Top five managers in the history of football

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2. Helenio Herrera

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His major tenure as a manager was at Internazionale from 1960 to 1968. He played for the Argentine national team.

After the first season, at his debut club, Puteaux, he moved to Stade Francais. After three seasons, the club’s owners decided to sell the club after which Herrera moved to Spain and joined Real Valladolid.

He had a great run in Spain where he won 4 La-Liga’s and 5 cups. After leaving Barcelona in 1960, he signed with Internazionale where he won three Seria-A titles, two European Cups and two Inter-Continental Cups.

He moved to AS Roma in 1968 where he became the highest paid manager in the world. He managed Barcelona again from 1979 to 1981. He took retirement from his managerial career in 1981.

He gave a lot of credit to the spectators for the performance of players on the pitch. He’s often referred to as the pioneer of psychological motivation, one of this more famous quotes is “He who doesn’t give it all, gives nothing”.

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