European Championship Trivia - Participating as Player and as Coach


All men played and coached the same country unless noted otherwise.
                                           Participations
Name	              Country         as player       as coach
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Franz BECKENBAUER     West Germany    1972/1976       1988            
Slaven BILIC          Croatia         1996            2008/2012       
Laurent BLANC         France          1992/1996/2000  2012            
Anatoliy BYSHOVETS    USSR            1968            1992            [1]
Jose Antonio CAMACHO  Spain           1984/1988       2000            
Jack CHARLTON         England         1968            1988            [2]
Stanislav CHERCHESOV  Russia          1992/1996       2020            [3]
Antonio CONTE         Italy           2000            2016            
Frank DE BOER         Netherlands     1992/1996/2000  2020            
Vicente DEL BOSQUE    Spain           1980            2012/2016       
Didier DESCHAMPS      France          1992/1996/2000  2016/2020/2024  
Roberto DONADONI      Italy           1988/1996       2008            
Mykhaylo FOMENKO      Ukraine         1972            2016            [4]
Srecko KATANEC        Slovenia        1984            2000            [5]
Kevin KEEGAN          England         1980            2000            
Ronald KOEMAN         Netherlands     1988/1992       2024            
Marcel KOLLER         Switzerland     1996            2016            [6]
Ján KOZÁK             Slovakia        1986            2016            [7]
LUIS ENRIQUE          Spain           1996            2020            
Roberto MANCINI       Italy           1988            2020            
Vincenzo MONTELLA     Italy           2000            2024            [8]
Morten OLSEN          Denmark         1984/1988       2004/2012       
PAULO BENTO           Portugal        2000            2012            
PAULO SOUSA           Portugal        1996/2000       2020            [9]
Michel PLATINI        France          1984            1992            
Frank RIJKAARD        Netherlands     1988/1992       2000            
Willy SAGNOL          França          2004/2008       2024           [10]
Andriy SHEVCHENKO     Ukraine         2012            2020            
Gareth SOUTHGATE      England         1996/2000       2020/2024       
Dragan STOJKOVIC      Serbia          1984/2000       2024           [11]
Marco VAN BASTEN      Netherlands     1988/1992       2008            
Berti VOGTS           (West) Germany  1972/1976       1992/1996       
Rudi VOLLER           (West) Germany  1984/1988       2004            
Marc WILMOTS          Bélgica         2000            2016            
Murat YAKIN           Suíça           2004            2024            
Dino ZOFF             Italla          1968            2000

 [1] coached CIS
 [2] coached Ireland Rep.
 [3] played for CIS in 1992
 [4] played for USSR
 [5] played for Yugoslavia
 [6] coached Austria
 [7] played for Czechoslovakia
 [8] coached Turkey
 [9] coached Poland
[10] coached Georgia
[11] played for Yugoslavia

The champions:

Franz Beckenbauer (1972), Laurent Blanc (2000), Didier Deschamps (2000),
Ronald Koeman (1988), Michel Platini (1984), Frank Rijkaard (1988), Marco
Van Basten (1988) and Dino Zoff (1968) won Euro Cups only as players.

Vicente del Bosque (2012) and Roberto Mancini (2020) won the Euro Cup
only as coaches.

Berti Vogts (1972 as player and 1996 as coach) is the only who won Euro
Cups in both functions.

Closest and furthest:

Michel Platini (1984-1992), Frank Rijkaard (1992-2000) and Andriy
Shevchenko (2012-2020) were in Euro Cup as coaches only 8 years after
as player.

Mykhaylo Fomenko (1972-2016) was in Euro Cup as coach 44 years after as player.

Played with and coached by:

Croatia: Dario Šimic played with Slaven Bilic in 1996 and was coached by him in 2008.
France: Luiz Fernandez played with Michel Platini in 1984 and was coached by him in 1992.
        Manuel Amoros played with Michel Platini in 1984 and was coached by him in 1992.
Netherlands: Aaron Winter played with Frank Rijkaard in 1988 and 1992 and was coached by him in 2000.
             Dennis Bergkamp played with Frank Rijkaard in 1992 and was coached by him in 2000.
             Frank de Boer played with Frank Rijkaard in 1992 and was coached by him in 2000.
Italy: Alessandro del Piero played with Roberto Donadoni in 1996 and was coached by him in 2008.
Ukraine: Andriy Pyatov played with Andriy Shevchenko in 2012 and was coached by him in 2020.
         Andriy Yarmolenko played with Andriy Shevchenko in 2012 and was coached by him in 2020.

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