Five great players who became good managers

4. Kenny Dalglish

In a player career that lasted over two decades, Kenny Dalglish became Scotland’s most capped player and joint-leading goal scorer of all time. At club level, although he won four Scottish Cups and First Division titles with Celtic, it was his time with Liverpool that was the more remarkable one. As, he won six First Division titles, four League Cups, three European Cups, two FA Cups and a grand total of 23 trophies in little over a decade with the club. On a personal note, some of his achievements include, winning the Ballon d’Or Silver, PFA Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1983.

Towards the end of his playing career, Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool and ended up winning a further three First Divisions, two FA Cups and four FA Charity Shields. After that he managed Blackburn Rovers, who led from the Second Division to win the Premier League in 1995. He then left for Newcastle United, with whom he finished runners-up in both the Premier League and FA Cup during his first season. He eventually went onto manage Celtic and even managed to win the Scottish League Cup before an acrimonious departure.