrid (Nov 2009 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium), hailed as the new Julen Guerrero (ex-Bilbao attacking midfielder).

Canales will be out of contract at the end of the season and Real Madrid leading the queue to secure his services along Barcelona and others.

German Bundesliga 2009-10 Manager’s list (updated)

Below the Bundesliga up to date Manager’s list before the end of winter break….

Bayern Leverkusen: Jupp Heynckes (Germany :: 09.05.1945 :: since July 2009)

Bayern Munich: Louis van Gaal (Holland :: 08.08.1951 :: since July 2009)

Bochum: Heiko Herrlich (Germany :: 03.12.1971 :: since October 2009)

Borussia Dortmund: Jurgen Klopp (Germany :: 16.06.1967 :: since July 2008)

Borussia Mgladbach: Michael Frontzeck (Germany :: 26.03.1964 :: since July 2009)

Eintracht Frankfurt: Michael Skibbe (Germany :: 04.08.1965 :: since July 2009)

Hodgson agrees one year contract extension with Fulham

Roy Hodgson has signed a one year contract extension. The Fulham manager, who took charge Dec 2007, has led the club to a great season (2008-09) in the Barclays Premier League as Fulham finished last season 7th.

Hodgson, whose contract expires in the summer, save Fulham from relegation on the last day of the 2007-08 season and to qualification for the Europa League last season. He turned down offers from Sweden and Norway national teams and decide to keep his job at Craven Cottage.

Many consider Hodgson is in pole position to take charge of the Britain team at the 2012 Olympics Games in London.

Gary Megson sacked

Gary Megson has been sacked as Bolton manager after two years at the Reebok Stadium. Megson is the third manager shown the door alongside Mark Hughes (Man City) and Paul Hart (Portsmouth).

Megson had a bad relationship with Bolton fans, as they publicly show their discontent with their manager by holding “Megson out !!!” banners in the stadium, the new manager main task is to save Bolton from relegation (Now Bolton 18th  with 18 points).

Assistant coach Chris Evans and first team coach Steve Wigley will be filling caretaker position until Bolton choose their new manager

Coach of the Year by Onze Mondial magazine

Onze Mondial Magazine

The French Magazine Onze Mondial, offers several awards includes: The Onze d’Or (Footballer of the year), the Onze de Onze (the team of the season), and the Coach of the Year.

Since 1991 Onze Mondial started selecting the coach of the year, below the list of the 19 coaches won this award.

1991 award:

• Raymond Goethals with Olympique de Marseille >>  born 7 October 1921 – 6 December 2004  >> Nationality: Belgium

1992 award:

• Johan Cruyff with Barcelona FC >> April 25, 1947 >> Nationality: Dutch

1993 award:

• Raymond Goethals with Olympique de Marseille >> born 7 October 1921 – 6 December 2004 >> Nationality: Belgium

1994 award:

• Johan Cruyff with Barcelona FC >> April 25, 1947 >> Nationality: Dutch

World Manager of the Year by “World Soccer” magazine

World Soccer

World Soccer the famous football magazine published by IPC Media.

Since 1982 World Soccer organise “Player of the Year”, “Manager of the Year”, and “Team of the Year” awards, and the newly two awards since 2005 for the best “Young Player of the Year” and “Referee of the Year”.

So who are the managers that won World Soccer “Manager of the Year” lets see….

2009: Pep Guardiola, Barcelona

Nationality: Spain >> born 18 January 1971 >> His team Barcelona known as Pep’s team which they ended 2009 year with a historical 6 trophies: La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España: 2009, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup.

2008: Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United

Nationality: Scotland >> born 31 December 1941 >> won Premier League title, Champions League title, Fifa Club World Cup, and Community Shield all in 2008.

2007: Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United

Nationality: Scotland >> born 31 December 1941 >> won Premier League and Community Shield during 2007 year.

Manchester City’s Managers list (2000-2009)

Yesterday Roberto Mancini sealed his first win as Manchester City manager against Stoke City (2-0), meanwhile the media still criticizing the way Mark Hughes was sacked so in this post I put the list of Manchester City managers from 2000 until now.

Joe Royle:

England (8 April 1949) (from 18 February 1998  to  21 May 2001) managing them in 171 official games (Win % 43.27).

Kevin Keegan:

England (14 February 1951) (from 24 May 2001  to  11 March 2005) manging them in 176 official games (Win % 43.75).

Stuart Pearce:

England (24 April 1962) (from 21 March 2005  to   14 May 2007) managing them in 96 official games (Win % 35.1).

Sven-Göran Eriksson:

Sweden (DOB: 5 February 1948 )(from 6 July 2007  to   2 June 2008) managing them in 45 official games (Win % 42.22).

Mark Hughes:

Wales (DOB: 1 November 1963) (from 4 June 2008  to   19 December 2009) managing them in 77 official games (Win % 46.75)

Roberto Mancini:

Italy (DOB: 27 November 1964) (from 19 December to !!!), before Mancini had a winning percentage with Inter Milan (61.67 %) in 227 official games, if he manage to keep this rate or around it then Mancini appointment will be a wise decision after all.

Del Bosque extended his contract until 2012

World Cup contender with Spain

As expected the popular manager Vicente Del Bosque handed a contract extension until 2012, Ángel María Villar the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) president give his full confidence in Del Bosque stating that “what ever happen” at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa this extension is a done business.

Del Bosque record with Spanish team was so far impressive, managing Spain in 22 games (W: 21 D: 0 L:1) scoring (63 goals) conceding (14 goals), also he wrote his name in history books as Del Bosque became the first manager in football history to win his first 10 games as debut manager of a national team, the previous record was 9 held by João Saldanha (1969 – 1970) of Brazil. Also Spain ended their World Cup qualification with 100% winning all their 10 games.

Announcement !!

Dear The Tactician Blog readers…..

Would like to apologize for the lack of updating of the blog lately (during October & November months) due my study and work obligations, the good news that from now on the blog will be back and active also you will notice improvements in every aspect (content wise, layout wise….etc) in the upcoming months.

Again sorry for stop posting

Ayman