The coach is an important figure for the success of a team. The coach has more responsibility to ensure his club’s performance is as expected. Because of the weight of the responsibility, not a few coaches were fired even though they had only handled the team for a short time.
However, there are several coaches in Europe’s top leagues who are known to have the longest tenures to date. Who are they? The following are the names of these coaches.
1. Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Diego Simeone with Atletico Madrid (football-espana.net)Atetico Madrid fans must be familiar with the figure of Diego Simeone. How could he not, he has coached the club since December 23, 2011. That is, Simeone has coached Atletico Madrid for 10 years, 2 months and 16 days.
He is a coach in Europe’s top league which is still active with the longest tenure to date. With Atletico Madrid, Simeone was able to donate 2 UEFA Super Cup trophies, 2 LaLiga trophies and 2 Europa League trophies.
2. Christian Streich (SC Freiburg)
SC Freiburg coach Christian Streich (archyworldys.com)Christian Streich is one of the coaches who is most loyal to his current club, SC Freiburg. Starting his career at the club as FC Freiburg academy coach in 1995, he was successfully appointed assistant manager of SC Freiburg from 2007 to 2011.
On 29 December 2007, Streich was appointed the main coach of SC Freiburg to date. This means that 10 years, 2 months and 11 days have passed with the club. It can be said that Streich is the most loyal coach of all Bundesliga clubs so far.
3. Sean Dyche (Burnley)
Burnley coach Sean Dyche (futballnews.com)Sean Dyche is the Premier League club’s longest-serving coach. He has coached Burnley since October 30, 2012. Dyche is predicted to leave Burnley in 2025.
During 9 years and 4 months with Burnley, he managed to donate the 2015/2016 Champioship trophy. In the last few seasons, Dyche has also succeeded in removing Burnley from the relegation zone.
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4. Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp (twitter.com/WilliamHill) Jurgen Klopp is one of the most successful coaches Liverpool have ever had. The German coach has won the Champions League, Premier League and Carabao Cup trophies since coaching in October 2015. This means that Klopp has coached Liverpool for 6 years and 5 months.
Not only known for his achievements, Klopp also managed to make brilliant transfers while coaching Liverpool. Some of Klopp’s successful transfer lists at Liverpool are Virgil van Dijk, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, and Alisson.
5. Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini (cricketsoccer.com)Not many know that Gian Piero Gasperini is the coach with the longest tenure in Serie A today. The 64-year-old coach has coached Atalanta since June 2016. During his five years coaching Atalanta, he has managed to improve the club’s performance slowly.
Despite not being able to donate a trophy for Atalanta, at least his club managed to get into the Champions League in the 2021/2022 season. Previously, Atalanta rarely played in European competitions, such as the Champions League and Europa League.
6. Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Pep Guardiola coach Manchester City (en.as.com)Pep Guardiola has been the coach of Manchester City since July 2016. Together with Manchester City, Guardiola won the Premier League trophy, the Carabao Cup, and the FA Cup. Unfortunately, in 5 years and 8 months with Manchester City, Guardiola has not been able to donate the Champions League trophy.
Even so, Manchester City is believed to have a great chance of winning the 2021/2022 Champions League. On the other hand, Guardiola has also managed to launch several young players, such as Phil Foden and Gabriel Jesus at Manchester City.
Diego Simeone is still the longest-serving active coach. Simeone is believed to still be coaching Atletico Madrid for a long time in the future considering the club’s performance is still good.
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