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He was one of the best keepers of the last decade wtf are you on about.

Do you even watch football? He retired months ago and he is 39y old.

Don't let the man know about Klopp, Tuchel, Naglesmann.

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.

I'm guilty. When I think about the best goalkeepers, I forget him. Which can upset my best friend who's a nerrazzuro. You don't stay the starting GK in this team for years just for fun.

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

"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.

Nuno Espírito Santo was a goalkeeper

I think that's the case mainly because there are really few goalkeepers. Ten time fewer than on field players.

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.

Zenga and Nuno, but neither great managers. Thinking about it, quite weird that Wolves have had 3 ex-GK managers in recent years.

Obviously not an internationally recognised name because he only played in Latam and almost exclusively coached in Argentina, but Julio César Falcioni is a former GK that also had a very extensive managerial career.

As a player he mostly played for Vélez, and the Colombian team América de Cali, where his team infamously lost 3 Libertadores finals in a row.

As a manager, he always managed here apart from a brief stint in Católica in Chile. He managed a fuckton of teams, but he is mostly known for being one of the biggest legends of Banfield. He coached them to their only ever top flight title in 2009, with an 18 year old James Rodríguez as one of their stars. In subsequent years he came back several times to Banfield always trying to save them from going down and he always succeeded lol, including qualifying for Copa Libertadores once.

Outside of Banfield i would say his best achievement is reaching the Copa Libertadores final with Boca Juniors in 2012, when he lost against the Corinthians team that would eventually beat Chelsea to win the CWC.