Meet The Only Coach At The 2022 World Cup Who Already Won The Trophy As Player And Coach
The only football manager who is coaching a team at the 2022 FIFA world cup that has already won the trophy as a player and coach is Didier Deschamps. The 54-year-old is a legend of France football and none of the other 31 managers in this year’s edition of the competition has ever achieved that feat. There actually just two other men who have achieved that feat in history.
Deschamps won the 1998 edition of the tournament as the captain of the French national team. As part of a talented team that has the likes of Platini, Lilian Thuram, Zidane and a host of other legends of the game. He led his side to an impressive 3-0 demolition of Brazil in the final. He would go on to lead them to glory again two years later in the European Nations Championship.
As a coach, Deschamps was the brain behind the 2018 world cup win of the French national team. He built an impressive team that could find goals so readily but was difficult to score against. His side picked up the trophy by beating Croatia 4-2 in the final.
He leads France to the 2022 world cup and might make more history by winning the trophy again.