WORLD CUP STATISTICS : APPEARANCES AS PLAYER AND COACH
Franz Beckenbauer (picture) winning the Trophy IFFHS in 2007 in Salzburg for his great career.
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- Mario Zagallo with his World Cups
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- Zagallo at World Cup in Mexico 1970
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- Beckenbauer winner as player 1974
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- Beckenbauer winner as coach 1990
In the FIFA World Cup history (1930-2014), 71 players from all continents (UEFA 44, CONMEBOL 17, CONCACAF 5, AFC 3, CAF 1 and OFC 1) participate also as coach at the greatest World competition. Brazil and Argentina (6 players each) have the most participations.
Ten players (Jackie Charlton 1966, Didi 1958/1962, Giovanni Ferrari 1934/1938, Alfredo Foni 1938, Jürgen Klinsmann 1990, Ricardo Lavolpe 1978, Diego Maradona 1986, Daniel Passarella 1978/1986, Rudi Völler 1990 and “Berti” Vogts 1974 ) won the World Cup only as Player.
One (Alf Ramsey 1966) won the World Cup only as coach.
Only two of the 71 won the World Cup as Player and as coach : Franz BECKENBAUER (1974 as Player and 1990 as coach) and Mario ZAGALLO (1958/1962 as Player and 1970 as coach). The German and the Brazilian hold this record since a long time !
| Name | Country | Participation as Player | Participation as coach | |
| Javier AGUIRRE | Mexico | 1986 | 2002/2010 | |
| Milorad ARSENIJEVIC | Yugoslavia | 1930 | 1950 | |
| Franz BECKENBAUER | Germany | 1966/1970/1974 | 1986/1990 | |
| Orvar BERGMARK | Sweden | 1958 | 1970 | |
| William “Billy” BINGHAM | North. Ireland | 1958 | 1970 | |
| Oleg BLOKHIN | Ukraine | 1982/1986 (for USSR) | 2006 | |
| Robert “Bobby” ROBSON | England | 1958 | 1986/1990 | |
| Hristo BONEV | Bulgaria | 1970/1974 | 1998 | |
| Juan Antonio CAMACHO | Spain | 1982/1986 | 2002 | |
| Vladislao CAP | Argentina | 1962 | 1974 | |
| Fabio CAPELLO | Italy | 1974 | 2010 (for England) | |
| Raul CARDENAS | Mexico | 1954/1958/1962 | 1970 | |
| Paulo Cesar CARPEGGIANI | Brazil | 1974 | 1998 (for Paraguay) | |
| CHA BUM-KUN | South Korea | 1986 | 1998 | |
| Jackie CHARLTON | England | 1966/1970 | 1990/1994 (for Rep. Of Ireland) | |
| Valdir Pereira “DIDI” | Brazil | 1954/1958/1962 | 1970 (for Peru) | |
| Carlos Verri “DUNGA” | Brazil | 1990/1994/1998 | 2010 | |
| Giovanni FERRARI | Italy | 1934/1938 | 1962 | |
| Alfredo FONI | Italy | 1938 | 1966 (for Switzerland) | |
| Aurelio GONZALES | Paraguay | 1930 | 1958 | |
| Alexandre GUIMARAES | Costa Rica | 1990 | 2002/2006 | |
| Ernst HAPPEL | Austria | 1954/1958 | 1978 (for Netherlands) | |
| Ricki HERBERT | New Zealand | 1982 | 2010 | |
| Josef HICKERSBERGER | Austria | 1978 | 1990 | |
| Glenn HODDLE | England | 1982/1986 | 1998 | |
| José Eduardo HOHBERG | Uruguay | 1954 | 1970 | |
| HUH JONG-MOO | South Korea | 1986 | 2010 | |
| Pavel JANAS | Poland | 1982 | 2006 | |
| Henryk KASPERCZAK | Poland | 1974/1978 | 1998 (for Tunisia) | |
| Srecko KATANEC | Slovenia | 1990 (for Yugoslavia) | 2002 | |
| KIM PYUNG-SUK | South Korea | 1986 | 1998 | |
| Jürgen KLINSMANN | Germany | 1990/1994/1998 | 2006 | |
| Jakob “Köbi” KUHN | Switzerland | 1966 | 2006 | |
| Kamaeis LAABIDI | Tunisia | 1978 | 2002 | |
| Ricardo LAVOLPE | Argentina | 1978 | 2006 (for Mexico) | |
| Cesare MALDINI | Italy | 1962 | 1998 (for Italy) /2002 (for Paraguay) | |
| Diego MARADONA | Argentina | 1982/1986/1990/1994 | 2010 | |
| Mick MAC CARTHY | Republic of Ireland | 1990 | 2002 | |
| Kalman MESZOLY | Hungary | 1962/1966 | 1982 | |
| Henri MICHEL | France | 1978 | 1986 (France) 1994 (Cameroon) 1998 (Morocco) 2006 (Ivory Coast) | |
| Olle NORDIN | Sweden | 1978 | 1990 | |
| Morten OLSEN | Denmark | 1986 | 2002/2010 | |
| William Esplin ORMOND | Scotland | 1954 | 1974 | |
| Daniel PASSARELLA | Argentina | 1978/1982/1986 | 1998 | |
| Dimitar PENEV | Bulgaria | 1966/1970/1974 | 1994 | |
| Ilija PETKOVIC | Serbia | 1974 (for Yugoslavia) | 2006 | |
| Herbert PROHASKA | Austria | 1978/1982 | 1998 | |
| Alfred “Alf” RAMSEY | England | 1950 | 1966/1970 | |
| Cayetano RE | Paraguay | 1958 | 1986 | |
| Fernando RIERA | Chile | 1950 | 1962 | |
| José Antonio ROCA | Mexico | 1950 | 1978 | |
| Mauricio RODRIGUEZ | El Salvador | 1970 | 1982 | |
| José Emilio SANTAMARIA | Uruguay | 1954 (Uruguay) 1962 (Spain) | 1982 (Spain) | |
| Helmut SENEKOWITSCH | Austria | 1958 | 1978 | |
| Jorge SOLARI | Argentina | 1966 | 1994 (for Saudi Arabia) | |
| Guillermo STABILE | Argentina | 1930 | 1958 | |
| Luis “Luisito” SUAREZ | Spain | 1962/1966 | 1990 | |
| Tommy SWENSSON | Sweden | 1970 | 1994 | |
| Elba Padua Lima “TIM” | Brazil | 1938 | 1982 (for Peru) | |
| Aleksandar TIRNANIC | Yugoslavia | 1930 | 1954/1958 | |
| José TORRES | Portugal | 1966 | 1986 | |
| Giovanni TRAPATTONI | Italy | 1962 | 2002 | |
| Marco VAN BASTEN | Netherlands | 1990 | 2006 | |
| Paul VAN HIMST | Belgium | 1970 | 1994 | |
| Jean VINCENT | France | 1954/1958 | 1982 (for Cameroon) | |
| Rudolf “Rudi” VÖLLER | Germany | 1986/1990/1994 | 2002 | |
| Hans-Hubert “Berti” VOGTS | Germany | 1970/1974/1978 | 1994/1998 | |
| Ivan VUTZOV | Bulgaria | 1966 | 1986 | |
| Vladimir WEISS | Slovakia | 1990 (Czechoslovakia) | 2010 | |
| Mario Jorge ZAGALLO | Brazil | 1958/1962 | 1970/1974/1998 | |
| Arthur Coimbra “ZICO” | Brazil | 1978/1982/1986 | 2006 (for Japan) | |