10 Famous players who became managers of their clubs 

Pep Guardiola

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City - UEFA Champions League Quarter Final: First Leg

Like Heynckes, Pep Guardiola's playing career is often overshadowed by the achievements and accolades he has received during his short but impressive coaching career. He was the orchestrator or you could say the player, who implemented Johan Cruyff's style in the Barcelona line-up during the legendary Dutchman's time at the Camp Nou.

Guardiola started his playing career with Barcelona and was the anchorman of Cruyff's dream team that won the Champions League in 1992. Like all the big names who played under him during his managerial tenure at Barcelona tenure such as Xavi, Iniesta, Messi etc, Guardiola was also a product of La Masia Academy and rose through that system.

Guardiola spent 17 years of his football career, right from the youth teams, with the Catalan club and helped them win almost every trophy on offer in club level before leaving in 2001 to join Brescia.

Guardiola then went onto join AS Roma, Brescia for the second time, Al-Ahli and finally Dorados before calling it a day in 2006.

The Spaniard returned to football a year later, joining the Barcelona reserve team as their manager, with future Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova as his assistant. Like Zidane, Guardiola was given the reigns of the first team the very next year as he replaced Frank Rijkaard.

The first season with Barcelona for Guardiola till date remains his best ever season as a manager, with the team doing a clean sweep of the Champions League, Copa del Rey and La Liga. That team was so good that many consider it to be the greatest ever team to play the game.

The next three seasons saw Guardiola cementing his place as one of the greatest managers in Spanish football, leading his side to another Champions League victory, while also winning the league and the domestic cup twice.

After Barcelona, Guardiola took a break from football before joining Bayern Munich and then later moving onto Manchester City where he manages presently.

Guardiola is one of the best managers in world football at the moment but his failure to win the Champions League with Bayern Munich as well as Manchester City remains a black mark on his impressive CV.