2015–16 Serie A Managers

Update February 2016 : New Managers are Roberto DONADONI (Bologna), Luigi DEL NERI (Hellas Verona), Luciano SPALLETTI (AS Roma) and Vincenzo MONTELLA (Sampdoria).
By the way five of the twenty managers never played in Serie A or Serie B and then nos have Panini Stickers when they were players : Castori, GIampaolo, Sarri,Spalletti and Ventura.
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After Premier League and Ligue 1 Managers here it comes all the Serie A managers' stickers before their coaching careers (Excpet 4). Clic on the picture for a better quality

Le bal des entraîneurs de Ligue 1 - 2015-16

Mise à jour 19 avril 2016 : Franck PASSI remplace MICHEL qui lui-même avait remplacé PASSI qui lui remplaçait BIELSA. Cliquer sur l'image pour une meilleure résolution :
Mise à jour 14 Mars 2016 : Ulrich RAMÉ est le nouvel entraîneur des Girondins de Bordeaux. Cliquer sur l'image pour une meilleure résolution
Mise à jour 1er Mars 2016 : Pascal DUPRAZ est le nouvel entraîneur du TFC (+Merci à Claude pour l'envoi de la vignette 1986-87 de Stéphane Moulin). Cliquer sur l'image pour une meilleure résolution :
Mise à jour Février 2016 : Pas moins de 6 changements par rapports au début de saison. Voici la liste des nouveaux entraineurs de cet exercice 2015-16 et entre parenthèses le club et l'année de leur vignette Panini dans la grille. On voit qu'en temps de crises on puise dans les ressources du club avec pas mal d'anciens pensionnaires du club (Lyon, Bastia, Troyes). Bruno Génésio à l'OL (Lyon 1989-90), Michel à Marseille (Réal Madrid 1988-89), Frédéric Hantz à Montpellier (FC Metz 1992-93), Frédéric Antonetti à Lille (Béziers 1983-84), Roland Courbis à Rennes (FC Sochaux 1975-76), François Ciccolini à Bastia (SC Bastia 1986-87) et Olivier Tingry (Troyes 1996-97). Cliquer sur l'image pour une meilleure résolution :
Après avoir vu les managers de Premier League, voici les 20 entraîneurs de ligue 1 du temps où ils étaient joueurs. Enfin plutôt 18 car en ce qui concerne Leonardo JARDIM (AS Monaco) et Ghislain PRINTANT (SC Bastia), je n'ai pas retrouvé d'images du temps où ils étaient joueurs mais il faut dire qu'ils n'ont jamais côtoyé le haut niveau. Pour Jardim c'est évident car très jeune il voulait déjà être entraîneur et pour l'entraîneur de Bastia il a évolué au poste de gardien de but et n'a fait qu'une carrière amateur même si le natif de Montpellier a fréquenté le centre de formation de la Paillade. Bref voici les vingt entraîneurs de ligue 1 du temps où ils étaient joueurs (Cliquer sur l'image pour une meilleure résolution)

2015–16 Premier League Managers

New Update : On 18 January 2016 Guidolin was named head coach of Welsh club Swansea City.
Francesco Guidolin's sticker is from the 1980-81 season with Verona in Serie B.
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New Update : On 19 December 2015 Guus Hiddink was named the new Chelsea FC manager (replacing José Mourinho). A new udpate coming soon with Sweansea's new manager (replacing Garry Monk)
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New Update : On 2nd November 2015 Rémi Garde was named the new Aston Villa manager (replacing Tim Sherwood). Clic on the picture for a better quality :

Update : On October 2015, Sam Allardyce was named the new Sunderland manager, replacing Dick Advocaat (Clic on the picture for a better quality) :

Update : Jürgen KLOPP is new Liverpool's manager : (Clic on the picture for a better quality) :

For the kick-off week-end of the 24th season of the Premier League here it comes the 20 managers before their coaching careers (Clic on the picture for a better quality) :

Vinnie JONES and the spirit of the Crazy Gang

The £575, 000 signing of Sheffield United's Vinnie Jones in August 1991 provoked a mixed response from Chelsea's followers. The notorious midfield hard man had many detractors and his assertion prior to his debut that 'We've got a few boys here who will be useful if it all goes off in the tunnel' was the cause of much squirming. The fact that he won over the doubters so quickly, and so fully, bears testament to the fact that when he let his feet do the talking, he was no mean player. Vinnie made an outstanding debut at home to Luton on the last day of August and set up the opening goal for Graeme Le Saux in a 4-1 victory. His willingness to interact with the supporters made him a firm favourite on the terraces and before every game, home or away, he would respond to the chant of 'Vinnie, give us a song' by putting his finger to his lips for silence and then belting out the first strains of the old Chelsea favourite One Man Went To Mow. In February 1992 Chelsea travelled to Liverpool having failed to record a single League victory at Anfield for 55 years. To their horror, Liverpool discovered this day of February 92 that the Crazy Gang spirit lives on. Just when the class of `92 had managed to hold their heads high again with pride, two of those kids from the Bash Street Gang turned up to lay down the banana skins once more and the former champions took another heavy tumble. The contempt which Wimbledon always used to show for Liverpool, culminating in an historic victory for what some people saw as Evil over Good one unforgettable day in May four years ago, surfaced again as Vinnie Jones and Dennis Wise, two of their old boys, delivered to Chelsea a historic victory over the Reds. 
JONES & WISE with the Crazy Gang (Season 1987-88)
Chelsea had not won a league game at Anfield in 55 years, but records and reputations count for nothing with characters like Jones and Wise. On the contrary, they are like a red rag to them. It is hardly surprising, then, that they treat the ``this is Anfield'' sign hanging over the players' tunnel at Liverpool with such disdain. The story goes that Wimbledon players once defaced it with spittle on their way to the pitch, but Jones, for one, appears to have modified his manners since those days. Instead, on Saturday, he attempted to hang his own sign, which read ``We're bothered ?'', beneath the intimidating Liverpool plaque, but was prevented from doing so by the police. One would hesitate to go as far as to say that he allowed his football to do the talking instead, but he certainly made a fairly poignant statement after 21 minutes with an impressive, dipping 20-yard drive ``I don't suppose Ian St John will give me any credit for it'' over the head of Grobbelaar in the Liverpool goal. 

It was the Merseysiders who looked bothered then, and though the erratic Rosenthal pulled them level ten minutes later with an emphatic finish, they never displayed the fluency and resolve which had overcome Arsenal in midweek. In one of the shortest press conferences on record, 16 seconds to be exact, Graeme Souness, the Liverpool manager, accused his players of committing the cardinal sin of any performer of reading his reviews and believing them. ``Very disappointing the most disappointing performance at home since I've been at the club,'' he said. ``Players were guilty of believing what was said about them since Wednesday night. All in all, a totally inept performance. I apologise to our supporters for that performance.'' And with that, he turned on his heel and left. Thirteen League games without defeat had encouraged talk that Liverpool might yet win the championship. Had they defeated Chelsea, they would have been a mere six points behind the leaders, but this game revealed how much they still miss Barnes and Rush, while the absence of Thomas in midfield and Nicol in defence meant that they were flawed in all departments. Blatant misses by Rosenthal and McManaman prompted Le Saux, the bubbly young Chelsea midfield player, not without some justification, to suggest that Liverpool are not as lethal in front of goal as they used to be. ``I don't think anyone is intimidated by them any more,'' he said. ``Their reputation has almost disappeared.'' Those Chelsea players old enough to know better not to write off Liverpool were content merely to express their gratitude for the opportunity their opponents' predicament afforded them. That included an uncharacteristic slackness in defence which Wise punished for the winner in the 74th minute. It could have been worse for Liverpool, but for Grobbelaar, at his extrovert worst/best, saving Wise's 83rd minute penalty following a trip by Marsh on Allen.
Vinnie JONES striking with a spectacular 25-yard volley, as The Blues clinched a famous 2-1 win


Javier ZANETTI : The True Captain

Javier ZANETTI played most of his career for the Italian Serie A club Internazionale, from 1995 to 2014, and served as their captain from 1999, earning him the nickname "Il Capitano" (The Captain). On retiring, the club retired his number 4 jersey and named him as Vice President. Zanetti won honours including five Serie A and four Coppa Italia titles with Inter.The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final on 22 May 2010 was Zanetti's 700th game with Inter, and the team's victory on the night made him the only captain to win a treble with an Italian club. Internationally, he holds the record of the most capped player in the history of the Argentine national team. He holds the record for the highest all-time appearances by a non-Italian born player for an Italian club and his 858 official matches for the club put him first in Inter's all-time appearances list. He holds the most appearances for an outfield-player in football history, with 1123 matches played. Only Rogério Ceni (1200) and Peter Shilton (1362) have played more matches.

But despite the numbers Javier ZANETTI was a true Captain. The proof is from 2009 when Balotelli during a game for Inter Milan tried to "steal" a penalty from Samuel Eto'o - when Zanetti ran over, grabbed the Italy man's hand and led him away from the penalty spot allowing Samuel Eto'o to convert. Captain and Gentleman 


And now all the official Panini Stickers of Javier ZANETTI's Career :
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