#8 Claude Puel (Southampton)
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Claude Puel’s managerial stint with Southampton is his first foray outside his home country of France. Signed by Monaco as a youth player in 1976, he made his debut for the senior side three years later. Puel would go on to become the quintessential one-club man spending an astounding 17 years as a player with the French side.
Playing as a defensive midfielder, he only scored four career goals but then that’s not what his job was about.
The former Nice manager made 601 official appearances for the side and won two league titles and three domestic cups during that time. Puel retired in 1996 only to remain in a coaching role with the side.
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