The 50 Best Football Managers of 2021 According to FourFourTwo
In December 2021, FourFourTwo ranked Pep Guardiola first among the world's 50 best managers of 2021, ahead of Thomas Tuchel, Jurgen Klopp, Antonio Conte and Hans-Dieter Flick.
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AI summaryIn December 2021, FourFourTwo ranked the 50 best football managers of 2021, with Pep Guardiola first, Thomas Tuchel second and Jurgen Klopp third.
FourFourTwo's 2021 list has Antonio Conte fourth after winning Serie A with Inter Milan, Hans-Dieter Flick fifth, Roberto Mancini sixth and Diego Simeone seventh.
FourFourTwo placed Julian Nagelsmann (33) eighth, Gareth Southgate ninth and Mauricio Pochettino tenth, with Xavi in 50th place.
Football is now managed by extremely talented and top-level tacticians.
We are here with a very wide list, from the experienced and cunning Carlo Ancotelli to the young and innovative Julian Nagelsmann.
Who Selected the World's Best Managers?
FourFourTwo decided to rank the 50 best managers of 2021 before the new year.
To do this, they took many things into account. Not just their talent, but also their resources.
Without dragging it out, check out the 50 best managers of 2021:
50. Xavi
49. Djamel Belmadi
48. Sean Dyche
47. Rafa Benitez
46. Marcelino
45. Roberto De Zerbi
44. Bruno Lage
43. Patrick Vieira
42. Ivan Juric
41. Giovanni van Bronckhorst
40. Thomas Frank
39. Steve Clarke
38. Urs Fischer
37. Christophe Galtier
36. Luciano Spalletti
35. Tite
34. Marcelo Gallardo
33. Christian Streich
32. Graham Potter
31. Massimiliano Allegri
30. Mikel Arteta
29. Maurizio Sarri
28. Zinedine Zidane
27. Simone Inzaghi
26. Didier Deschamps
25. Luis Enrique
24. Brendan Rodgers
23. Carlo Ancelotti
22. Stefano Pioli
21. Lionel Scaloni
20. Julen Lopetegui
19. Ralf Rangnick
18. Marcelo Bielsa
17. Steven Gerrard
16. David Moyes
15. Marco Rose
14. Gian Piero Gasperini
13. Unai Emery
12. Erik ten Hag
11. Kasper Hjulmand
10. Mauricio Pochettino
9. Gareth Southgate
8. Julian Nagelsmann
7. Diego Simeone
6. Roberto Mancini
5. Hans-Dieter Flick
4. Antonio Conte
3. Jurgen Klopp
2. Thomas Tuchel
1. Pep Guardiola
And another Premier League manager, Conte, is fourth. Last season he led Inter Milan to the Serie A title, and now he is working with all his might to keep Totenham Spurs in the title race and bring them titles in the years ahead.
Flick makes up the top five after his dominant spell at Bayern Munich ended with him joining the German national team.
Euro 2020 champion Mancini is 6th, while Simeone settled in 7th place after Atletico Madrid won La Liga.
33-year-old Nagelsmann, who replaced Flick at Bayern Munich, is 8th. He is likely to rank higher on this list in the coming years.
Gareth Southgate showed us he deserves his place by taking his youngsters to the Euro 2020 final.
PSG manager Pochettino completes the top 10. He will try to end the French side's Champions League curse.
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Who Selected the World's Best Managers?
FourFourTwo decided to rank the 50 best managers of 2021 before the new year. To do this, they took many things into account. Not just their talent, but also their resources. Without dragging it out, check out the 50 best managers of 2021: And another Premier League manager, Conte, is fourth. Last season he led Inter Milan to the Serie A title, and now he is working with all his might to keep Totenham Spurs in the title race and bring them titles in the years ahead. Flick makes up the top five after his dominant spell at Bayern Munich ended with him joining the German national team. Euro 2020 champion Mancini is 6th, while Simeone settled in 7th place after Atletico Madrid won La Liga.…
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