former strikers/forwards who became successful managers

[steve sanders]

i was struggling with this a bit over the weekend. i had to go back to clough and dalglish to find people to fit the bill. the majority of managers were defenders and midfielders.

i am doubtless missing loads of people...in the current top flight it seems david wagner was a (not very successful) forward.

mark hughes had moderate success i suppose.

which obvious ones am i missing? edit: jull heynckes is one. some may argue for cryuff but was he was not and out and out forward...

 

[Rebelred]

Sir Alex Ferguson

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

i was struggling with this a bit over the weekend. i had to go back to clough and dalglish to find people to fit the bill. the majority of managers were defenders and midfielders.

i am doubtless missing loads of people...in the current top flight it seems david wagner was a (not very successful) forward.

mark hughes had moderate success i suppose.

which obvious ones am i missing?

Erm.... a certain Alex Ferguson was a centre-forward.

 

[steve sanders]

yep, i guess fergie had decent success as a striker.

 

[Corcaigh32]

Robbie Keane - scored on his managerial debut.

 

[steve sanders]

Robbie Keane - scored on his managerial debut.

yeah the question came from whether we thought keane would make a good manager. my argument was that it's relatively rare for a striker to do so.

of course we cannot forget john caulfield...

 

[Alcatraz]

Bit of a stretch here

George Graham (born 30 November 1944) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He made 455 appearances in the Football League as a midfielder or forward for Aston Villa, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Portsmouth and Crystal Palace.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Bit of a stretch here

George Graham (born 30 November 1944) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He made 455 appearances in the Football League as a midfielder or forward for Aston Villa, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Portsmouth and Crystal Palace.

Johan Cruyff.

 

[Alcatraz]

Johan Cruyff.

Could Zidane be lumped in there ?

 

[marco 2005]

Could Zidane be lumped in there ?

Zizou was a striker/forward ?

That’s news to me