Zidane to Guardiola: Ten stars who won La Liga as both a player and a manager

Zinedine Zidane, the Real Madrid legend, has won La Liga twice, first as a player in 2003 – his only league title in Spain – and then again as a coach in 2017. (Source: La Liga)

Luis Enrique, the current Spain manager, has won La Liga five times in the course of his career. He won three titles as a player, the first with Real Madrid in 1994/95 and then twice more with Barcelona (1998, 1999). Years later, he returned to the Camp Nou as coach, picking up two more titles (2015, 2016). (Source: La Liga)

Diego Simeone has helped Atlético Madrid win the last two of their 10 La Liga titles in the club’s history. He was a key component of the 1995/96 double-winning side, and fast forward to 2014, he was the mastermind behind the historic league title which they wrapped up away at Barcelona on the final day of the season. (Source: La Liga)

Pep Guardiola has won nine La Liga titles in his career, all of them for Barcelona. A midfield leader during his playing days, Pep won the La Liga title in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998 and 1999. He left the club in 2001 but later returned as coach guide Barcelona to three consecutive La Liga titles between 2008 and 2011. (Source: La Liga)

Johan Cruyff, perhaps the single most influential man in the history of football, won a La Liga title with Barcelona in 1974 in only his first season in Spain. Later, his revolutionary ‘Dream Team’ won four consecutive titles (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994). (Source: La Liga)

Vicente del Bosque has won a whopping seven LaLiga titles in addition to the World Cup and the European Championships. His La Liga winner’s medals all came with Real Madrid, five times as a player (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979) and then twice again as a coach in the early twentieth century (2001, 2003). (Source: La Liga)

Luis Aragones, an Atletico and Spain legend, won three La Liga titles with the Rojiblancos in 1966, 1970 and 1973 before adding another title to his trophy cabinet as coach in 1977. (Source: La Liga)

Alfredo Di Stefano is a name that goes hand-in-hand with Real Madrid. During his playing days, he won five consecutive European Cup titles and La Liga eight times (1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964). He later conquered Spain once again with Valencia as his side pipped Barcelona to the La Liga title in 1971. (Source: La Liga)

Bernd Schuster has represented La Liga’s three biggest sides – Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid – between 1980 and 1993, winning the title at Barcelona in 1985 and then again with Real Madrid in 1989 and 1990. Der Blonde Engel (“the blond angel”) then returned to the Santiago Bernabeu as coach in the late 2000s, winning the La Liga title in 2008 with a team featuring the likes of Raul, Iker Casillas, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Guti and Rafael van der Vaart. (Source: La Liga)

Jorge Valdano has held almost every role possible in football, from player and coach to director and commentator. The Argentine has won three La Liga titles during his career, twice as a player with Real Madrid in 1986 and 1987 and then again as coach of Los Blancos in 1995. (Source: La Liga)