It's a rare sight when you see a young coach by the sidelines coaching a top-level football club. Experience has a great deal of importance in the coaching career but with that being said, there are some top young coaches out there who already made a name for themselves and we are about to meet them. Hence it is important to put some light on the upcoming best young managers in world football.

As Pep Guardiola said once in an interview, "The joy of playing football and kicking the ball is not comparable to anything else including managing football teams. That is why there are not so many people who chose to become a football manager when they are young; because they want to try their luck as a football player and enjoy their playing career as long as possible. But of course, there are some exceptions."

Sometimes an early career-ending injury or just the sheer love and passion of managing leads people to start a coaching career at a relatively young age. And just for the record, keep in mind that when we use the term best young football coaches, we are referring to coaches that are at max at their early 40s. It's because the average age to become an elite coach in today's football is around 50 years old: Antonio Conte is 52, Zidane is 49, Jürgen Klopp is 54, Pep Guardiola is 50, Diego Simeone is 51, and Jose Mourinho is 58. Let us take a look st the list of the best young managers in world football today.

Best Young Managers in World Football Right Now?:

Julien Stéphan, 41

As a former midfielder, Julien Stéphan didn't have a remarkable career and his playing days lasted barely a decade. Then at the age of 35 he took over at Rennes B team and after three years, he got promoted to the Stade Rennes first team head coach position in 2018. On his debut season at the French top flight, Julien Stéphan won the Coupe de France title which was only the club's seventh major title in its history! Julien Stéphan kept up the good form and finished the league on the 3rd place in the following season which meant that Rennes could enjoy its first ever Champions League qualification.

Although his third season at the club didn't go well and Stéphan had to resign midseason, he is currently managing Strasbourg in the Ligue 1 and things are going smooth for him. The 41 years old Frenchman likes to dominate the matches by an attacking style which is based on a 4-3-3 formation.

His three-year experience at the youth level helped Stéphan to become an expert in working with the young talents on his squads and if he could replicate what he did at Rennes on his first couple of seasons, he has an exciting future waiting for him.

Gerardo Seoane, 43

Even if you are a passionate football fan, there is still a good chance that you may have never heard of Gerardo Seoane as a top coach who have achieved some incredible results at the age of 43. In the summer of 2021, Gerardo Seoane have joined the German side, Bayer Leverkusen to enjoy his first season at one of Europe's top five leagues. But his three-year spell at Young Boys is what made Gerardo Seoane one of the top young college football coaches from Switzerland.

In the 2018-19 season which was his debut season at Young Boys, Seoane led the club to its first Swiss league title after more than three decades. The Swiss coach was 40 years old back then and he managed to win the league on his following two seasons as well. He also added a Swiss Cup trophy to the club's cabinet during the 2019-20 season. in addition to the domestic successes, Gerardo Seoane had a couple of great European runs with Young Boys as they had reached to the UCL group stage in the 2018-19 season and managed to beat Juventus and draw with Valencia.

Reaching to the last 16 stage in the Europa League 2020-21 was also a remarkable result for the Swiss tactician. Currently Gerardo Seoane is having a decent season at Levekusen with his favorite 4-4-2 formation. At such an young age, Seoane has brought a revolution in Leverkusen, which surely puts him as one of the best young managers in world football.

Diego Martinez, 40

Spanish football is known for its attacking style that tends to keep the position as most as possible. But our man here, Diego Martinez, is not a typical Spaniard coach. He is one of the few people who started the coaching career when he was on his early 20s at the Imperio Albolote youth club.

For more than two decades, Diego Martinez was gaining experience as a coach at lower division small clubs. He also had the assistant role at Sevilla for two seasons from 2012 to 2014 where he had the chance to learn from one of the bests in the job, Unai Emery. In the summer of 2018 at the age of 37, Diego Martinez was appointed as the head coach of Granada in the Spanish second division.

His defensive 4-2-3-1 formation helped the club to gain a promotion to the La Liga and Martinez became the youngest coach in the Spanish top flight. On his first season at La Liga, Martinez finished the league sitting on 6th place which meant his side could play in the Europa League on the following season.

After eliminating Napoli and Molde in the knockout stages, Martinez's Granada reached to the quarter finals of the tournament where they lost to Manchester United. Nevertheless, Diego Martinez had three spectacular seasons with Granada and there is no doubt that his next job will be at a bigger club and he has the chance to build on his early successes in his coaching career. 

Roberto De Zerbi, 42

Roberto De Zerbi is one of those classic top young college football coaches who claimed the ladder of coaching career one step at a time. He was a mediocre attacking midfielder who said his farewell to the pitch in 2013 and months later, cut his teeth as a manager. His first job was coaching Darfo Boario in the Italian Serie D while he was 34 years old. His next stop was at Foggia in Serie C where he won his first trophy which was a Coppa Italia Lega Pro and was inches away from promoting his side to Serie B.

A bitter stint at Palermo was De Zerbi's first taste of Serie A in 2016. The next season he was given another chance to coach at the Italian top flight as the newcomers to the league, Benevento, trusted him. Despite sitting at the last place of the table, Roberto De Zerbi was praised for his attractive style of football. His side always tended to keep the position of the ball and ask questions of the opposition's defense. On the next season, Sassuolo recognized the young Italian's potential and chose him as the main man in their ambitious project.

During his two seasons at Sassuolo, Roberto De Zerbi put on one of the most delightful performances across the Europe. His main formation was 4-2-3-1 but he didn't hesitate to change to a back-three when it was needed. Although Roberto De Zerbi's sides could create tons of goalscoring opportunities, he has to work on his defensive tactics since his Sassuolo seemed vulnerable there. Right now, De Zerbi is coaching Shakhtar Donetsk and with a little bit of experience, he could easily become one of the top 20 managers in the world in the coming years. 

Marcelo Gallardo, 45

Young managers often don't have the opportunity to add some silverware to their name since the top clubs who can compete for big trophies are less likely to trust a young coach to lead their pricey squads. But that's not the case for the Argentinian Marcelo Gallardo. In fact, he is the most decorated manager in our best young football coaches list and even one of the most successful managers in the whole football world right now. Marcelo Gallardo had a decent career as a player and had the chance to play for likes of River Plate, Monaco, and PSG.

Before he announces his retirmenet as a player, Marcelo Gallardo obtained his coaching certificate from an Argentinian technical school while he was still playing for the Uruguayan side, Nacional. A year later the 35 years old Gallardo started coaching with the same club that he spent his last playing days at. Later Gallardo noted that starting a managerial career when you have to coach the players you know from your playing days, was a huge help for him in his debut season. That chemistry between Gallardo and his former teammates led to winning the Uruguayan league title in the 2011-12 season.

Since 2014, Marcello Gallardo is coaching the Argentinian giant, River Plate and he is the main man in one of the most prosperous eras in the club's history. His attacking style has led to a dozen of domestic and continental titles. Marcelo Gallardo is one of the few mangers in history that has two Copa Libertadores to his name and he is only 45 years old!  So, as one of the most successful best young football managers, there would be no surprise if we see Gallardo at the charge of an elite European side in the coming years. Marcelo Gallardo is one of the very rare managers to have never managed in Europe yet he is considered as one of the best young managers in world football today.

Ruben Amorim, 36

Portuguese football had provided some of the most talented football coaches in the recent years. Sergio Conceisao, Paulo Fonseca, Nuno Santo, Paulo Sousa and many others. The most recent one is Ruben Amorim who represented the Portugal national team on 14 occasions including two World Cups.

In 2018 and at the age of 33, Amorim started his coaching journey with a couple of short stints at Casa Pia and Braga B team in the second tier of Portuguese football. Then he got promoted to the Braga senior team and took the league by storm straight away as he won the Portuguese league cup, Taça da Liga.

Wining 10 games out of 13 was enough for Sporting to pay his €10m release cause at the middle of 2019-20 season and hire him as their new manager. Ruben Amorim continued to use his modern 3-4-3 system at Sporting which was working like a well-oiled machine. Stars got aligned for Amorim and his team in the 2020-21 season as they won the league title by losing just one match.

He also replicated the Taça da Liga championship with Sporting and won the Supercup in the following season as well. Ruben Amorim is now only 36 years old and has a long and exciting road ahead of him as one of the best young football coaches in the world. 

That completes out list of the best young managers in world football. Keep sure to follow us on Sportz Point as we bring you the updated lists in the future.

Manchester United defender Raphael Varane is on the target list of Al-Ittihad in the ongoing transfer window. Italian journalist Rudy Galetti on Twitter via Inside Futbol (h/t Manchester Evening News) broke the news. The Saudi Pro League outfit is expecting a move for the French national this summer. However, Manchester United haven't thought of that move as they are happy with Varane at the club.

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Saudi Arabia has signed a number of top players from European football over the last few months. Cristiano Ronaldo was one of the first big names to make his way there in January 2023.

In the ongoing transfer window, Saudi has seen the addition of the likes of Neymar, Ruben Neves, and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. Al-Ittihad have former Real Madrid star Karim Benzema in their ranks. Another one of Varane's compatriots, N'Golo Kante, is also at the Jeddah-based club.

Varane established himself as a world-class individual at Los Blancos before signing for United in the summer of 2021. In the previous campaign, the French national built a brilliant partnership with Lisandro Martinez at the Old Trafford side. Erik Ten Hag has stuck with the same duo in his backline at the start of the new season. Although, the club looked a bit shaky defensively in the opening two fixtures. But unfortunately, Varane has been injury-prone during his time at the Red Devils. As a result, in 2022/23, Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire got their opportunities as well.

On Thursday, 'Mohun Bagan Athletic Club' announced that they will celebrate Mohun Bagan Day (July 29) on their club premises this year. The ceremony was held virtually the last two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The auspicious day will be celebrated inside the club premises on July 29 with an exhibition match of ex-players. Meanwhile, after the game, there will be a cultural program before the award ceremony.

Firstly, Singer Pousali Banerjee will perform while Bangla Band 'Chandrabindoo' will also perform after the conclusion of the award ceremony.

Former India forward Shyam Thapa was on Thursday chosen as the "Mohun Bagan Ratna", the club's highest honor, which he would receive at its annual celebration day ceremony on July 29.

Famous for his bicycle kick and back volleys, Thapa made his name for East Bengal in the mid-1960s and early 70s before arch-rivals roped him in 1977 for a record sum of Rs 50,000.

Thapa was the chairman of the All India Football Federation's technical committee before it was disbanded and CoA took over.

"I am honored. I have no hesitation in admitting that I waited for the 'Mohun Bagan Ratna' and I am very happy."

the 74-year-old said

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The Mohun Bagan working committee picked talented youngster Kiyan Nassiri as the 'Best Forward', while Liston Colaco was adjudged the Best Footballer.

Former goalkeeper Balai Dey will be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement, the club stated.

The Awards:

Best Athlete (Pranab Banerjee Award) - Bapi Sekh
Best Forward (Subhas Bhowmick Award) - Kiyan Nassiri
Best Sports Journalist (Moti Nandi Award) - Ashok Dasgupta
Best Sports Official (Anjan Mitra Award) - V.C. Praveen (Gokulam Kerala FC)
Best Cricketer (Arun Lal Award) - Prinann Dutta
Best Football Player (Shibdas Bhaduri Award) - Liston Colaco
Lifetime Achievement - Balai Dey
Lifetime Achievement Award - Balai Dey
Mohun Bagan Ratna - Shyam Thapa

On Thursday, 'Mohun Bagan Athletic Club' announced that they will celebrate Mohun Bagan Day (July 29) on their club premises this year. The ceremony was held virtually the last two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also Read: Happy Birthday Dhoni: Everything the Jersey no. 7 has achieved in his cricketing career

The auspicious day will be celebrated inside the club premises on July 29 with an exhibition match of ex-players. Meanwhile, after the game, there will be a cultural program before the award ceremony.

Firstly, Singer Pousali Banerjee will perform while Bangla Band 'Chandrabindoo' will also perform after the conclusion of the award ceremony.

Former India forward Shyam Thapa was on Thursday chosen as the "Mohun Bagan Ratna", the club's highest honor, which he would receive at its annual celebration day ceremony on July 29.

Famous for his bicycle kick and back volleys, Thapa made his name for East Bengal in the mid-1960s and early 70s before arch-rivals roped him in 1977 for a record sum of Rs 50,000.

Thapa was the chairman of the All India Football Federation's technical committee before it was disbanded and CoA took over.

"I am honored. I have no hesitation in admitting that I waited for the 'Mohun Bagan Ratna' and I am very happy."

the 74-year-old said

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The Mohun Bagan working committee picked talented youngster Kiyan Nassiri as the 'Best Forward', while Liston Colaco was adjudged the Best Footballer.

Former goalkeeper Balai Dey will be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement, the club stated.

The Awards:

Best Athlete (Pranab Banerjee Award) – Bapi Sekh
Best Forward (Subhas Bhowmick Award) – Kiyan Nassiri
Best Sports Journalist (Moti Nandi Award) – Ashok Dasgupta
Best Sports Official (Anjan Mitra Award) – V.C. Praveen (Gokulam Kerala FC)
Best Cricketer (Arun Lal Award) – Prinann Dutta
Best Football Player (Shibdas Bhaduri Award) – Liston Colaco
Lifetime Achievement – Balai Dey
Lifetime Achievement Award – Balai Dey
Mohun Bagan Ratna – Shyam Thapa

It is a common sight seeing players celebrate with their shirts off… especially if you're watching Cristiano Ronaldo. Usually almost always- we see that happen when a footballer scores a really big goal for his team, one that is certain to get them the result they are yearning for. The most obvious way to celebrate, then, becomes the one way the rule books don't allow you to celebrate. So why do footballers get punished for taking shirts off?

Maybe that is the whole appeal of it. Unbridled jubilation and joy finds an outlet in doing something that is going to get you penalized- you're so in-the-moment that nothing can faze you, not even a booking from the referee. But why do players get booked for taking their shirts off while celebrating in the first place?

Sportz Point takes you through three of the reasons we believe are entirely, or at least partially responsible for "why do footballers get punished for taking shirts off".

Sponsorships:

One of the main, if not the main reason why players get booked for taking their shirts off is because it then hides the name of the sponsors. Since these moments take place at arguably the most photographable moment of the match, the cameras pan to the goal scorer for obvious reasons.

If he is not wearing his team's shirt, the sponsor's name is then not visible. That is apparently a bummer for the companies that pay big bucks to place their brand's logo on the front or the sides of the shirt. And for this reason, players are cautioned for celebrating this way.

Agression from opposition fans:

Another why players get yellow card for taking shirt off in football games- at least that's what the law books would admit- is that is instigates aggression from opposition fans that see it as a sign of disrespect. Apparently, getting semi-naked on the pitch is treated as a potential instigator for brawls on stands.

Time wasting:

Another reason behind is it because it can waste time. The whole process of taking the shirt off, throwing it away somewhere on the pitch, then wearing it back on, can take a while. But this is perhaps the least important and significant reason behind it. It hardly takes any time extra to take it off and wear it, after all.

It's a shame that we see this happen because at times, players actually have noble intent behind doing it. Many see it as a moment to send a message to someone they love, to pay respect to people, or if you're Dimitar Berbatov, to just make a light-hearted joke.

Liverpool has been in red hot throughout the month in the Premier League. Along with stars like Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane one guy has been pretty much everywhere for the reds. Trent Alexander-Arnold, the right-back was the man for Jurgen Klopp's team achieving two clean sheets. He wins the EA Sports Premier League Player of the month award for November 2021.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold was incredible in Liverpool's 3-2 loss against West Ham United. Perhaps, his goal from a free-kick and assist for Mohamed Salah saved the reds' reputation.

He continued his form against the Gunners at Anfield. In addition, his assist and clean sheet against Arsenal set him up for the Premier League Player of the month award. Moreover, Liverpool managed an emphatic 4-0 win over Arsenal. Above all Alexander earned the Man of the Match award as well for his performance.

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After that, the dream run for the right-back stayed on as Liverpool thrashed Southampton 4-0 at their home. Similarly, just like the last match, he contributed with another assist and a clean sheet. Moreover, the English superstar secured 4 assists in November.

3️⃣ games
1️⃣ goal
4️⃣ assists@TrentAA is November's @premierleague #POTM ?

Available in #FUT from Dec 17.#FIFA22 pic.twitter.com/2KpWzBIZlm

— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) December 10, 2021

It is the second consecutive month in which a Liverpool player has won the award. Meanwhile, Joao Cancelo, Emmanuel Dennis, Diogo Jota, John McGinn and Bernardo Silva was the other players nominated this month for the award.

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This is Alexander's second award after he won it in December 2019.

2021/22 EA SPORTS awards winners list

August: Michail Antonio (WHU)
September: Cristiano Ronaldo (MUN)
October: Mohamed Salah (LIV)
November: Trent Alexander-Arnold (LIV)