Manager (association football)

The manager's responsibilities in a professional football club usually include (but are not limited to) the following:[citation needed] Some of the above responsibilities may be shared with a director of football or sporting director, and are at times delegated to an assistant manager or club coach.

[citation needed] For instance, despite the general equivalence in responsibilities, Gareth Southgate was always referred to as the manager of England, and Julian Nagelsmann is described as the head coach of Germany, however, Thomas Tuchel is officially labelled at the Head Coach of England.

Germany also has a team manager role that is subordinate to the head coach and is currently held by Rudi Völler.

For example, a typical European football manager has the final say on in-game decisions (including player line-ups), and off-the-field and roster management decisions (including contract negotiations).

In North American sports, those duties would be handled separately by the head coach and general manager, respectively.

Alex Ferguson is the winner of the most English Manager of the Year awards, all won during his tenure as manager of Manchester United . He is the UEFA coaching ambassador. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
George Ramsay has been described as the world's first football manager. He managed Aston Villa from 1886 to 1926, during which time he established Villa as the most successful club in England.