4 footballers who made their professional and managerial debut with the same club

#3 Fernando Santos

Santos celebrates winning the EURO 2016 championship.

We all know that the current Portugal head coach Fernando Santos, led Portugal to their first-ever major international triumph at the EURO 2016.

But, what most of us didn't know about the Portuguese is that he made his debut as a defender for Estoril in 1973. He would go on to have a very modest career with the club representing them in 156 games and scoring 3 goals in the process.

Having spent a total of 13 seasons at the club, he took up the job of assistant manager immediately after his retirement in 1987. In 1988 his youth club honoured him by offering him role of the head coach. After 3 seasons at the club, he helped them return to the Portuguese top flight.

After a fair stint as the manager at Estoril, he joined Portuguese giants Porto and finally won the league title with the Dragões in 1998-99 season.