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

6) Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola helped Barcelona win their first ever Champions League title in 1992

One of the most wanted managers on the planet thanks to his tiki-taka revolution at Barcelona, Guardiola will go down in history as one of the finest teachers of the game. Having now managed in La Liga and found domestic success in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, it remains to be seen what he can accomplish at Manchester City.

Player: A defensive midfielder during his 16-year career, the Catalan native spent the majority of his career at Barcelona between 1990 and 2001. But he won the last ever European Cup in 1992 before it became the Champions League. It was also the Catalan club’s first ever major European title.

Playing alongside the likes of Michael Laudrup, Hristo Stoichkov and Ronald Koeman, the side managed by the legendary Johan Cruyff managed to beat Sampdoria in extra-time in the final when Koeman scored the goal that rewrote the club’s history books.

Pep Guardiola won the Champions League twice as Barcelona manager

Manager: Taking over from Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona in 2008, Guardiola would go on to manage one of the greatest teams in football history. He won the treble in his very first season as manager with a team that consisted of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry among others. The Champions League final saw Barcelona dismantle Manchester United 2-0 in Rome with Messi and Eto’o getting on the scoresheet.

Guardiola would win the title again in 2011 – against the same opponents – at Wembley. This time, Pedro, Messi and David Villa helped his side win 3-1 and give Guardiola his third Champions League title as player or manager.