5 brilliant footballers who were better as managers

#3 Carlo Ancelotti

Ancelotti's longevity in football is to be commended

The Champions League specialist, Ancelotti simply has one of the best CVs in managerial history: AC Milan for 8 seasons; Chelsea for 2; PSG in France; and most recently Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. What's more remarkable is that the Italian has enjoyed great success in each job, and has the trophy cabinet to show for it.

As a player, Ancelotti enjoyed a good career in his homeland and played over 150 times for both Roma and AC Milan.

He won his first Serie A title in Rome but it was with Milan where he found the most success. Under the legendary Arrigo Sacchi he was a part of one of Europe's finest ever club sides, he was the controller and passer in the midfield, keeping the team ticking over with his play.

Alongside players like Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten, Ancelotti won two European Cups (1989 and 1990) and two league titles (1988 and 1992).

He was sadly forced into a premature retirement at 33, due to persistent knee injuries, but would begin his time in management only 3 short years later, in 1995 and has been doing it ever since.

All those trophies as a player would be hard to top but Ancelotti is the only manager to win three Champions League titles, two with AC Milan and one with Real Madrid (and perhaps should have another, if it wasn't for the famous 'Miracle of Istanbul' final in 2005).

He has league title wins in France, Germany, England, and of course Italy. No manager has traveled to as many big clubs as Ancelotti and been as successful as he has. When he finally retires, his name will go down in managerial history.