Sometimes, ambition is preferable to seniority and experience. Therefore, today we bring you a list of 9 coaches who have not yet exceeded 40 years.
The ex-soccer player from San Sebastian, after retiring from football, began his career on the bench as assistant coach, hand in hand with none other than Pep Guardiola, at Manchester City. At the end of 2019, he accepted the position of Arsenal’s head coach.
Manchester United’s all-time leading goalscorer started out as both manager and player at Derby County. On November 15, 2021, he took over as coach permanently. Rooney is currently 36 years old.
The current Portuguese coach and former soccer player began his coaching career at SC Braga, managing to win the Portuguese league title in the 2019/20 season. The 37-year-old coach currently trains Sporting CP
He did not have a long career as a footballer, because due to injuries, he had to hang up his boots at the age of 20. At the age of 28, he won the record for the youngest coach in Bundesliga history while coaching Hoffenheim. This young coach has also gone through RB Leipzig, reaching the semifinals of the Champions League. In July 2021 he landed on the Bayern Munich bench, being the most expensive coach in history, after Bayern had to pay compensation of 25 million euros to Leipzig.
The Argentine coach started on the bench at the age of 27, at Lanús, becoming the youngest coach in the history of the Argentine First Division.
Current coach of RB Leipzig at 36 years old. He has coached FC Erzgebirge Aue, FC Schalke 04, Spartak Moscow and currently RB Leipzig.
He began his career in 2017 at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. On October 26, 2021, at the age of 39, he took over as manager of Wolfsburg.
He began his career as a coach in Venezuela, managing to qualify Deportivo Anzoátegui, managing to qualify the team for the Copa Sudamericana, all this at the age of 31. Later he went through the benches of Deportes Antofagasta, Huachipato and Curicó Unido. In 2021 he arrives in Mexico, at Club Puebla. Nicolás Larcamón is currently 37 years old.
He started at the age of 26 as Villarreal’s assistant coach. His first experience as a professional coach would be in 2016, at Doxa Katokopias in Cyprus. In the year 2020 he would arrive at the Huddersfield Town bench. The Valencian coach is 38 years old.
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