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In modern football, results matter a great deal. Managing some of the top European clubs like Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid is not an easy affair. The pressure of winning games and silverware is huge and losing games are never acceptable.
The consequences of failing to meet certain criteria such as winning trophies, UEFA Champions League qualification or surviving relegation are huge. Some managers get sacked because of boardroom issues while some have lost their jobs because of dressing room controversies.
On that note, let’s take a look at the managers who have been sacked the most in their careers:
#5 Steve McClaren - 5 times
Steve McClaren started his managerial career with Derby County in 1995, where he was assistant manager to Jim Smith. He moved to Manchester United in 1999 and then to England National team in 2000 as an assistant manager.
His was appointed as a manager of Middlesbrough in 2001 and then for England in 2006. However, he was sacked when England failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008. He managed Twente for 2 years before moving to VfL Wolfsburg. He was sacked by Wolfsburg as well in 2011, due to poor results.
After some brief stints with Nottingham Forest and Twente, he landed in Derby County. Derby County sacked him in 2015. McClaren later faced sacking in Newcastle United and for the second time, in Derby County.
He is currently a coaching consultant at Maccabi Tel Aviv. The biggest success of his managerial career came in 2010 when he led FC Twente to Eredivisie title.
#4 Pepe Mel - 5 times
Pepe Mel started his managerial career at Coslada in Spain. His first spell as a top-flight manager came in 2001 at a Spanish Club, Tenerife and was relegated. He managed second division clubs like Getafe, Alaves, and Polideportivo Ejido.
First sacking of his career came at Polideportivo Ejido. He moved to Rayo Vallecano in 2006 but was subsequently sacked in 2010. He managed Betis for three years and for the first time in his managerial career, he took a job outside of Spain. He moved to Premier League with West Bromwich Albion in 2014 but was sacked within 5 months.
He moved back to Spain but his luck did not change. His next two managerial stints ended in a sack at Betis and Deportivo La Coruna in 2016 and 2017 respectively. The Spaniard is currently unemployed.
#3 Sam Allardyce - 5 times
Sam Allardyce is close to completing 30 years as a football manager. He managed some top English teams like Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland, Bolton Wanderers, West Ham United, and England national team.
Allardyce was hired as a player-coach at West Bromwich Albion in February 1989 but was later sacked in 1991 after a defeat against Woking in the FA Cup. He managed Blackpool from 1994 to 1996 and was sacked at the end of 1995/96 season.
He managed Bolton for 7 years and then moved to Newcastle where he was sacked within 7 months. He then moved to Blackburn Rovers in 2008. He was sacked by Blackburn in 2010 and then by West Ham United in 2015.
Notably, his role as a manager of England lasted only 67 days, following allegations of malpractice.
#2 Roy Hodgson - 5 times
Roy Hodgson is one of the longest-serving managers in football right now. He started his managerial career at Halmstads in 1976 and has managed more than 20 teams in 42 years as a manager. Apart from some success at Malmö, Hodgson so far failed to win a league trophy with any top teams. He also did not have much success with the national teams either.
He managed some of the biggest clubs like Inter Milan, Blackburn Rovers, Udinese, Liverpool. Also, Hodgson has managed national teams like Switzerland, Finland, England, and United Arab Emirates. He never managed to stay at a club for more than 4 years and has been sacked five times in his managerial career.
His first sack came in 1998 when Blackburn Rovers removed him from the manager job. He lost his job at Udinese in 2001 and was sacked by Finland in 2007 because of poor results. In 2010, Liverpool sacked him after just one season and in 2016, he was sacked from the role of England manager.
#1 Claudio Ranieri - 8 times
Claudio Ranieri has managed some of Europe's biggest clubs like Napoli, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Roma, Juventus, Inter Milan, and Monaco in his 31 years of managerial career. The Italian has won the top-flight league title only once in his lengthy career and has been sacked on 8 occasions.
Ranieri started his managerial career in 1987 at Campania Puteolana, a small club in Italy. He then moved to Cagliari in 1988 where he made a name for himself. He joined Napoli in 1991 but was sacked by the club in 1993. Chelsea sacked him in 2004 after a trophyless four years tenure.
He was sacked by Valencia, Juventus, and Inter Milan in 2005, 2009, and 2012 respectively. He was sacked by Monaco in 2014 as they finished runner-up to Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1.
He was sacked by Greece in just 5 months and in 2015, he landed in the Premier League. He took Leicester City to the Premier League title in 2016 but was sacked the immediate next season because of poor results.
