Euro 2020: Ranking all 24 managers based on their playing career

16. Belgium – Roberto Martinez

Roberto Martinez can be considered as one of the exciting managers around, turning Belgium into one of the fearsome units. Talking about his playing career, despite being a Spaniard, he never represented his nation but played for English clubs like Swansea and Wigan.

15. GermanyJoachim Low

Joachim led Germany to the World Cup glory in 2014, but his playing career was not so extraordinary as he played mainly for SC Freiburg.

14. Portugal – Fernando Santos

Fernando Santos has a European Championship under his belt as a manager, but he never made a single appearance for the Portugal national team as a player.

13. Hungary – Marco Rossi

Despite being an Italian, Rossi took charge of the Hungary national team in 2018. He had represented various clubs as a player in Italy, and the most notable one was his five-year spell with Brescia.

12. Austria – Franc Foda

The German manager, who became the Austrian national team coach in 2018, spent around five years at Bayer Leverkusen, winning the DFB Pokal Cup once.

11. Russia – Stanislav Cherchesov

The host nation of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, Russia, were impressive under manager Stanislav Cherchesov, creating a memorable upset against Spain. Cherchesov played as a goalkeeper for a host of Russian clubs while, at the international level, he represented both Russia and former Soviet Union.

10. Scotland – Steve Clarke

Clarke had 11 years at Chelsea during his playing career but represented Scotland only 6 times.

9. Wales – Rob Page

The caretaker manager in place of Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs, Page played mostly for Watford, Sheffield United and Coventry City.