5 Managers who have won the Champions League with two different clubs

UEFA Champions League Trophy - the stuff of dreams for every footballer
UEFA Champions League Trophy - the stuff of dreams for every footballer

#2 Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich)

Ottmar Hitzfeld guided German giants Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich to the UCL title
Ottmar Hitzfeld guided German giants Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich to the UCL title

Ottmar Hitzfeld, a trained mathematician and sports teacher, has been elected IFFHS Best Club Coach of the Year twice in his career. He is also one of the 5 managers to win the Champions League with two different clubs.

In the1996-97 edition of the UEFA Champions League, Borussia Dortmund prevailed 3–1 in Munich’s Olympiastadion against Juventus which featured Zinedine Zidane, Didier Deschamps, and Christian Vieri amongst others.

In the 2000–01 season, he led Bayern not only to the league championship hat-trick, but once again into the Champions League final, defeating Manchester United and defending champions Real Madrid en route to the final. This time, the side from Munich prevailed, though it took a penalty shoot-out against Valencia.

He announced his retirement from coaching after the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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