7 legends who won the Champions League as both player and manager

3) Miguel Munoz

Miguel Munoz played for and managed Real Madrid

When Real Madrid were dominating the continental football scene after the European Cup was formed, Miguel Munoz was one of the few people who had a hand in the club’s domination during the first decade of the competition.

Player: Munoz played for Real Madrid between 1948 and 1958 and won seven major titles which included four La Liga titles and three consecutive Champions League titles. As a midfielder, he played for Los Blancos in close to 350 matches.

Trivia: It was Munoz who scored the first ever goal in European Cup history in 1955 when he scored for Real Madrid in a 2-0 win over Swiss club Servette FC.

Manager: After he called time on his playing career at the age of 36, Munoz stayed at the Bernabeu and managed the club to a Champions League win in 1960. But he was more successful in La Liga where Real Madrid won nine titles between 1960 and 1972 – including five in a row between 1960/61 and 1964/65.

He would help them win the Champions League again in 1965/66 – the club’s sixth European title. The club came from behind in the final to beat FK Partizan 2-1.