install FM like the rest of us
Bro doesn’t even bother to get down to save shots nowadays i don’t think he has that drive.
He was one of the best keepers of the last decade wtf are you on about.
The Handanovic disrespect is crazy. Yes he was bad last few years, but he was a fantastic keeper for many years
Goldfish memory for real. Handanović was one of the best goalkeepers in Serie A in 21st century. He won multiple awards for best goalkeeper of the season, he was legit on top of his game for like 15 years since late 2000s. I believe he also holds the record for penalties saved in a season. He managed to get Udinese to European cups before moving to Inter where he was contesting for goalkeeper of the year every season for like a decade. His persistence paid off and the team under his captaincy won Inter’s first Scudetto after a decade. But people will remember him not saving some unreal shots at the age of 38 or something lmao.
Even performance and accolades aside, he is great for such a role on terms of personality. Even before he was Inter’s captain, he always had the respect of the locker room, basically everyone that was ever interviewed praised him, there was never any drama with him, he loyal to a fault where he easily could’ve made more money or won more trophies, etc. A true “old school, no BS” type of player.
He’s the most disrespected keeper of the last decade imo. Dude was genuenly a top 5 keeper in the world for years but he played for probably the worst Inter team in decades so people don’t realise.
We were Serie B level without him, and don’t even let me begin about that Empoli game
Same shit happened to Oblak and Lloris, makes me sad
And De Gea
Oh yes how the fuck did I not thinking of him
What happened to Oblak? He’s still young
Spot on
He also has the most penalty saves in the 21th century
I mean he’s got “hand” in his name, you know he’s gonna be at least decent in saving shots. As a coach he’ll give teams a hand in getting better, so that should work out too
When?
“My future is linked with football. I’m starting as a scout at Inter, but my goal is to become a coach in a year, two, or three. Initially, I want to work with young players, to pass on my knowledge and experience. I want to give back to football, which has given me so much. My aim is to be a professional coach at a major club.”
According to him, if he gets his way, it seems like he’ll acclimatize to roles first with a short GK scouting tenure at Inter, perhaps try a coaching role with Inter (or other club) at youth level and then later on try coaching senior squads. Pretty classic path for coaches. Maybe instead of youth coaching he can also try out being assistant coach on senior level and then try to land a lead coach role in the future.
Samir Handanovic, coach? Big dreams there mate. Let’s focus on your current goalkeeping skills first.
Do you even watch football? He retired months ago and he is 39y old.
Don’t let the man know about Klopp, Tuchel, Naglesmann.
Former GKs turned successful coaches are kinda rare? I can think of Lopetegui and Zoff on the top of my mind.
Preud’homme has a good career in Belgium, but went to Saudi Arabia when it was time to build up his international career.
For once, I think that this might a trick your mind is playing you (and me), cuz we naturally categorize players into “GK and outfield players”, where one group is represented ten times more then the other.
First guy that came to mind was Raymond Goethals, not a household name to many ppl today, but he won the CL with Marsaille in 93, thats why I looked a bit into his career and he coached mostly in Belgium & France, but won a dozen club titles and had a good stint with the belgium NT.
I think that’s the case mainly because there are really few goalkeepers. Ten time fewer than on field players.
It’s a valid point, but I’m still not sure that even 6-7% of all relatively successful managers are ex-GK.
I think this could be because they have more specific training schedules and/or choose to specialize in GK training only post-retirement.
Nuno Espírito Santo was a goalkeeper
successful
As someone who had to endure his 10 PL games at Spurs… I’d still call him a successful coach. He managed to coach in the premier league 4 seasons or so, I’m not sure exactly how many. Then he went and won the Saudi League. Finishing in a European spot with wolves and just simply not getting fired in the PL for 4 years makes him successful in my book. I’ll give him credit where it’s due… I just pray he never comes back here.