install FM like the rest of us
Former GKs turned successful coaches are kinda rare? I can think of Lopetegui and Zoff on the top of my mind.
I think that’s the case mainly because there are really few goalkeepers. Ten time fewer than on field players.
For once, I think that this might a trick your mind is playing you (and me), cuz we naturally categorize players into “GK and outfield players”, where one group is represented ten times more then the other.
First guy that came to mind was Raymond Goethals, not a household name to many ppl today, but he won the CL with Marsaille in 93, thats why I looked a bit into his career and he coached mostly in Belgium & France, but won a dozen club titles and had a good stint with the belgium NT.
Obviously not an internationally recognised name because he only played in Latam and almost exclusively coached in Argentina, but Julio César Falcioni is a former GK that also had a very extensive managerial career.
As a player he mostly played for Vélez, and the Colombian team América de Cali, where his team infamously lost 3 Libertadores finals in a row.
As a manager, he always managed here apart from a brief stint in Católica in Chile. He managed a fuckton of teams, but he is mostly known for being one of the biggest legends of Banfield. He coached them to their only ever top flight title in 2009, with an 18 year old James Rodríguez as one of their stars. In subsequent years he came back several times to Banfield always trying to save them from going down and he always succeeded lol, including qualifying for Copa Libertadores once.
Outside of Banfield i would say his best achievement is reaching the Copa Libertadores final with Boca Juniors in 2012, when he lost against the Corinthians team that would eventually beat Chelsea to win the CWC.
As someone who had to endure his 10 PL games at Spurs… I’d still call him a successful coach. He managed to coach in the premier league 4 seasons or so, I’m not sure exactly how many. Then he went and won the Saudi League. Finishing in a European spot with wolves and just simply not getting fired in the PL for 4 years makes him successful in my book. I’ll give him credit where it’s due… I just pray he never comes back here.
Bro doesn’t even bother to get down to save shots nowadays i don’t think he has that drive.
When?
“My future is linked with football. I’m starting as a scout at Inter, but my goal is to become a coach in a year, two, or three. Initially, I want to work with young players, to pass on my knowledge and experience. I want to give back to football, which has given me so much. My aim is to be a professional coach at a major club.”
According to him, if he gets his way, it seems like he’ll acclimatize to roles first with a short GK scouting tenure at Inter, perhaps try a coaching role with Inter (or other club) at youth level and then later on try coaching senior squads. Pretty classic path for coaches. Maybe instead of youth coaching he can also try out being assistant coach on senior level and then try to land a lead coach role in the future.
Samir Handanovic, coach? Big dreams there mate. Let’s focus on your current goalkeeping skills first.
