Not the coaching type! : 5 Player-turned-managers who only managed one club 

Everything went against Neville in a dismal tenure at the Spanish giants
Everything went against Neville in a dismal tenure at the Spanish giants

#2 EDGAR DAVIDS

Barnet v Wrexham AFC - Skrill Conference Premier
Davids took over fourth division side Barnet as a player-manager

Former Netherlands and Juventus player Edgar Davids dabbled into amateur league football in the final stages of his playing career in England before kickstarting his coaching career at fourth division side Barnet in 2012 as a player-manager.

He lasted only two seasons in the role before retiring from the game altogether. Although he showed more effort as a player than as a manager, Davids' experience at the top level could not propel the minnows as they crashed out of the league on the final day in his first season. Davids The Player again became the highlight next season when he was booked in each of the first eight games, sent off thrice, and promptly retired soon after. In January 2014 he renounced his managerial duties as well. He was later approached by another amateur side Greenwich Borough but he declined.

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