Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Sir Alex Ferguson are some of the greatest football managers of all time. But recently, Carlo Ancelotti did something that Guardiola, Mourinho and Ferguson could not achieve so far.
Ancelotti became the first individual to win the UEFA Champions League four times in a managerial career.
He left Everton to join Real Madrid at the start of the 2021/22 campaign. And he took the Spanish side to their 14th UCL trophy. Not only that, Real Madrid also won the La Liga title this season under Carlo Ancelotti.
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But despite winning the Lal Liga and the UCL this season, Ancelotti is still behind Ferguson, Guardiola and Mourinho in the list of managers with the most silverwares (domestic and international trophies only).
Sir Alex Ferguson won 48 silverwares during his managerial career. Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho won 32 and 26 silverwares in their respective managerial careers so far. And as of now, Carlo Ancelotti has won 23 silverwares (domestic and international trophies only).
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It will be interesting to see if the Real Madrid manager can overtake Mourinho, Guardiola and Sir Alex Ferguson on this list in the future.
How many UCL trophies did Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola win so far in their respective managerial careers?
All three of them, Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, have won two UCL titles each in their respective managerial careers so far.
Mourinho won the UEFA Champions League in 2004 (FC Porto) and in 2010 (Inter Milan). Ferguson won this competition in 1999 and in 2008. And Pep Guardiola took Barcelona to UCL glory in 2009 and in 2011.
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Carlo Ancelotti is the first manager to win all of Europe’s top five leagues
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Carlo Ancelotti enjoyed a wonderful 2021/22 campaign with Real Madrid. After Madrid won this season’s La Liga title, Ancelotti made another historic achievement.
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He became the first manager to win all of Europe’s top five leagues. The Real Madrid manager won the Serie A during his time with AC Milan. He won Ligue 1 and the Premier League with PSG and Chelsea, respectively. In 2016/17, he won the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich. And in the 2021/22 campaign, Ancelotti won the La Liga with Real Madrid.