Sources: "Almanaque da Copa do Mundo", book written by Silvio Lancelotti
FIFA Official Site
Wikipedia
All men played and coached the same country unless noted otherwise.
Participations
Name Country as player as coach
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Otto ADDO Ghana 2006 2022
Javier AGUIRRE Mexico 1986 2002/2010
Milorad ARSENIJEVIC Yugoslavia 1930 1950
Franz BECKENBAUER West Germany 1966/1970/1974 1986/1990
Orvar BERGMARK Sweden 1958 1970
Gregg BERHALTER USA 2002/2006 2022
William "Billy" BINGHAM North. Ireland 1958 1982/1986
Oleg BLOKHIN Ukraine 1982/1986 [1] 2006
Robert "BOBBY" ROBSON England 1958/1962 1986/1990
Hristo BONEV Bulgaria 1970/1974 1998
Juan Antonio CAMACHO Spain 1982/1986 2002
Vladislao CAP Argentina 1962 1974
Fabio CAPELLO Italy 1974 2010/2014 [2]
Raúl CÁRDENAS Mexico 1954/1958/1962 1970
Paulo César CARPEGGIANI Brazil 1974 1998 [3]
Aliou CISSÉ Senegal 2002 2018/2022
CHA BUM-KUN South Korea 1986 1998
Jackie CHARLTON England 1966/1970 1990/1994 [4]
Stanislav CHERCHESOV Russia 1994 2018
Didier DESCHAMPS France 1998 2014/2018/2022
Waldir Pereira "DIDI" Brazil 1954/1958/1962 1970 [5]
Carlos Verri "DUNGA" Brazil 1990/1994/1998 2010
Giovanni FERRARI Italy 1934/1938 1962
Alfredo FONI Italy 1938 1966 [6]
Aurelio GONZÁLEZ Paraguay 1930 1958
Alexandre GUIMARÃES Costa Rica 1990 2002/2006
Vahid HALILHODZIC Yugoslavia 1982 2014 [7]
Ernst HAPPEL Austria 1954/1958 1978 [8]
Ricki HERBERT New Zealand 1982 2010
Josef HICKERSBERGER Austria 1978 1990
Fernando HIERRO Spain 1990/1994/1998/2002 2018
Glenn HODDLE England 1982/1986 1998
Juan Eduardo HOHBERG Uruguay 1954 1970
HONG MYUNG-BO South Korea 1990/1994/1998/2002 2014
HUH JONG-MOO South Korea 1986 2010
Pavel JANAS Poland 1982 2006
Henryk KASPERCZAK Poland 1974/1978 1998 [9]
Srecko KATANEC Slovenia 1990 [10] 2002
Stephen KESHI Nigeria 1994 2014
KIM PYUNG-SUK South Korea 1986 1998
Jürgen KLINSMANN (West) Germany 1990/1994/1998 2006/2014 [11]
Karel KOLSKÝ Czechoslovakia 1938 1958
Nico KOVAC Croatia 2002/2006 2014
Mladen KRSTAJIC Serbia 2006 [12] 2018
Jakob "Köbi" KUHN Switzerland 1966 2006
Ricardo LAVOLPE Argentina 1978 2006 [13]
LUIS ENRIQUE Spain 1994/1998/2002 2022
Cesare MALDINI Italy 1962 1998/2002 [14]
Diego MARADONA Argentina 1982/1986/1990/1994 2010
Mick McCARTHY Rep. of Ireland 1990 2002
Kalman MESZOLY Hungary 1962/1966 1982
Henri MICHEL France 1978 1986/1994/1998/2006 [15]
Provslav MIHAJLOVIC Yugoslavia 1950 1962
Adam NAWALKA Poland 1978 2018
Olle NORDIN Sweden 1978 1990
Morten OLSEN Denmark 1986 2002/2010
William Esplin ORMOND Scotland 1954 1974
Daniel PASSARELLA Argentina 1978/1982/1986 1998
PAULO BENTO Portugal 2002 2014/2022 [16]
Dimitar PENEV Bulgaria 1966/1970/1974 1994
Ilija PETKOVIC Serbia & Mont. 1974 [10] 2006
Juan Antonio PIZZI Spain 1998 2018 [17]
Herbert PROHASKA Austria 1978/1982 1998
Óscar RAMÍREZ Costa Rica 1990 2018
Alfred "Alf" RAMSEY England 1950 1966/1970
Cayetano RE Paraguay 1958 1986
Fernando RIERA Chile 1950 1962
José Antonio ROCA Mexico 1950/1954/1958 1978
Maurício RODRIGUEZ El Salvador 1970 1982
Oleg ROMANTSEV Russia 1982 [1] 2002
José Emílio SANTAMARÍA Uruguay 1954/1962 [18] 1982 [19]
Lionel SCALONI Argentina 2006 2022
Helmut SENEKOWITSCH Austria 1958 1978
Jorge SOLARI Argentina 1966 1994 [17]
Rigobert SONG Cameroon 1994/1998/2002/2010 2022
Gareth SOUTHGATE England 1998/2002 2018/2022
Guillermo STÁBILE Argentina 1930 1958
Dragan STOJKOVIC Serbia 1990/1998 [10] 2022
Luis "Luisito" SUÁREZ Spain 1962/1966 1990
Safet SUSIC Bosnia-Herz. 1982/1990 [10] 2014
Tommy SVENSSON Sweden 1970 1994
Elba Pádua Lima "TIM" Brazil 1938 1982 [5]
Aleksandar TIRNANIC Yugoslavia 1930 1954/1958
José TORRES Portugal 1966 1986
Giovanni TRAPATTONI Italy 1962 2002
Marco VAN BASTEN Netherlands 1990 2006
Paul VAN HIMST Belgium 1970 1994
Jean VINCENT France 1954/1958 1982 [20]
Rudolf "Rudi" VÖLLER (West) Germany 1986/1990/1994 2002
Hans-Hubert VOGTS (West) Germany 1970/1974/1978 1994/1998
Ivan VUTZOV Bulgaria 1966 1986
Vladimir WEISS Slovakia 1990 [21] 2010
Marc WILMOTS Belgium 1990/1994/1998/2002 2014
Mário Jorge ZAGALLO Brazil 1958/1962 1970/1974/1998
Arthur Coimbra "ZICO" Brazil 1978/1982/1986 2006 [22]
[1] played for USSR
[2] coached England in 2010 and Russia in 2014
[3] coached Paraguay
[4] coached Rep. of Ireland in 1990 and 1994
[5] coached Peru
[6] coached Switzerland
[7] coached Algeria
[8] coached Netherlands
[9] coached Tunisia
[10] played for Yugoslavia
[11] coached USA in 2014
[12] played for Serbia & Montenegro
[13] coached Mexico
[14] coached Paraguay in 2002
[15] coached Cameroon in 1994, Morocco in 1998 and Ivory Coast in 2006
[16] coached South Korea in 2022
[17] coached Saudi Arabia
[18] played for Spain in 1962
[19] coached Spain
[20] coached Cameroon
[21] played for Czechoslovakia
[22] coached Japan
The champions:
Jackie Charlton (1966), Didi (1958/1962), Dunga (1994), Giovanni Ferrari
(1934/1938), Alfredo Foni (1938), Jürgen Klinsmann (1990), Ricardo
Lavolpe (1978), Diego Maradona (1986), Daniel Passarella (1978/1986),
Rudi Völler (1990) and Berti Vogts (1974) won World Cups as players.
Alf Ramsey (1966) and Lionel Scaloni (2022) won the World Cup as coaches.
Franz Beckenbauer (1974 as player and 1990 as coach), Mario Zagallo
(1958/1962 as player and 1970 as coach) and Didier Deschamps (1998 as player
and 2018 as coach) are the only who won World Cups in both functions.
Closest and farest:
Raul Cárdenas (1962-1970), Didi (1962-1970), Jürgen Klinsmann (1998-2006),
Niko Kovac (2006-2014), Henri Michel (1978-1986), Rudi Vöeller (1994-2002)
and Mario Zagallo (1962-1970) were in World Cup as coaches only 8 years after
as player.
Tim (1938-1982) were in World Cup as coach 44 years after as player.
Played with and coached by:
Argentina: Lionel Messi played with Lionel Scaloni in 2006 and was coached by him in 2022.
Brazil: Pelé played with Mário Zagallo in 1958 and 1962 and was coached by him in 1970.
Cameroon: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting played with Rigobert Song in 2010 and was coached by him in 2022.
Nicolas Nkoulou played with Rigobert Song in 2010 and was coached by him in 2022.
Vincent Aboubakar played with Rigobert Song in 2010 and was coached by him in 2022.
Costa Rica: Hernán Medford played with Alexandre Guimarães in 1990 and was coached by him in 2002.
Croatia: Ivica Olic played with Niko Kovac in 2002 and 2006 and was coached by him in 2014.
Stipe Pletikosa played with Niko Kovac in 2002 and 2006 and was coached by him in 2014.
France: Dominique Rocheteau played with Henri Michel in 1978 and was coached by him in 1986.
Maxime Bossis played with Henri Michel in 1978 and was coached by him in 1986.
Michel Platini played with Henri Michel in 1978 and was coached by him in 1986.
Patrick Battiston played with Henri Michel in 1978 and was coached by him in 1986.
Germany: Jens Lehmann played with Jürgen Klinsmann in 1998 and was coached by him in 2006.
Oliver Kahn played with Jürgen Klinsmann in 1994 and 1998 and was coached by him in 2006.
Oliver Kahn played with Rudi Völler in 1994 and was coached by him in 2002.
Ireland Rep.: Niall Quinn played with Mick McCarthy in 1990 and was coached by him in 2002.
Steve Staunton played with Mick McCarthy in 1990 and was coached by him in 2002.
Mexico: Antonio Mota played with Raúl Cárdenas in 1962 and was coached by him in 1970.
Isidoro Díaz played with Raúl Cárdenas in 1962 and was coached by him in 1970.
Mario Velarde played with Raúl Cárdenas in 1962 and was coached by him in 1970.
Serbia (& Montenegro): Vladimir Stojkovic played with Mladen Krstajic in 2006 and was coached by him in 2018.
All women played and coached the same country unless noted otherwise.
Participations
Name Country as player as coach
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Inka GRINGS Germany 1999/2011 2023 [1]
April HEINRICHS USA 1991 2003
Carolina MORACE Italy 1991 2011 [2]
Silvia NEID Germany 1991/1995 2007/2011/2015
Hope POWELL England 1995 2007/2011
Shui QINGXIA China 1991/1995 2023
Hege RIISE Norway 1995/1999/2003 2023
Pia SUNDHAGE Sweden 1991/1995 2011/2015/2023 [3]
Asako TAKAKURA Japan 1991/1995 2019
Ngoze UCHE Eucharia Nigeria 1991 2011
Martina VOSS-Tecklenburg Germany 1991/1995/1999 2015/2019/2023 [4]
[1] coached Switzerland
[2] coached Canada
[3] coached USA in 2011 and Brazil in 2023
[4] coached Switzerland in 2015
The champions:
April Heinrichs (1991) won the World Cup as player.
Hege Riise (1995) won the World Cup as player.
Silvia Neid (2007) won the World Cup as coach.
Closest and farest:
Inka Grings (2011-2023), April Heinrichs (1991-2003), Silvia
Neid (1995-2007) and Hope Powell (1995-2007) were in World Cup as
coaches 12 years after as player.
Pia Sundhage (1991-2023) and Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (1991-2023) were
in World Cup as coach 32 years after as player.
Played with and coached by:
England: Mary Phillip played with Hope Powell in 1995 and was coached by her in 2007.
Germany: Sandra Smisek played with Silvia Neid in 1995 and was coached by her in 2007.
Birgit Prinz played with Silvia Neid in 1995 and was coached by her in 2007 and 2011.
Sandra Minnert played with Silvia Neid in 1995 and was coached by her in 2007.
USA: Brandi Chastain played with April Heinrichs in 1991 and was coached by her in 2003.
Julie Foudy played with April Heinrichs in 1991 and was coached by her in 2003.
Kristine Lilly played with April Heinrichs in 1991 and was coached by her in 2003.
Mia Hamm played with April Heinrichs in 1991 and was coached by her in 2003.
Philippe BERGEROO (France) played 1986 Mens' World Cup and coached in 2015 Womens' World Cup. Leonardo CUÉLLAR (Mexico) played 1978 Mens' World Cup and coached in 1999, 2011 and 2015 Womens' World Cups. YOON DEOK-YEO (South Korea) played 1990 Mens' World Cup and coached in 2015 and 2019 Womens' World Cups.
Thanks to Nils Johansson (nej31@hotmail.com), Steve Morris (Steve.Kathy@btinternet.com), Fabrice Favre (fabrice_favre@bluewin.ch) and Thiago Albuquerque (taep1801@yahoo.it).
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