A Successful Legend Player Training His Former Club

Frank Lampard

who was once an important player for Chelsea has now officially coached the London club. Lampard is acting behind the scenes, no longer the main character in the field. The big player at West Ham United's academy is back with a year of training experience in Derby County.

When he returned to Stamford Bridge, big hopes accompanied Lampard's comeback to the club he loved. Super Frank's devotion for 13 years at Stamford Bridge made a strong impression in the minds and hearts of club lovers.

Now, all he has to do is prove that his capacity as a coach is able to carry a prestigious trophy, like what he did back when he was a player.

Lampard's phenomenon is clearly not the first. There are already many legendary players who have returned to their former clubs as coaches. In fact, not a few of those who also succeeded in donating the title when acting as interpreter of team tactics.

As discussed in the starting eleven this time, we will review the legendary players who successfully coached his former club.

Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)

Zinedine Zidane has only presented one La Liga title and one Champions League trophy for five seasons at Real Madrid as a player. He returned to Los Blancos as special advisor in November 2010 and became director of sports less than a year ago.

Zidane, who had been assistant coach Carlo Ancelotti, was then appointed as manager of Real Madrid B in 2014. Two years later Zidane was finally appointed as Real Madrid coach.

During gush el Real, Zidane successfully presented three successive Champions League titles. He then retired at the end of the 2017/18 season.

However, Real Madrid then experienced a crisis when held by Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari. Zidane was finally asked to return to coach Real Madrid in March 2019.

Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid)

Diego Simeone is now one of the greatest coaches in the world. His return to the Los Rojiblancos camp as a successful coach made the club feared in the world.

Until now, Simeone still continues to devote all the ability to train Atletico which he has defended for two periods. Simeone has been training Atletico since 2011.

Within nine years, he has won many trophies, and among them are La Liga and Europa League. Simeone really turned Atletico into a formidable team that ruined the hegemony of Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga.

Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea)

Roberto Di Matteo played for Chelsea in the period 1996 to 2002, and managed to get 2 FA Cup titles, 1 League Cup and 1 UEFA Super Cup.

He joined the Chelsea coaching staff from 2011 as assistant coach Andre Villas-Boas. After Villas-Boas was expelled by Chelsea, he immediately replaced him as the main coach.

In 2012, he and Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time in the club's history, after beating FC Bayern in the final. In addition to the Champions League, he also managed to get the FA Cup title.

Antonio Conte (Juventus)

Antonio Conte strengthened Juventus for 13 years from 1991 to 2004. He managed to get a variety of titles ranging from domestic to international trophies namely 5 Serie A titles, 1 Coppa Italia, 1 Champions League title and 1 UEFA Cup, and 1 Intercontinental Cup.

While recovering as a giant team, Juventus recruited Antonio Conte as coach in 2011, and survived until 2016 before being recruited by Chelsea. During his 5 years of coaching at Juventus, Conte won 3 Serie A titles and 1 Italian Super Cup.

The Italian coach is like a marker of the beginning of the resurrection of Juventus, after a slump after the Calciopoli case.

Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan)

Throughout his career as a player, Ancelotti only strengthened three clubs namely Parma, AS Roma and AC Milan.

Carlo Ancelotti won success with AS Roma and AC Milan with a total of three Scudetto titles, as well as a European championship title, and an International Cup title in 1989 with AC Milan.

As manager, Ancelotti is believed to oversee big clubs, including Juventus and AC Milan. When training a team from the city of Milan, Ancelotti was very successful. Because, he managed to donate two Champions League trophies for the team he had defended.

Pep Guardiola (FC Barcelona)

Pep Guardiola is identical as a manager who likes possession football. Every club he traded was turned into a strong team with short passes.

Starting his coaching career with Barcelona B, he was promoted to coach senior Barcelona. In addition to his intelligence, Barcelona has quality players. He won a trophy with Barcelona.

When gush FC Barcelona, Guardiola who incidentally had defended the club as a player, successfully donated a historic title. At that time, the Spanish coach successfully won six prestigious titles in one competition season.

Luis Enrique (FC Barcelona)

Luis Enrique is arguably his best success as a player when strengthening Barcelona. He won two league titles and a number of competitions, after making a controversial move from Real Madrid.

After retiring from the match in 2004, he handled Barcelona B after Guardiola was promoted to the top spot. After officially becoming the main coach of el Barca in 2014, Enrique's work deserves a thumbs up.

In his first season he also managed to bring the Blaugrana won the treble winner like Guardiola. During his three career seasons with Barcelona, he won nine trophies before finally retiring from Camp Nou in 2017.